This boiled egg has no yolk, it's causing a stir, here's why

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Usually boiled eggs have a chewy texture, when cut open, the middle part will appear yellow.

Brilio.net - Eggs can be cooked into various menus. In addition to being delicious, eggs are also high in nutrition. One of them can be made into boiled eggs. Usually boiled eggs have a chewy texture, when cut, the middle part will look yellow .

Egg yolk and white are indeed the main components that cannot be separated. But what if you find the color of the egg yolk has changed to white? Recently, the culinary world was shocked by the unique discovery of a boiled egg without a yolk.

This was discovered through an upload on X (Twitter) by a Japanese woman named Tsuda Junko. The netizen showed a photo of a boiled egg that looked strange with a barely visible yellow color. Yup, in the boiled egg that was cut open, she saw that the entire contents were completely white.

As reported by BrilioFood from odditycentral.com on Friday (27/9), this egg is basically known as 'Shirotama,' namely an egg that comes from the Nakamura Horticultural Farm in Itoman City, Okinawa, Japan. Interestingly, the process of raising chickens that produce these eggs involves giving them special feed, namely using rice. This combination of feed is thought to cause the egg yolk to turn white when cooked, resulting in a unique boiled egg that attracts the attention of many people.

photo: X/@tsudajunko

Many people are then curious about the uniqueness of how to make and use Shirotama eggs in cooking. Usually, these eggs are often used to make white omurice (egg rice) and tamagoyaki, two famous Japanese dishes that are delicious. But behind that, not a few people are also starting to question the nutrition and quality of these yolk-free eggs in the world of cooking.

Eggs are generally known as a good source of protein, but the presence of Shirotama eggs raises new questions about their nutritional value and benefits. This is because egg yolks are rich in vitamins and minerals, including vitamins D, B12, and choline, which are important for brain health. But without the yolk, the question of how much nutrition is missing becomes a major concern for consumers looking to eat healthily.

photo: X/@Ritta_wander

Basically, Shirotama eggs have the same dense nutritional content as regular eggs. Just because they change color, doesn't mean their texture changes. The center of this boiled egg is the same as regular eggs which are yellow. The texture tends to be dense and easily crushed when pressed.

Reported from thespruceeats.com, the yolk or the middle part of the egg does have various colors in the world. Well, this difference can be caused by the type of feed and the environment where the chicken is raised. As in Africa, chickens that are raised are usually fed sorghum and grains. This then makes the pigmentation of the egg yolk much less than chickens that are fed corn like in Indonesia.

Well, chickens fed sorghum and grains have lighter colored egg yolks. This would certainly be different in America, where egg yolks are generally blood orange or even almost reddish. Usually chickens in that region are fed red annatto seeds.

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