# Does/has anyone else use(d) powdered eggs? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 8, 2025, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-has-anyone-else-use-d-powdered-eggs/1015285 "2025-03-08T05:34:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2025, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-has-anyone-else-use-d-powdered-eggs/1015285/1 "2025-03-08T05:34:48Z")
With the price and scarcity of eggs, and the fact that I usually just use them in recipes, I’m curious about them, and if anyone here has used them. I’m pretty sure I had them when I canoed the Boundary Waters, but that was in 1991 and I’m sure the kind you get at the grocery store is not exactly the same as the kind carried by the outfitters. Anyway, here’s a video about their use from a YouTuber I enjoy watching. Just one warning: If you do use black salt that’s been “dyed” with charcoal, be cautious if you’re taking any medications, because the charcoal can adsorb them and make them unavailable for your body. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/NWs6_fFWgLM/maxresdefault.jpg "Why Freeze Dried Eggs Are a Must Have in Your Pantry") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWs6_fFWgLM&t=190s/) ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2025, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-has-anyone-else-use-d-powdered-eggs/1015285/2 "2025-03-08T07:30:19Z")
My folks used them briefly when they had a place up near Cotapaxi Colorado. Because it was roughly 20 miles and 40 minutes on the roads in question to the nearest groceries of _any_ sort, and another 25 miles and 40 minutes to any that were affordable. All of which you were taking home in an ice chest if they were perishable during the summer. This was 10-15 years ago, and after the first few days or so, they just used them up in baked goods. The variants then (perhaps even now, though they absolutely looked better in the video) made mediocre eggs _dishes_ at best. In a less egg-forward dish (again, baked goods) I’m sure they’d be fine. Personally, I’ve had more luck with the liquid eggs in a carton, but IIRC, all of those variants were still MORE expensive than fresh eggs by the dozen. Sure, there are purchase limits, but a dozen was still $4.49 US at Trader Joes, though $6.99 at my local Kroger. Using this as a baseline though: > **[Amazon.com : Judee’s Dried Whole Egg Powder 11 oz - Baking Supplies - Delicious...](https://www.amazon.com/Judees-Whole-Egg-Powder-11oz/dp/B01G24Z06G)** > > Amazon.com : Judee’s Dried Whole Egg Powder 11 oz - Baking Supplies - Delicious and Gluten-Free for Breakfast, Baking, and Camping Meals - Simplifies Outdoor Cooking Preparation - Dried Eggs Powder : Grocery & Gourmet Food (which is neither the cheapest or least expensive) You get 24 servings equivalent to one egg. So $13.49 a dozen equivalent, almost twice the cost of even the Kroger eggs. Still, if you’re only using a couple of eggs a week or longer, it’s got a reported 6 _months_ of shelf life even after opening. That’s very little waste compared to buying a dozen and tossing half of them when you don’t find a use after the first planned meal or two. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2025, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-has-anyone-else-use-d-powdered-eggs/1015285/3 "2025-03-08T07:44:34Z")
And (according to my mother, after her experience of WW2 rationing) powdered egg makes measuring for baking that bit more precise. Will the bird flu epidemic affect the market? (We’re not having the same shortages of fresh eggs over here - yet) ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2025, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-has-anyone-else-use-d-powdered-eggs/1015285/4 "2025-03-08T17:59:38Z")
If you buy in larger quantities you can get lower prices, Costco has the equivalent of 420 eggs for $380 dollars = $10.86/dozen [https://www.costco.com/nutrient-survival-powdered-vitamin-eggs-6-pack-210-total-servings.product.4000142084.html](https://www.costco.com/nutrient-survival-powdered-vitamin-eggs-6-pack-210-total-servings.product.4000142084.html) ---
**Author:** ![Fortyfold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7c8e57/32.png) [@Fortyfold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fortyfold)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2025, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-has-anyone-else-use-d-powdered-eggs/1015285/5 "2025-03-08T18:18:25Z")
H1N1 has been found in Herefordshire recently, the birds have been ordered to be culled. So I suppose it’s only a matter of time. I don’t recall them being so strict about it in the past. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2025, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-has-anyone-else-use-d-powdered-eggs/1015285/6 "2025-03-08T18:42:50Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > If you buy in larger quantities you can get lower prices, Costco has the equivalent of 420 eggs for $380 dollars = $10.86/dozen Thanks, that’s good information for a baker, or even a @baker (couldn’t resist, sorry), but probably not so much for the average consumer. It did give me a chance to note and now correct my prior post where I said: > [@ParallelLines](#): > > (which is neither the cheapest or least expensive) This is why I shouldn’t post late, it should read (which is neither the cheapest or MOST expensive). I tried to pick something at a glance that was reasonably well liked and mid-ish range on prices. So I apologize to all for my errors. 🙇 So again I think the powdered eggs are possibly, even at their higher-than-raw price-point are probably a good idea for persons who need eggs for cooking/baking purposes _infrequently_ and are looking to avoid _waste_, which is an admirable thing. I fully own up to prior to eggs passing $3 a dozen, to having bought a carton and ended up throwing out half. And if your cooking predominantly only uses whites or yolks, you can apparently get those as separate powdered options, though I suspect from the video you may have issues with sauces or foams that take advantage of the eggs abilities, though I’m hoping a more professional cooker or baker (on of the reasons for the @) could pass along their experience if any. My limited experience though was only in their shelf-life and the minimization of any need for refrigeration. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2025, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-has-anyone-else-use-d-powdered-eggs/1015285/7 "2025-03-08T19:19:27Z")
No, it would work for the average person who likes eggs. If unopened these cans last 25 years. If opened several months to a year. There are 6 containers, so the equivalent of 70 eggs or about 6 dozen eggs per container. How long would it take most people to go through 6 dozen eggs? Surely no more than several months. However some of us expect the price of eggs to go down from current levels–perhaps better methods of preventing flocks becoming infected, perhaps vaccines. Thus we wouldn’t want to lock in our next three year egg supply at current high prices. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2025, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-has-anyone-else-use-d-powdered-eggs/1015285/8 "2025-03-08T19:48:20Z")
Every time I’ve looked at stocking powdered egg to hedge against an emergency, the price has sent me into sticker shock; just not economical. Which was surprising because I had originally presumed that perishability was what put a premium on dairy prices (e.g., cheese is cheaper than butter which is cheaper than fresh cream), but not in this case. I suppose that the demand for egg as an ingredient completely absorbs any production beyond the market for fresh. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2025, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-has-anyone-else-use-d-powdered-eggs/1015285/9 "2025-03-08T19:58:52Z")
We used freeze dried scrambled eggs while camping- with some salt and pepper, they werent bad at all. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2025, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-has-anyone-else-use-d-powdered-eggs/1015285/10 "2025-03-08T19:58:59Z")
I have some powdered eggs that I bought years ago. They’re long-expired, but the package wasn’t opened until about three weeks ago. My wife opened it to try to use it to make almond-flour pasta. (It didn’t work.) My first attempt to make scrambled eggs, I got too much water in it. The second time, I didn’t get enough water in it. The third time, I added more water but it wasn’t enough. I’ll try again sometime. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2025, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-has-anyone-else-use-d-powdered-eggs/1015285/11 "2025-03-08T20:24:31Z")
> [@ParallelLines](#): > > That’s very little waste compared to buying a dozen and tossing half of them when you don’t find a use after the first planned meal or two. A carton of eggs lasts several months, regardless of the date stamped on it. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2025, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-has-anyone-else-use-d-powdered-eggs/1015285/12 "2025-03-08T20:29:45Z")
You know that they’re safe to use long after the “best by date”, and I know that, and I’d bet a substantial portion of the board knows that (majority even) but most people? 🤷‍♂️ And there are things old eggs do better than new eggs, and the reverse of course, depending on one’s cooking application. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2025, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-has-anyone-else-use-d-powdered-eggs/1015285/13 "2025-03-09T00:16:19Z")
The only time I’ve had a bad egg, or a bad carton of yogurt for that matter, it was within the sell-by date. I stopped by a hole-in-the-wall African grocery today while in that part of town doing something else, and looked for powdered eggs but they didn’t have them. They did, however, have cans of full-fat powdered milk, which I cannot find in “regular” grocery stores. I later stopped by Natural Market, to get something else, and asked about powdered eggs. They took me to Egg Replacer on the shelf, which isn’t the same thing. I thanked them and got a few other things, including a short-dated dozen eggs for $3.99. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2025, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-has-anyone-else-use-d-powdered-eggs/1015285/14 "2025-03-12T12:02:40Z")
I don’t use powdered eggs, but someone recently took a container of them into the hyperbaric oxygen chamber where i volunteer, with hilarious consequences. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2025, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-has-anyone-else-use-d-powdered-eggs/1015285/15 "2025-03-12T12:15:23Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > If you buy in larger quantities you can get lower prices, Costco has the equivalent of 420 eggs for $380 dollars = $10.86/dozen I just paid about $7 for a carton of 18 large yesterday at Costco. We have not seen egg scarcity here in Minneapolis that I’m aware of. As for powdered eggs, I haven’t had them since my early military days. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2025, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-has-anyone-else-use-d-powdered-eggs/1015285/16 "2025-10-08T19:10:01Z")
Just today looked into the prices and powdered egg is still selling for 2½x the per-egg price of fresh. A pity, I’d probably invest in stocking up on powdered egg if it wasn’t so darn expensive. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2025, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-has-anyone-else-use-d-powdered-eggs/1015285/17 "2025-10-08T19:13:36Z")
When I grew up in Northern Idaho they were part of the food staples we received each month, along with flour, cornmeal, cheese, canned pork and imitation margarine. ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2025, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-has-anyone-else-use-d-powdered-eggs/1015285/18 "2025-10-08T19:33:24Z")
I still have a large screw-top plastic container of powdered eggs left over in the pantry from a week-long canoeing trip—from 2014. Only a small part of the contents were used for baking ingredients (we had an outback oven with us). Anyway even though the container was opened once, it has been tightly sealed for the last 11 years. Any thoughts on whether the remaining powered eggs are still any good? (I would have tossed the container long ago, but am still smarting from throwing out a bunch of dehydrated Y2K meals around 2015 or so, only to later find out that the manufacturer touted them as being shelf-stable for at least 30 years.) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2025, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-has-anyone-else-use-d-powdered-eggs/1015285/19 "2025-10-08T19:39:36Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > imitation margarine Was it made with butter? 😜 ---
**Author:** ![Orville\_mogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/aeb1de/32.png) [@Orville\_mogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orville_mogul)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2025, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-has-anyone-else-use-d-powdered-eggs/1015285/20 "2025-10-08T19:50:27Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > when I canoed the Boundary Waters, but that was in 1991 Any chance that was Outward Bound? I did it in 1986 with the same eggs [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-has-anyone-else-use-d-powdered-eggs/1015285.md?page=2)