Best Powdered Eggs | Taste-Tested & Reviewed
Looking to amp up your baking or fortify your pantry for the long haul? Powdered eggs are a kitchen essential. But not all egg powder is created equal. The best powdered eggs stand out with superior taste, longer shelf life, and unbeatable value.
I’ve been testing powdered eggs for close to a decade, since I tried expired egg crystals to test the limits of their shelf life. Now I’ve taste-tested close to a dozen powders by cooking them up in various ways.
My top recommendation is for Nutrient Survival, which wins multiple categories, including taste, nutrition, and shelf life.
I also suggest Judee’s for baking applications, and where you want a simple single-ingredient powder. There is also a solid option for stockpiling powdered eggs that can give you the best cost-per-egg value.
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Best Powdered Eggs
Powdered Vitamin Eggs
With its exceptional taste and unparalleled shelf life, this brand sets the standard for powdered eggs.
*Price at time of publishing; check for price changes or sales.
Also available to buy at Nutrient Survival.
Nutrient Survival is a well-known long-term food storage brand making waves beyond the pantry. They typically provide quality, highly nutritious products, great taste, and an extremely long shelf life. I found that their powdered eggs were no exception, and provided all of this at a great value.
Specifications
- Weight: 31 ounces
- Ingredients: Whole eggs, egg whites, nonfat milk, starch, citric acid, 14 vitamins
- Preservation: Proprietary freeze-dry
- Packaging: Resealable #10 can with oxygen absorber
- Shelf Life: 25 years
- Manufactured: USA
It is one of the few freeze-dried options (rather than spray-dried), which improves taste, reconstitution, and shelf-life when compared to the rest. It does have a long list of ingredients rather than just whole eggs, but you’ll see that most of them are fortified vitamins and more natural ways to improve shelf stability (starch, citric acid), compared to other long-term food storage.
Taste & Texture
This powder performed the best in the taste test, scrambled the most similar to regular eggs, and is visually the closest when it is reconstituted. The result caught me off guard, considering it has more ingredients than other egg powders I tested, but they elevate and enhance the taste, shelf life, and consistency of the powder.
It can be gritty if you go below the suggested 0.75:1 powder-to-water ratio- or if you don’t take the time to fully mix them well. It took me close to 5 minutes to fully blend six eggs’ worth with a wooden spoon. The color of the powder, reconstituted mix, and scrambled eggs was also the lightest and most similar to regular eggs.
Nutrient Survival has become the brand to beat for long-term food storage, so it made sense that their Nutrient Survival Powdered Vitamin Eggs beat the pack in the numbers review and taste test.
Best for Baking
Judee’s Dried Whole Egg Powder
A single-ingredient option that is great for breakfast, baking, camping, and other short-term portable needs.
*Price at time of publishing; check for price changes or sales.
Also available to buy at Walmart.
Judee’s is a great option if you are baking or looking to grab a smaller size to store. They print a one-year shelf-life on the pouches but estimate that their spray-drying process, combined with the packaging and oxygen absorber, will keep it good for up to three years.
Specifications
- Weight: 11 ounces (shown, 1.5 and 3 pounds also available)
- Ingredients: Whole eggs
- Preservation: Industrial spray-dried
- Packaging: Resealable stand-up gusseted pouch with oxygen absorber
- Shelf Life: 1 year (3-year ideal shelf life)
- Manufactured: USA
They taste great and are easy to reconstitute by adding 2-1/2 parts water to 2 parts egg powder. It’s one of the simpler options available since it’s quite simply spray-dried whole eggs. No other ingredients, even anti-caking agents, are added. This limits shelf life significantly and caused some of the powder to cake in my testing, but it can still give you an authentic option in your pantry for several years.
Taste & Texture
Judee’s performed well in the taste test, but really excelled in the baking portion with brownies- presumably because it is just one ingredient. It is slightly yellower than most other powders we tested, but that is because the other brands have additional ingredients like anticaking agents.
When scrambled, Judees tasted like cafeteria-style eggs and were less impressive than some of the others. When the powder was baked into brownies, it tasted very similar to regular eggs, with the brownies slightly more dense. It reconstitutes quickly- in just a few minutes, and was not gritty at all despite the powder being clumpy out of the packaging.
Pick up Judee’s Dried Whole Egg Powder to pack eggs in your pantry for baking.
Best to Stockpile
Augason Farms Powdered Eggs
The best volume-priced powdered eggs, designed for long-term pantry storage.
*Price at time of publishing; check for price changes or sales.
Also available to buy at Augason Farms and Walmart.
Augason Farms is known for making food storage easy, and they even have a solution for eggs. They are the value price driver, and their simple ingredients go great in a prepper pantry- especially when you can find them on sale.
Specifications
- Weight: 33 ounces
- Ingredients: Whole eggs, sodium silicoaluminate (anticaking)
- Preservation: Industrial freeze-dried
- Packaging: Resealable #10 can with oxygen absorber
- Shelf Life: 10 years
- Manufactured: USA
The ingredient list is straightforward, but it does include an anticaking agent. This doesn’t affect the taste, as Augason scored pretty well in the taste test, but it is something to consider. The main reason you would buy this is the low cost-per-egg and convenient packaging made for long-term storage.
Taste & Texture
Augason Farms comes in third with the taste test, which isn’t bad for the best cost-per-egg powder on the market. The baked brownies and the scrambled eggs cooked as expected and tasted good enough. The egg powder reconstitutes quickly and doesn’t clump as much as others out of the can or pouch.
The scrambled eggs did have a slightly chewy mouth-feel and a texture that was further from regular eggs than I would like. The way the eggs cooked off the pan, they perform slightly better in omelets and in baked good recipes.
If you are grabbing some egg powder in bulk, stack Augason Farms Powdered Eggs in #10 cans.
Comparison Table
| Powdered Eggs | Recommendation | Price* | Egg Count | Calorie Total | Shelf Life |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nutrient Survival | Best Overall | $65 | 70 | 4,900 | 25 years |
| Judee’s | Best for Baking | $24 | 24 | 1,920 | 1 year |
| Augason Farms | Best for Bulk Storage | $68 | 85 | 5,950 | 10 years |
| Ova Easy | $17 | 5 | 350 | 3 years | |
| Valley Food Storage | $30 | 12 | 840 | 25 years | |
| Cracked Up | $39 | 35 | 2,800 | 1 year | |
| Eggylicious | $40 | 30 | 2,670 | 1 year | |
| Legacy | $58 | 48 | 3,360 | 10 years | |
| Simple Kitchen | $70 | 80 | 5,760 | 10 years | |
| Heaven’s Harvest | $88 | 80 | 5,120 | 10 years | |
| Readywise | $159 | 144 | 11,520 | 25 years |
How I Tested
To test the powdered eggs, I bought up a bunch of them and cooked them up a few ways. First, I reconstituted them by adding the amount of water instructed by the packaging. After that, I turned on the heat and scrambled the eggs. Lastly, I included the various egg powders in Betty Crocker fudge brownie mix and baked it to see how it would perform and taste.
I focused on whole egg powdered eggs, rather than mixes like scrambled eggs or protein reductions. Both of those have their place, but I wanted to compare similar products and focus on the real deal.
Why Trust TruePrepper
Eggs can pack some serious protein in your pantry. Egg powder is part of my preparedness plan, since it can have an exceptional shelf life and pack densely on a shelf.
Hi, I’m Sean Gold, an avid prepper and the founder of TruePrepper. Egg powder is one of the food storage items I’ve been testing the longest, since 2018, when we cracked open some expired Ova Easy egg crystals. I like a good plate of eggs seasoned with salt, pepper, and hot sauce. Testing the variety of egg powders was a better taste experience than I’ve had with other food storage taste tests.
Analysis & Test Results
The best egg powder has several important features to look for:
- Value
- Taste & Texture – 40% of overall score weight
- Quality – 20% weight
- Reconstitution – 20% weight
- Shelf-Life – 20% weight
When you find the right blend of these, you get great-tasting powdered eggs that will give you a reliable, long-term pantry staple. Below, we break down what each of these points means for the different powders that rise above the rest.
Which is the Best Value?
The money you spend on powdered foods in your pantry shouldn’t break your food storage budget. There is a huge range of options for food storage that can be stored easily and cheaply, and eggs are just one component.
Alternatively, you don’t want to go too cheap or just plain get the wrong thing. Powdered eggs that don’t say ‘whole egg’ on the packaging usually have a reduced yolk content.
Whole Egg Content
Whole egg powder is what you are looking for. There are many types of powdered eggs, but many have reduced yolk content or additives other than eggs. Examples include scrambled egg powder and egg protein powder.
When you are looking for a pantry staple like powdered eggs, you want to keep it simple, and that’s why you need whole egg powder.
Cost Per Egg
The main driver of value is how many eggs you are getting in what you are paying for in powder. Here is how the various brands line up:
*Cost at the time of the latest update
Taste & Texture
Powdered eggs can be eaten in powder form (although I wouldn’t recommend it), reconstituted, or baked into a recipe. To see which powder tasted the best, I scrambled and baked each brand and compared them against each other.
To scramble the egg powders, I reconstituted them with water according to their directions and scrambled them with a wooden spoon in a nonstick pan over medium heat. For most brands, this resulted in similar results to regular scrambled eggs as far as how they looked, but the taste and texture varied.
To bake the egg powders, I added the powder directly to the mix and increased the water to add to the baking mix proportionally. I baked small batches of brownies to compare the effects the egg powders had on the brownie taste, moisture level, and mouth-feel.
Quality
To judge the different brands’ quality, I looked at their nutritional information and reformatted them to two tablespoons for better comparison, since their serving sizes were different. I also inspected their packaging methods and materials, using my experience as an industrial engineer who worked with consumer good packaging for over 10 years.
Nutrition
| Brand | Dry Serving | Calories* | Protein* | Fat* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nutrient Survival | 4 Tbsp | 70 | 6g | 5g |
| Judee’s | 2 Tbsp | 80 | 6g | 5g |
| Augason Farms | 2.5 Tbsp | 64 | 5g | 5g |
| Readywise | 2.5 Tbsp | 64 | 5g | 5g |
| Eggylicious | 2 Tbsp | 89 | 7g | 6g |
| NutraBloom | 2 Tbsp | 75 | 7g | 5g |
| Orgfun | 2 Tbsp | 75 | 7g | 5g |
| OvaEasy | 2 Tbsp | 70 | 6g | 5g |
Preservation & Packaging
When companies are making powdered eggs, they typically use one of two methods. Here are the main differences:
- Freeze-drying – This less common and more time-consuming method typically involves blending the eggs, freezing them in a tray, and then placing the tray in a freeze dryer. This slightly improves the taste and provides a longer shelf life compared to spray-drying. It can also be done at home with your own freeze-drying equipment, but it’s not advised due to the mess, smell, cleaning, etc.
- Spray-drying – The most common method for drying eggs involves preheating the eggs to 140° F and then putting them into an industrial drying chamber, blowing air at 270° F. The powder is captured when it leaves the blower with the rest of the air.
Almost all providers package the dried egg powder into plastic or mylar bags with oxygen absorbers to further increase shelf life. Mylar bags are always preferred for longer shelf life, as we discuss in detail in our mylar bag review roundup.
I’ve dealt with leaking food in buckets and bags over the years from shoddy-quality food storage companies, and I can tell you that it’s not fun. Not only does the food that is leaking get compromised, but it also contaminates other packaging. This can attract pests, cause bad odors, start mold, and generally be a bad time. Luckily, I caught those before I needed to use the food for survival and before anything got too out of hand.
All of that said, I can’t stress the importance of quality for long-term food storage since it just takes one faulty seam on an impulse sealer to set back all of your hard work.
Reconstitution
Reconstitution was where some of the cheaper brands were quickly suspect. Orgfun suggested a 2:1 water-powder ratio, and Nutrabloom didn’t even stipulate what was needed. They both ended up very watery and appeared different than the other brands. When I put some low heat on the pan, they boiled and reduced, rather than congealing, so I could scramble them like traditional eggs. The liquid boiling off was very sweet-smelling, and the remaining liquid crystallized, which was very odd.
I don’t suggest getting budget egg powder, because it is clearly not what you would expect. Something in the way it is reduced to powder makes it not perform as you would expect when reconstituting, cooking, or baking.
Shelf-Life
There is a wide range of shelf-life labels on powdered eggs because they come in different packaging and have different drying methods, with mylar being the best as we just mentioned above. The shelf life of egg powder can span from months all the way to 25 years.
When you store some of the powder designed to last a long time in a cool, dark spot, it can even go past its printed shelf life. This makes these options have very few drawbacks to stockpiling if you have the room to store them in a temperature-regulated spot.
Are Powdered Eggs Better for You?
It depends on the brand. Some are better for you- see our top pick. The egg powder has been fortified with a vitamin blend, making it an excellent supplement for everyday use or in your emergency stockpile.
Some brands add anticaking agents to speed reconstitution and prevent block build-up and crystallization in storage. They are usually added in very small amounts, so it only dilutes the egg content slightly.
Others are virtually the same. One ingredient, egg powder, is dried through a spray drying process that retains almost all of the nutrients and flavor. This makes it have the same nutrition profile as traditional eggs and taste very similar when reconstituted as well.
Does Egg Powder Taste Like Real Eggs?
Powdered eggs are ‘real eggs’, so they taste very similar to fresh eggs when they are reconstituted correctly and cooked.
One thing that typically stands out if you are doing a side-by-side taste test with real eggs is that powdered eggs do not look exactly like traditional eggs, even after they are reconstituted. Their runny appearance can look a little less appetizing if you are not used to it, but that doesn’t directly affect the taste.
How to Cook Powdered Eggs
Follow the instructions on the package to cook your powdered eggs because they can vary between brands and drying methods.
Generally, you add 2 1/2 parts water to 2 parts egg powder to reconstitute the eggs. If you add too little water, it may end up tasting a little bit gritty. Too much water and the texture is closer to runny eggs.
After adding water, you’ll need to stir or whisk until all of the clumps of powder are reconstituted. This can take longer if the eggs don’t have an anticaking agent, but all of our tested powders reconstituted well in under 5 minutes of stirring for a serving.
After that, you can cook the eggs however you would cook traditional stirred eggs. For our taste testing, we scrambled the eggs since it’s easy to make, consistently cooked, and easy to share.
After the taste test, I added my favorite condiments to polish off the eggs.
You can also add the egg powder to baking recipes and increase the water you add to the recipe by the appropriate amount. This is what I did for the brownie portion of the taste testing I did for all of the powder brands.
Sources & References
All of our experience and the testing we do to find the best powdered eggs are useless without listing our research sources and references. We leaned on these for the book knowledge that we paired with our hands-on testing and practical military and prepping experience:
Tracy, P., et al. (1944). Effect of various temperatures of storage upon chemical and physical properties of powdered egg yolk as related to its use in ice cream. Food Research. Volume 9. Pages 126 – 131. (Source)
Szepsenwol, J., et al. (2016). Carcinogenic Effect of Ether Extract of Whole Egg, Alcohol Extract of Egg Yolk, and Powdered Egg Free of the Ether Extractable Part in Mice. Journal of Experimental Biology and Medicine. Volume 116. Issue 4. (Source)
Zunin, P., et al. (1995). Cholesterol Oxidation in Baked Foods Containing Fresh and Powdered Eggs. Journal of Food Science. Volume 60. Issue 5. Pages 913 – 915. (Source)
Conclusion
Powdered eggs are a versatile baking and food-storage staple. You can find some in bulk, with long shelf life, and with great taste. Protein is always an important part of food storage plans, and eggs can help you hit your mark.
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