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Egg white

Also called albumen

Egg white is the gelatinous part of an egg. Cooks use it as an egg ingredient.

  • Vegetarian
  • Egg
  • Gluten-free
  • Allergen: egg

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Category
Dairy & eggs
Part used
Egg
Texture
Gelatinous
Cooked most in
Europe, Asia
Top country
Belgium
Egg white, whole

Photo: Douglas P Perkins · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use egg white

Preparing it

Whisk the whites to make a foam. Keep fat and yolk out of whites intended for beating. Avoid overbeating; the foam can eventually collapse.

Flavour

Taste and texture

Texture

  • Gelatinous

Nutrition

What 100 g of egg white holds

Per 100 g, raw. Averages from USDA; real values vary by variety, season and growing conditions.

Protein 92%Fat 1%Carbohydrate 6%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of egg white, raw
Energy52 kcal · 216 kJ
Protein11 g
Fat0.17 g
of which saturated0 g
Carbohydrate0.73 g
of which sugars0.71 g
Fibre0 g
Sodium166 mg
Cholesterol0 mg
Nutrition per 100 g of egg white, raw: minerals and vitamins
Potassium163 mg
Calcium7 mg
Iron0.08 mg
Magnesium11 mg
Zinc0.03 mg
Folate4 µg
Vitamin B120.09 µg
Other forms

Protein 82%Fat 0%Carbohydrate 18%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of egg white, other form
Energy55 kcal · 231 kJ
Protein11 g
Fat0 g
Carbohydrate2.4 g
Frozen

Protein 52%Fat 44%Carbohydrate 4%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of egg white, frozen
Energy150 kcal · 627 kJ
Protein12 g
Fat10 g
of which saturated0 g
Carbohydrate0.91 g
of which sugars0.25 g
Fibre0 g
Sodium121 mg
Cholesterol420 mg
Nutrition per 100 g of egg white, frozen: minerals and vitamins
Potassium117 mg
Calcium55 mg
Iron1.8 mg
Magnesium11 mg
Zinc1.2 mg
Folate10 µg
Vitamin B120.03 µg

Source: USDA FoodData Central (foods 172183, 747997, 172203, 323604), public domain. Minerals and vitamins are listed only where USDA measured a non-zero amount.

Around the world

Where egg white is cooked

4 dishes in the catalogue use egg white. Here is where they come from.

Dishes by continent

Countries whose dishes use it most

Counts are catalogued dishes from each country that list egg white among their ingredients.

On the table

Dishes made with egg white

4 dishes in the catalogue use it.

  • Brussels waffle

    Belgium

  • Tekwan

    Indonesia

  • Molotof

    Portugal

  • Pempek Lenjer

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include egg white.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: egg white in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.
Allergens
Contains: eggsChecked and not found: soy, fish, milk, lupin, wheat, celery, sesame, mustard, peanuts, molluscs, sulphites, tree nuts, crustaceans, gluten cereals.
Animal origin
From: eggChecked and not found: fish, meat, dairy, honey, insect, gelatin, poultry, bone char, shellfish, other animal, animal fining, animal rennet.
Gluten
None
Alcohol
None
Caffeine
None
Pork
None

Cooked together

Ingredients that go into the same catalogued dishes.
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Around the world

What egg white is called

Names in 72 languages, from Wikidata.

  • Spanish

    clara de huevo · clara del huevo · albumen

  • French

    blanc d'œuf · blanc d’œuf · blanc d’oeuf · blanc d'oeuf

  • Italian

    albume

  • Portuguese

    clara do ovo · clara de ovo

  • German

    Eiweiß · Albumen · Deutolecith · Weißei

  • Dutch

    eiwit

  • Greek

    ασπράδι αυγού · λεύκωμα

  • Turkish

    yumurta akı

  • Russian

    яичный белок

  • Polish

    białko jaja

  • Arabic

    بياض البيض · زلال بيض · بياض بيض

  • Persian

    سفیده تخم‌مرغ · سفیدهٔ تخم مرغ

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  • Aragonese

    clara de uevo

  • Armenian

    ձվի սպիտակուց

  • Asturian

    clara de güevu · clara del güevu

  • Bangla

    ডিমের শ্বেতাংশ · ডিমের সাদা

  • Basque

    zuringo · arraultza zuringo · arrautza-zuringo · albumen

  • Bavarian

    Oagloa

  • Belarusian (Taraskievica orthography)

    яечны бялок

  • Bikol

    puti kan sugok

  • Bulgarian

    яйчен белтък

  • Cantonese

    蛋白

  • Catalan

    clara d'ou · albumen

  • Chinese

    蛋白 · 蛋清 · 卵白

  • Croatian

    Bjelance

  • Czech

    bílek · vaječný bílek

  • Danish

    æggehvide · æggehvider

  • eml

    biuda

  • Erzya

    ал ашо

  • Esperanto

    ovoblanko · ovoblankaĵo

  • Estonian

    munavalge

  • Finnish

    munanvalkuainen

  • Galician

    clara de ovo · branco do ovo · albume

  • Hebrew

    חלבון הביצה

  • Hungarian

    tojásfehérje

  • Ido

    albumeno · albuminoido

  • Inari Sami

    manevielgâččâš · manevielgâdâs

  • Indonesian

    putih telur

  • Irish

    gealacán uibhe · gealacán

  • Japanese

    卵白

  • Javanese

    putih endhog

  • Kabyle

    imlel

  • Kannada

    ಅಲ್ಬುಮೆನ್

  • Korean

    흰자 · 계란 흰자 · 달걀 흰자 · 흰자위

  • Kurdish

    spîka hêkê

  • Kurdish (Latin)

    spîka hêkê

  • Latvian

    olas baltums

  • Limburgish

    eiwit

  • Luxembourgish

    Eewäiss

  • Macedonian

    белка

  • Malay

    putih telur · albumen

  • Manchu

    ᡧᠣᡥᠣ

  • Manx

    fynnican · gialan

  • mnw

    သၠာဲခၟာဲ

  • Nepali

    च्वाली

  • Northern Sami

    monnevielgadas · mannevielgadas

  • Norwegian Bokmål

    eggehvite · eggekvite

  • Norwegian Nynorsk

    eggekvite

  • Pashto

    هګۍ سپین

  • Romanian

    albuș

  • Serbian

    беланце · албумен

  • Serbian (Latin)

    bjelance

  • Simplified Chinese

    蛋白

  • sjd

    маннҍ вӣллктэсс

  • Slovenian

    jajčni beljak

  • Southern Sami

    vïelkede

  • Sundanese

    bodas endog · albumén

  • Swedish

    äggvita · äggvitor · äggvitan

  • Tatar

    йомырка аксымы · күкәй аксымы · аксым

  • Tatar (Cyrillic)

    йомырка аксымы · күкәй аксымы · аксым

  • Thai

    ไข่ขาว

  • Tibetan

    སྒོང་སྤྲི།

  • Traditional Chinese

    蛋白

  • Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China)

    蛋白

  • Ukrainian

    яєчний білок

  • Vietnamese

    lòng trắng

  • Welsh

    gwynnwy

Sources and credits

Data

Wikidata item: Q796758

Photos

Photo: Douglas P Perkins · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons