fake eggs in Malaysia

I recently blogged about double yolks in eggs. Now the news about fake eggs in Malaysia has resurfaced. I'm surprised that it is worthwhile producing fake eggs as real eggs are cheap enough.

This story appeared in The Star on 25 Sept 2014. It describes how the fake eggs had a rougher surface and were larger in size than real eggs. The yolk of the fake egg was more yellowish  and there were no signs of chalaze, which was the opaque ropes of egg white holding the yolk.

It was also reported by the CAP that when the egg was broken, real eggs smelled like raw meat whereas the fake ones had no smell.The texture of the fake yolk was rubbery.

The fake eggs most likely originated from China.

Fake egg shells were made of chemicals such as calcium carbonate while the egg yolk and white were made of sodium alginate, gelatine, alum, benzoic acid, calcium chloride, water and other chemical components similar to what had been discussed online.