Tomas Benavidez Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 Are Egg Beaters whole 30 compliant? I know range eggs are best but in a crunch will Egg Beaters work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missmary Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 NO! I was worried for a second they might be "technically compliant" but no. Egg Beaters contain malodextrin, which is sugar. They also contain a LOT of other stuff that doen't sound like food to me. Eat real food. ps. if you are in a crunch and can not find free range eggs, regular eggs are fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Tom Denham Posted February 25, 2013 Moderators Share Posted February 25, 2013 Like Miss Mary said, No! No to the Frankenfood. During a Whole30 we want you to eat real food. Egg Beaters is not real food, it is processed food. Even if they did not contain added sugar, they would not be good enough for your Whole30 menu. Egg Beaters are a good example of what processed food is... Most of what your body is hungry for is found in egg yolks. Egg Beaters strip out the yolks, thus removing most of the nutrition and vitamins. Oops. So they add vitamins back into Egg Beaters. However, our bodies don't make use of supplements as well as vitamins within real food. Nature delivers what we need better than a scientific laboratory. And science labs deliver only a fraction of what nature does. You see, science labs add a few things they know we need, but real food delivers a host of things that science does not understand. The advertising liars tell you that Egg Beaters give you all the good stuff with none of the bad stuff, but it ain't true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomas Benavidez Posted February 25, 2013 Author Share Posted February 25, 2013 Thank you for the replies. I didn't think it was ok but now I know for sure. Planning to start tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny M Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 I used to eat fat free egg beaters with fat free cheese and canadian bacon on a light english muffin for breakfast. IT WAS DISGUSTING. I'm so happy I discovered real food. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoJo09 Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 Oh, I never even thought about egg whites not being compliant, even though I really should have. Mine are 100% egg white, but I'll bin them anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenderbender Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 Eat real food! Your body will thank you!!! Your bank account will thank you. Your insurance company will thank you. The tax payers funding medifraud will thank you !!!! Doctors and hospitals and big pharma will not thank you.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Strathdee Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 Waaaaait!! If all that's in them is egg whites, just 100% egg whites, don't waste them! They're useful for binding and in various recipes! I'd hate to see you waste money. I think Tom was referring to the processed and chemical filled egg replacements, not just the packaged whites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoJo09 Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Too late - I needed the space in my fridge anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 I used to eat fat free egg beaters with fat free cheese and canadian bacon on a light english muffin for breakfast. IT WAS DISGUSTING. I'm so happy I discovered real food. Johnny, it is such a relief to hear you say that. 10 days ago, I wanted that breakfast, but the whole wheat english muffins I could find had an ingredient that my body does not tolerate. Because of my diabetes, I was only allowed to have half of the English muffin when I did find one that didn't have poison in it. Real food in real quantities is awesome and my blood sugar is even lower now that I am not trying as hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgia Kaye Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 I just looked this up, as I have several cartons of Egg Beaters in my freezer. An earlier post comments that they contain Maltodextrin, but when I look at the ingredients on my label, I don't see that. Could it be that they've changed the formulation? I usually combine one whole egg with one serving of Egg Beaters to reduce the calories, but it they're definitely not compliant, then I won't do that while I'm on the program.I'm a newbie; hoping I haven't broken any rules by resurrecting an old thread! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirkor Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 What are the ingredients? Is it the white-colored "100% egg whites" carton, or the yellow carton? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
praxisproject Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 We recommend not thinking about calories at all It's quite a strange feeling when you've been counting calories for a long time, but it's a valuable part of the program as you learn to listen to your body, rather than counting. Egg yolks are full of nutrition, like choline, B12, antioxidants lutein and zeaxanthin, Vitamin A, Vitamin D, Vitamin E, iodine, phosphorus. For breakfast, we recommend eating more eggs than that, or you may not make it through to lunch without being hungry. http://forum.whole30.com/topic/20964-what-a-serving-of-eggs-looks-like/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators SugarcubeOD Posted January 1, 2016 Moderators Share Posted January 1, 2016 I just looked this up, as I have several cartons of Egg Beaters in my freezer. An earlier post comments that they contain Maltodextrin, but when I look at the ingredients on my label, I don't see that. Could it be that they've changed the formulation? I usually combine one whole egg with one serving of Egg Beaters to reduce the calories, but it they're definitely not compliant, then I won't do that while I'm on the program. I'm a newbie; hoping I haven't broken any rules by resurrecting an old thread! Eggs are a whole food when you eat the white and the yolk together. The nutrients in each part have a symbiotic relationship with eachother that makes it complete. An Egg Beaters product is going to have processed this food into something that it wasn't meant to be and on a Whole30, we want you to eat real food in it's natural state... so go whole egg, and as Praxis said, you're going to want more eggs than that if it's your sole protein in a meal. The rule of thumb is how many eggs you can hold in one hand without dropping. Most people can hold 3 or 4. (another thought... if you can refer to something as a 'product', it's not the best choice for your Whole30. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgia Kaye Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 Thanks for the excellent responses. I'll just leave them in the freezer for at least the next month. Sure wish I hadn't bought such a large supply, lol! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
praxisproject Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Thanks for the excellent responses. I'll just leave them in the freezer for at least the next month. Sure wish I hadn't bought such a large supply, lol! If you decide you don't want them later, a local food bank may take them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fighterone Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 On 12/31/2015 at 9:54 AM, Georgia Kaye said: I just looked this up, as I have several cartons of Egg Beaters in my freezer. An earlier post comments that they contain Maltodextrin, but when I look at the ingredients on my label, I don't see that. Could it be that they've changed the formulation? I usually combine one whole egg with one serving of Egg Beaters to reduce the calories, but it they're definitely not compliant, then I won't do that while I'm on the program. I'm a newbie; hoping I haven't broken any rules by resurrecting an old thread! Your post sure helped me because I am also a newbie and my very first meal was egg beaters thinking they were compliant since they no longer have any sugary additives on the label. I'm glad I did a search and found this thread because on one FB group, the members' answers were divided. Thank you Georgia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHING Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 ok.. so I don't have egg beaters but egg whites stop and shop brand..only ingredient is egg whites.. ok in recipes like mentioned previously ? what about in scrambled eggs? isn't it real food if the only ingredient is egg whites? just means somone separated the eggs? I like mixing 1/3 cup with 2 or 3 eggs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmcbn Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Technically compliant and okay to use in recipes or mixed in with actual eggs, but please DO eat the WHOLE egg - the yolk is where it's at! Personally I bought these once upon a time for my son who doesn't like the yolk and he was able to spot the difference from about ten paces and he has loooooong legs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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