DRIED WHOLE EGG POWDER: XXV. FURTHER STUDIES ON THE EFFECT OF ADDED SUBSTANCES
A number of substances added to liquid egg before drying had no effect on changes in palatability, fluorescence value, and total carotinoid pigment content of the subsequent powders when stored for 16 weeks at 80° F., for eight weeks at 100° F., or for four weeks at 120° F. Added soya lecithin did not increase the initial fluorescence, but egg lecithin did; added lecithin from either source did not accelerate fluorescence changes during storage. Measurement of vitamin A content in treated or untreated powder showed that loss of this component during four weeks' storage at 120° F. was less marked than during 16 weeks' storage at 80° and 100° F., but, at these lower temperatures, heated whole egg powder, heated dried white, heated dried yolk, and heated or unheated cystine or methionine had a preservative action. Sucrose or sodium bicarbonate retarded vitamin A loss in stored dried yolk. Foaming volume measurements on freshly dried powders containing Nacconol S.N.F., Duponol, Roccal, and Aerosol showed that, in general, the addition of these wetting agents to liquid egg before drying adversely affected the aerating power of the powder. The addition of sucrose improved the baking quality of freshly prepared powders, the addition of lactose had a negligible effect and the addition of whey solids reduced the baking quality. When the powders were stored at 80 and 100° F. these three added substances had a preservative effect; sucrose being most effective and whey solids least effective.