Egg For Life

When I want to buy eggs in a grocery, hypermarket or even “pasar malam”, the first think that I consider is a quality or the grade of the egg. Then, number two going to the price. Frankly speaking, until now, I still believe that egg with the grade A are among the healthiest egg in a market. Egg can be graded as AA, A , B and C. I really care about what I am eating, so for me, I make a conclusion deep inside my heart. The egg with the higher grade (and of cause with the higher price) has a higher protein level that will help me for growth. But, since last week, after done a lab experiment about protein, I realize that grade A are not “sehebat yang disangka”.

When I look into the result about the concentration of protein from our group experiment, clearly shown that the egg with the grade B has higher protein level compare to the other grade group. Our result shown that with a clearly evidence. Refer to the table; the grade B egg has higher concentration of protein which is 10.689 mg/L compare to the grade A egg which is only have 10.582 mg/L. The X egg which is I assume as a duck egg even have more concentration of protein which is 12.429 mg/L. Such a big number BUT I did not eat duck egg. Eeee.... (sambil meremang bulu roma)

So, I try to search information about the differences between the grades of the egg. Here what I got. In the grading process, eggs are examined for both interior and exterior quality and are sorted according to weight (size). Grade quality and size are not related to one another. In descending order of quality, grades are AA, A and B.

Grade AA
The insides of the egg cover a small area. The white is firm. There is a lot of thick white around the yolk and a small amount of thin white. The yolk is round and stands up tall.

Grade A
The insides of the egg cover a medium area. The white is pretty firm. There is a good amount of thick white and a medium amount of thin white. The yolk is round and stands up tall.

Grade B
The insides of the egg cover a very wide area. The white is weak and watery. There is no thick white and the large amount of thin white is spread out in a thin layer. The yolk is large and flat.

In a nutshell, the grade of an egg is not representing the real percentage of protein content that we can get from it for our healthy. So, start from now, I only buy egg with a sign GRADE B. cheaper and healthier.

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MUHAMMAD AIEZAD BIN ASNI. D20071029434.