Allergens & Prepared foods
- At October 30, 2023
- By Daniel
- In Diet, Education, Health & Wellness, New Video
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Food allergies can be serious even life-threatening. Most prepared foods list major allergens like eggs, milk, soy, and wheat, but there can be a warning in fine print about cross-contamination by other allergens.
A new trend to eliminate the need for a cross-contamination warning is adding the allergens to the food. This is convenient for the food maker, but reduces the variety available to consumers with food allergies.
In this video:
• Major food allergens. 00:41
• Allergens and prepared foods. 2:11
• Cross-contamination. 2:53
• Adding food allergens to reduce production costs and liability. 4:15
• Restaurant foods and allergens. 5:26
Five Easy Ways To Cook Eggs
- At July 10, 2023
- By Daniel
- In Cooking Tips, Diet, Education, New Video
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Eggs are a good source of high quality, affordable, protein. About 13 grams (20% of the daily value) for two large eggs. While people with high cholesterol should avoid or limit egg consumption, most healthy people can eat eggs without increasing blood cholesterol levels. And, you do not need cooking experience for these five easy recipes; hard/soft boiled, fried, poached, and scrambled.
In This video:
• Eggs are not just for breakfast. 00:35
• Egg nutrition. 1:02
• Eggs and cholesterol. 2:01
• Eggs and salmonella. 2:51
• Five easy ways to cook eggs. 3:56
• Hard boiled (cooked) 4:08
• Soft boiled (cooked) 7:25
• Fried 8:46
• Scrambled 9:49
• Poached 11:18
Chicken Eggs vs Vegan Egg Substitute
A vegan diet is 100% plant foods. It excludes all animal products including eggs. Eggs are used in 100’s of recipes.
Today, there are plant based (vegan) liquid egg substitute. This video compares one popular brand made from mung beans with whole chicken eggs.
In this video:
• A brief history of bird eggs. 00:53
• Plant based egg substitute advantages and disadvantages. 1:46
• Mung bean egg substitute ingredients. 2:09
• Nutrition comparison. 3:49
• Cost comparison. 5:14
• Cooking and baking using a mung bean egg substitute. 6:49
