The Truth About “Vegan Eggs”

Many in the media are saying, once again, that eggs are bad for you, and that a vegan diet is much healthier. They want you to eat “egg substitutes” instead. Are these substitutes like “Just Egg” good for you at all, never mind being better for you than normal eggs? Read on.

Let’s look first at the list of ingredients to see what we’re working with. For one egg, the ingredients list is as follows: egg.

For one small bottle of Just Egg, the ingredients are numerous, full of unpronounceable words that read like a chemistry lab stock list.

With regards to macronutrients such as fat and protein, per serving they include similar amounts, at 5g fat and 6g protein for a real egg, versus 5g fat and 5g protein for Just Egg. The latter has been manufactured to be healthy, and they seem to have done a good job, right?

Not really. Just Egg misses out on many of the important nutrients that real eggs have, such as:

⁃Vitamin D

⁃Vitamin B12

⁃Choline

as well as antioxidants such as:

⁃lutein

⁃zeaxanthin

These nutrients and antioxidants are very important for bone health, mental fortitude, overall energy, pregnancy, eye health, and many other factors. Depriving the body of an easy source of such beneficial intakes is a silly decision.

Furthermore, a key ingredient in Just Egg is canola oil. This is dangerous to your health in many ways, as it contains trans fats, harmful synthetic antioxidants and has a high ratio of Omega-6 to Omega-3 fatty acids, all of which cause inflammation and reduce cognitive function.

Nutritional health aside, there are other downsides to this “plant-based” egg substitute. Firstly, it is much more expensive even than organic hen eggs, at $4.99 a bottle (355ml), so is not suitable for those wanting to get the best value for money.

Additionally, you can’t cook with it in the same way you cook with eggs. There are too many ingredients that all impact the chemical processes in cooking that prevent it from being a useful addition. As an experiment, I’ve tried. No carbonara. No custard. No happiness.

In short, if you want to replace real hen eggs with these plant-based substitutes, you should expect only downsides. You will pay more money for a product with potentially harmful qualities, less nutritional benefits and no use in real cooking. Don’t waste your time. Buy eggs.

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