{{Short description|Eggs removed from the shell and sold as a liquid}} '''Breaker eggs''' (also called '''liquid eggs''') are chicken eggs that have been broken out of their shells to be sold in liquid form and are utilized in the food industry as an ingredient in other food products, as opposed to being sold fresh in their shells in protective cartons. In the United States, Iowa is a leading producer of this product. <ref name="Outbreaks">{{cite news |last1=Song |first1=Zijia |title=Bird flu outbreaks boost price of processed food |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/833174858 |access-date=15 January 2023 |agency=Bloomberg |publisher=The Island Packet |date=15 Apr 2022 |page=A3 |language=en}}</ref> A 2015 avian bird flu outbreak in the American Midwest struck the breaker egg-laying hens and forced breaker egg prices higher.<ref>[http://thegazette.com/subject/news/record-prices-coming-for-breaker-eggs-as-result-of-bird-flu-outbreak-20150515 Record prices coming for ‘breaker eggs' as result of bird flu outbreak], Bloomberg News, 15 May 2015.</ref> By the end of 2015, prices were again on the down-swing.<ref>[https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/pybshellegg.pdf EGG MARKET NEWS REPORT], ISSN 1520-6122, 14 December 2015, Vol. 62 No. 50.</ref> Another avian influenza that forced the destruction of tens of millions of chickens in 2022 again led to skyrocketing prices for breaker eggs.<ref name="Outbreaks" />
An early 2025 outbreak of avian influenza drove egg prices higher once again, but in this instance, the increase in liquid egg prices was not as severe as for shell eggs.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Graber |first1=Roy |title=Post COO: Liquid egg demand on the rise amid HPAI outbreak |url=https://www.wattagnet.com/business-markets/news/15737057/post-coo-liquid-egg-demand-on-the-rise-amid-hpai-outbreak |website=WATTPoultry.com |publisher=WATT Global Media |access-date=16 February 2025 |language=en-us |date=10 February 2025}}</ref>
==See also== * Scrambled eggs
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