JUST Egg. Ironically, this bottled product is not made from eggs at all. It’s made from plants.
Perhaps like me, you’ve seen this stuff on store shelves next to cartons of eggs and assumed it was another liquid egg product. You know, one that’s made from chicken eggs.
But JUST Egg is entirely different. It’s made with mung beans. As such, you might think of JUST Egg as the eggy, plant-based equivalent of Beyond Meat. JUST Egg touts its product as having even a bit more protein than traditional chicken eggs, while having no cholesterol.
Now, I cook and eat lots of eggs — I even feed eggs to my dogs. Eggs pack quite a bit of nutrition, all the essential amino acids, and are still relatively cheap — despite the current high egg prices.
But when I read a recent article about how the price of JUST Egg is reaching parity (or below) that of traditional eggs, my interest was sparked. Then, while shopping at my local grocer, I saw them on sale for less than $4 for an 8-ounce bottle, about 50 cents off their normal price. A trial was in order.
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