# Pasteurized Eggs?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pasteurized-eggs/9917>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 8, 2000, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pasteurized-eggs/9917 "2000-04-08T01:31:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2000, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pasteurized-eggs/9917/1 "2000-04-08T01:31:00Z")

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I bought some chocolate chip cookie dough from a friend’s daughter (school fundraiser) and according to the ingredients, it contains “Pasteurized Whole Eggs”. Anyone know if that would make it safe to, for example, eat it raw? I miss snitching a spoonful of cookie dough while making cookies.

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**Author:** ![RoboDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bbe5ce/32.png) [@RoboDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RoboDude)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2000, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pasteurized-eggs/9917/2 "2000-04-08T03:45:00Z")

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I remember reading about a procedure for pasteurizing eggs. IIRC, the eggs are heated to a certain temperature for a certain period of time that kills salmonella without actually cooking the egg. I’ve never seen pasteurized aggs for sale, though.

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**Author:** ![aseymayo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e57/32.png) [@aseymayo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aseymayo)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2000, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pasteurized-eggs/9917/3 "2000-04-08T03:54:00Z")

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From the Mississippi State Univ. Extension Service:  
“Foods containing raw eggs, such as homemade ice cream, cake batter, mayonnaise, and eggnog carry a Salmonella risk, but their commercial counterparts don’t. Commercial products are made with pasteurized eggs; that is, eggs that have been heated sufficiently to kill bacteria, and also may contain an acidifying agent that kills the bacteria. Commercial preparations of cookie dough are not a food hazard.”

Sounds like it’s safe - enjoy!