title: The egg consumption of the average household in Italy.
abstract: A survey was conducted over a one-year period by means of telephone interviews with 7 991 Italian households to establish the domestic consumption of eggs, the distribution by source of supply, seasonal variations and storage and preparation methods used. Eggs are mainly purchased from large retailers (53%), followed by small retailers (25.2%), direct purchase from producers (16%), and local or itinerant markets (5.8%). It was found that 69.9% of households buy packaged eggs; 92% of households store them in the refrigerator, although this percentage varies considerably, according to the type of presentation (packaged or loose) and the number of eggs bought. Italian households mainly eat eggs cooked (48.9%), followed by partly cooked (35.0%) and raw (16.1%).
authors.affiliation: Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise 'G. Caporale', Via Campo Boario, 64100 Teramo, Italy. v.prencipe@izs.it
authors.forename: Vincenza
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Prencipe
authors.forename: Valentina
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Rizzi
authors.forename: Armando
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Giovannini
authors.forename: Giacomo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Migliorati
mesh_terms: D004531:Eggs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy