{"id":1856,"date":"2025-06-07T11:20:53","date_gmt":"2025-06-07T09:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.loveforhealthyfood.com\/?p=1856"},"modified":"2025-06-07T11:20:53","modified_gmt":"2025-06-07T09:20:53","slug":"how-to-tell-if-an-egg-is-fresh-3-simple-tests-to-check-an-egg-freshness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.loveforhealthyfood.com\/?p=1856","title":{"rendered":"How to Tell if an Egg is Fresh \u2013 3 Simple Tests To Check an Egg Freshness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fresh eggs are delicious and nutritious foods, rich in protein, minerals, vitamins and antioxidants. Our sensory senses for smell and sight are the best tools for determining if a meat product or some kind of herb is fresh , but we can\u2019t really use our senses to test the freshness of an egg before we actually crack it.<\/p>\n<p>We present you three tests to determine whether the eggs in your fridge are fresh enough or no. You can find out in several seconds!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1857 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.loveforhealthyfood.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/26.jpg\" alt=\"26\" width=\"500\" height=\"289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.loveforhealthyfood.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/26.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.loveforhealthyfood.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/26-300x173.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>First test:<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; Take a deep glass bowl or cup and fill it with water.<br \/>\n&#8211; Gently place the egg inside and observe what happens.<br \/>\n&#8211; Fresh eggs will sink completely and will be \u201cstuck\u201d on the bottom.<br \/>\n&#8211; Not so fresh eggs will be at the bottom with one part and the other part will be raised to the surface.<br \/>\n&#8211; Eggs that float on the water are pretty old and risky for consumption so don\u2019t eat them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Second test:<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; Take the egg in your hand and hold it against your ear. Shake it gently and hear the sound coming from inside the egg.<br \/>\n&#8211; If you hear no sound, the egg should be fresh and good for consumption.<br \/>\n&#8211; If you hear unusual noise coming from inside the egg, it is probably old.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Third test:<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; Take an egg, break down the shell from the edge of the plate and open it. Pour it into bowl and observe its looks.<br \/>\n&#8211; If the bile is standing firm and raised and the white remains gathered around it, the egg is fresh.<br \/>\n&#8211; If the yolk is firm but slightly spread and little bit pressed and the white is completely transparent and hasn\u2019t spilled, the egg is older, but still good for consumption.<br \/>\n&#8211; If the yolk is soft, completely flat or has diffused immediately, and the white is watery and fully diluted, the egg is probably old, so do not eat it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fresh eggs are delicious and nutritious foods, rich in protein, minerals, vitamins and antioxidants. Our sensory senses for smell and sight are the best tools for determining if a meat product or some kind of herb is fresh , but we can\u2019t really use our senses to test the freshness of an egg before we&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.loveforhealthyfood.com\/?p=1856\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1858,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loveforhealthyfood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1856"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loveforhealthyfood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loveforhealthyfood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loveforhealthyfood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loveforhealthyfood.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1856"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.loveforhealthyfood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1856\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1859,"href":"https:\/\/www.loveforhealthyfood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1856\/revisions\/1859"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loveforhealthyfood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loveforhealthyfood.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loveforhealthyfood.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loveforhealthyfood.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}