Egg Shortages Causing Bakers to Go Egg-Free

Sarah Von Alt July 27, 2015
While the avian flu ravages the Midwest, killing millions of
chickens, American bakers are facing egg shortages, which have caused egg
prices to double. This has left some companies scrambling for an affordable
alternative.
According to NPR
online, a dozen or so companies are selling ingredients that can replace eggs
in a variety of applications.
While the focus of the article is on Glanbia Nutritionals,
which relies on whey protein for its alternative, there are also affordable
plant-based alternatives to eggs from companies like Hampton Creek, a small
business known for its amazing egg-free products and substitutions. The
New York Times
reports that “13 companies worried about running short
of eggs have contacted Hampton Creek about its egg substitutes.
Earlier this week Forbes
highlighted 7-Eleven’s switch to Just Mayo, Hampton Creek’s famed eggless mayo,
at all of its U.S. locations.
Egg-laying hens are subjected to cruelties few of us can even
imagine. Kept in extreme confinement and mutilated without painkillers, these
gentle animals are treated as nothing more than meat-producing machines, and
their short lives are filled with misery and deprivation.
We can take a stand for animals and encourage companies to
move towards humane alternatives to animal products by ditching meat, dairy, and
eggs in favor of healthy vegan options.
Click here to
order your FREE Vegetarian Starter Guide.

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