# Has the word "Egg" been redefined when I wasn't looking? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [October 28, 2021, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-word-egg-been-redefined-when-i-wasnt-looking/953354 "2021-10-28T03:59:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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 28, 2021, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-word-egg-been-redefined-when-i-wasnt-looking/953354/1 "2021-10-28T03:59:42Z")
I just saw an advert for a product called “Just Egg”, which they called “The best egg you’ll ever taste”. What confuses me is that they say it is made from plants, and nowhere in the advert or on their website does the word “artificial” pop up anywhere. Has the definition of “egg” actually changed, or is the name the biggest lie since the apocryphal “Maid Of Cashmere”? [Wayne | Really good eggs - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-tMzeDsUZI) ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2021, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-word-egg-been-redefined-when-i-wasnt-looking/953354/2 "2021-10-28T04:04:04Z")
Whatever its called, it’s a godsend for people who react to egg. ---
**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 28, 2021, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-word-egg-been-redefined-when-i-wasnt-looking/953354/3 "2021-10-28T04:05:13Z")
I’ve got no problem with _that_ at all. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2021, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-word-egg-been-redefined-when-i-wasnt-looking/953354/4 "2021-10-28T04:07:19Z")
As to your point, I think it’s like “milk.” ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2021, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-word-egg-been-redefined-when-i-wasnt-looking/953354/5 "2021-10-28T04:07:32Z")
> [@susan](#): > > Whatever its called, it’s a godsend for people who react to egg. - [Maybe.](https://www.ju.st/faq) > We use third-party facilities to manufacture our products, so we can’t guarantee our allergen-free products are made on designated allergen-free lines or in allergen-free facilities. For example, JUST Egg is egg-free, but is made in a facility where egg is present. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2021, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-word-egg-been-redefined-when-i-wasnt-looking/953354/6 "2021-10-28T04:09:58Z")
True, and yet a thousand times less problematic than an egg. That is of course for people ho can have a little exposure without anaphylaxis. ---
**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 28, 2021, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-word-egg-been-redefined-when-i-wasnt-looking/953354/7 "2021-10-28T04:13:41Z")
> [@susan](#): > > As to your point, I think it’s like “milk.” I have seen soy milk, almond milk, coconut milk, wheat milk and various other types of milk, but I assure you that if someone put out a non-milk product called “Just Milk”, and advertised that “It is the best milk you would ever taste!” there would be hell to pay. ---
**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:** [October 28, 2021, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-word-egg-been-redefined-when-i-wasnt-looking/953354/8 "2021-10-28T04:13:58Z")
Strange that they don’t have to call it “Just Aigs” or some other variation. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2021, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-word-egg-been-redefined-when-i-wasnt-looking/953354/9 "2021-10-28T04:14:34Z")
Okay, the container before me says “made from plants (not chickens)” and “plant-based scramble” on the front and “egg-free” on the back. There’s other text as well. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2021, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-word-egg-been-redefined-when-i-wasnt-looking/953354/10 "2021-10-28T04:16:36Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > Strange that they don’t have to call it “Just Aigs” or some other variation. Call it “vEggs”. ---
**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:** [October 28, 2021, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-word-egg-been-redefined-when-i-wasnt-looking/953354/11 "2021-10-28T04:17:51Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Call it “vEggs” Ooh, that’s good! ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2021, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-word-egg-been-redefined-when-i-wasnt-looking/953354/12 "2021-10-28T05:04:39Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > I have seen soy milk, almond milk, coconut milk, wheat milk and various other types of milk, but I assure you that if someone put out a non-milk product called “Just Milk”, and advertised that “It is the best milk you would ever taste!” there would be hell to pay. Referring to nut and grain exudates as “milk” is not semantically incorrect; although the origin of the term “milk” does come from the Saxon _meoluc_ (the action of drawing secretions form a mammary gland) the accepted use encompasses any opaque suspension of dense solids in a liquid, including non-organic substances such as “Milk of Magnesia” or describing contaminated engine oil as being “milky”. Eggs, on the other hand, are pretty exclusively understood to be a zygote-containing shell with high protein, fats, and nutrient values. I don’t know what “Really Good Eggs” are, but anything that remains as an uncoagulated liquid in a carton for an indefinite duration is not an egg. My larger concern, however, would be less about its particular origins as to whether it is actually a complete nutritional replacement for eggs. I’ve had the discussion with numerous people regarding plant-based “meats” and the notion that they are somehow more healthy even though it can be readily demonstrated that many of the flavorants, binders, texture-enhancers, and preservatives in them are anything but healthy even setting aside whether health concerns about cholesterol and saturated fats are really as significant as they are widely portrayed to be. I have no objection to plant-based diets, which can be quite healthy as long as you can put together good sources of complete proteins, but highly processed plant-based ‘meat’ rarely qualifies. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Esprise\_Me](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprise_me/32/2947_2.png) [@Esprise\_Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprise_Me)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2021, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-word-egg-been-redefined-when-i-wasnt-looking/953354/13 "2021-10-28T05:16:14Z")
IIRC “Just” is a brand that got sued over their vegan “mayo.” ---
**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 28, 2021, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-word-egg-been-redefined-when-i-wasnt-looking/953354/14 "2021-10-28T05:17:31Z")
Really? Link please. ---
**Author:** ![Esprise\_Me](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprise_me/32/2947_2.png) [@Esprise\_Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprise_Me)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2021, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-word-egg-been-redefined-when-i-wasnt-looking/953354/15 "2021-10-28T05:19:31Z")
> **[How little ‘Just Mayo’ took on Big Egg and won](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/12/18/how-little-just-mayo-took-on-big-egg-and-won/)** > > The year-long fight over the egg-less mayo product involved lawsuits, lab experiments, accusations of a government conspiracy, secret emails, empty threats, allusions to the Brooklyn mob, a promise of a food revolution and an alleged attempt to... ---
**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 28, 2021, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-word-egg-been-redefined-when-i-wasnt-looking/953354/16 "2021-10-28T05:36:39Z")
Holy crap. At this rate we aren’t looking at redefining the word “egg”-We may have to redefine the word “Just” to mean “anything but”. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2021, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-word-egg-been-redefined-when-i-wasnt-looking/953354/17 "2021-10-28T06:28:42Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > > [@needscoffee](#): > > > > Strange that they don’t have to call it “Just Aigs” or some other variation. > > Call it “vEggs”. Or maybe “V-eggs,” like some kind of wartime ersatz egg-like substance. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2021, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-word-egg-been-redefined-when-i-wasnt-looking/953354/18 "2021-10-28T12:05:32Z")
How do they make the shells? ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2021, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-word-egg-been-redefined-when-i-wasnt-looking/953354/19 "2021-10-28T12:21:43Z")
Instead of “Just Eggs” switch the name to “Eggs the Just” to emphasize their comparative virtue, as in “Aristides the Just.” ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2021, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-word-egg-been-redefined-when-i-wasnt-looking/953354/20 "2021-10-28T12:24:48Z")
Maybe they are using it that way – like just deserts, for example? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-word-egg-been-redefined-when-i-wasnt-looking/953354.md?page=2)