# Egg replacement could be answer to soaring prices

> Kerry Group is promoting protein hydrolysates as egg albumen replacements amid egg price increases tied to the H5N8 avian flu outbreak in Europe. Mintec reported a 16% rise in egg prices over two months earlier this year.

- Date: 2017-03-16 · published 2017-03-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Europe · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/71998-egg-replacement-could-be-answer-to-soaring-prices
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Substitution away from eggs in food manufacturing is a demand-side shift with limited direct effect on feed grain or meal prices.

## Sources

- foodmanufacture.co.uk: https://www.foodmanufacture.co.uk/Article/2017/03/16/Egg-replacement-could-be-answer-to-soaring-prices/

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