Egg white
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egg-white-173-11014196
title:
Egg white
text:
Egg white is the clear liquid contained within an egg. In chickens, it is formed from the layers of secretions of the anterior section of the hen's oviduct during the passage of the egg. It forms around fertilized or unfertilized egg yolks. The primary natural purpose of egg white is to protect the yolk and provide additional nutrition for the growth of the embryo.
Egg white consists primarily of about 90% water into which about 10% proteins are dissolved. Unlike the yolk, which is high in lipid
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wiki
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description:
Clear liquid contained within an egg
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egg_white
date created:
2003-11-03T11:12:06Z
date modified:
2024-09-02T11:50:58Z
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