Processing and Sensory Evaluation of Scrambled Eggs Containing Defatted Yolk Solids

Egg yolk solids defatted with hexane were incorporated into frozen and spray‐dried scrambled egg products. Part of the egg oil removed was replaced with nonfat oil replacers. Both products were evaluated by sensory panels. The frozen product was compared with frozen whole egg and a nonyolk, commercial frozen product. The spray‐dried product was compared with a nonyolk, commercial dried product. In the frozen products, the whole egg was preferred over both the defatted frozen product and nonyolk, commercial frozen product, with the defatted and nonyolk products being equally acceptable. In the dried products, the spray‐dried scrambled eggs were preferred over the nonyolk, commercial dried product. The products formulated from defatted yolk solids contained 84% less lipid and 79% less cholesterol than products made from fresh whole eggs.