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izzi81 Jan 6th 2014 5:06 pm

Egg white powder
 
I've been trying to source egg white powder here in Canada, and it seems to be hugely expensive compared to USA or UK. But am I right in thinking this is something I can't have shipped into Canada from elsewhere? Amazon certainly doesn't want to ship it.....

jaminsk1 Jan 7th 2014 5:18 pm

Re: Egg white powder
 

Originally Posted by izzi81 (Post 11065723)
I've been trying to source egg white powder here in Canada, and it seems to be hugely expensive compared to USA or UK. But am I right in thinking this is something I can't have shipped into Canada from elsewhere? Amazon certainly doesn't want to ship it.....

Have you had a look to see if it is available under a different name? I am pretty sure that it is egg albumin so it may be worth searching for that.

Oink Jan 7th 2014 5:35 pm

Re: Egg white powder
 
Have you looked in a WW2 shop?

Jerseygirl Jan 7th 2014 5:47 pm

Re: Egg white powder
 

Originally Posted by Oink (Post 11067516)
Have you looked in a WW2 shop?

:hysterical:

Oakvillian Jan 7th 2014 6:26 pm

Re: Egg white powder
 

Originally Posted by izzi81 (Post 11065723)
I've been trying to source egg white powder here in Canada, and it seems to be hugely expensive compared to USA or UK. But am I right in thinking this is something I can't have shipped into Canada from elsewhere? Amazon certainly doesn't want to ship it.....

I asked SWMBO as she uses it occasionally as an ingredient in royal icing. It's sold in Bulk Barn as "meringue powder" in the cake decorating section, but only in (quite small) prepackaged containers, not as a bulk ingredient, and with a small quantity of cornstarch added as an anti-clumping agent.

Jerseygirl Jan 7th 2014 6:32 pm

Re: Egg white powder
 

Originally Posted by Oakvillian (Post 11067575)
I asked SWMBO as she uses it occasionally as an ingredient in royal icing. It's sold in Bulk Barn as "meringue powder" in the cake decorating section, but only in (quite small) prepackaged containers, not as a bulk ingredient, and with a small quantity of cornstarch added as an anti-clumping agent.

I saw meringue powder the other day and wondered what it was. It was sold loose at the indoor market.

mandymoochops Jan 8th 2014 1:37 am

Re: Egg white powder
 
I may be way off the mark, but eggs seem pretty popular here. you could try buying those and just separating the yolk?

Greenhill Jan 8th 2014 1:45 am

Re: Egg white powder
 
MERINGUE POWDER

INGREDIENTS Sugar, malto dextrin, corn syrup solids, dried egg albumen, gum arabic, calcium lactate, modified corn starch, lactic acid, sodium aluminum sulphate, cream of tartar, citric acid, sodium carboxy-methyl cellulose, locust bean gum, xanthan gum, dextrose, artificial flavour, eye of bat.

http://www.bulkbarn.ca/en-ca/product...ue-powder.html

Novocastrian Jan 8th 2014 1:47 am

Re: Egg white powder
 

Originally Posted by Greenhill (Post 11068136)
MERINGUE POWDER

INGREDIENTS Sugar, malto dextrin, corn syrup solids, dried egg albumen, gum arabic, calcium lactate, modified corn starch, lactic acid, sodium aluminum sulphate, cream of tartar, citric acid, sodium carboxy-methyl cellulose, locust bean gum, xanthan gum, dextrose, artificial flavour, eye of bat.

http://www.bulkbarn.ca/en-ca/product...ue-powder.html

Now, you just leave bats out of this.

izzi81 Jan 8th 2014 1:49 am

Re: Egg white powder
 
Yeah meringue powder is no good, it's full of other things. The purpose of the egg white powder is as the simplest protein supplement - not with various odd additives, or flavours, or sugar. Just protein. Having it in powdered form means you can make shakes with it - not something you can do with egg whites!

In the UK you could buy generic egg white powder in bulk quite reasonably, and I didn't think there would be much difference here, but there definitely is!

Does anyone know if it's something I would be able to import from UK or USA, or would that be a no go?

Dorothy Jan 8th 2014 1:50 am

Re: Egg white powder
 

Originally Posted by izzi81 (Post 11068143)
Yeah meringue powder is no good, it's full of other things. The purpose of the egg white powder is as the simplest protein supplement - not with various odd additives, or flavours, or sugar. Just protein. Having it in powdered form means you can make shakes with it - not something you can do with egg whites!

In the UK you could buy generic egg white powder in bulk quite reasonably, and I didn't think there would be much difference here, but there definitely is!

Does anyone know if it's something I would be able to import from UK or USA, or would that be a no go?

Why can't you make shakes with egg whites?

Actually, if you google "powdered egg whites canada" you'll come up with thousands of pages.

Novocastrian Jan 8th 2014 1:52 am

Re: Egg white powder
 

Originally Posted by Dorothy (Post 11068146)
Why can't you make shakes with egg whites?

This is all getting a bit too eggsitential.

Dorothy Jan 8th 2014 1:52 am

Re: Egg white powder
 

Originally Posted by Novocastrian (Post 11068151)
This is all getting a bit too eggsitential.

You've got to be yolking.

Novocastrian Jan 8th 2014 1:54 am

Re: Egg white powder
 

Originally Posted by Dorothy (Post 11068152)
You've got to be yolking.

Not eggsactly.

R I C H Jan 8th 2014 1:56 am

Re: Egg white powder
 
Liquid egg white (fresh and frozen) is common in the catering industry, here's one supplier, there are many more: http://www.mfifoodcanada.ca/products...?pcID=5&plID=3


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