Breaker eggs (also called liquid eggs) are chicken eggs that have been broken out of their shells to be sold in liquid form and are utilized in the food industry as an ingredient in other food products, as opposed to being sold fresh in their shells in protective cartons. In the United States, Iowa is a leading producer of this product. [1] A 2015 avian bird flu outbreak in the American Midwest struck the breaker egg-laying hens and forced breaker egg prices higher.[2] By the end of 2015, prices were again on the down-swing.[3] Another avian influenza that forced the destruction of tens of millions of chickens in 2022 again led to skyrocketing prices for breaker eggs.[1]
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edit- ^ a b Song, Zijia (15 Apr 2022). "Bird flu outbreaks boost price of processed food". The Island Packet. Bloomberg. p. A3. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
- ^ Record prices coming for ‘breaker eggs' as result of bird flu outbreak, Bloomberg News, 15 May 2015.
- ^ EGG MARKET NEWS REPORT, ISSN 1520-6122, 14 December 2015, Vol. 62 No. 50.
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