Fri, Dec 31, 2010 A Chinese newspaper on December 27 reported
that many Chinese companies publicly advertised technology to
produce fake eggs. The Vietnamese Food Safety Agency on December
28 confirmed that it had not detected fake eggs in Vietnam. The
Chinese newspaper described in detail how to make fake eggs.
Major materials are sodium alginate, CaCO3, CaO, food coloring
and honey wax. There are three steps to make fake eggs: creating
the egg white and egg yolk; fixing the egg yolk and putting egg
yolk inside egg white; and making the cover. To create egg
white, the producer only needs to mix sodium alginate with
water. Putting coloring into this solution, the producer will
have egg yolk. The fake egg yolk is then put into a mould with
the same size of an egg yolk, then dipped quickly into CaO
solution. The surface of the fake egg yolk will quickly turn
into a thin layer which looks exactly like the real egg yolk.
About a minute later the egg yolk is fixed. The producer puts
the egg yolk into the egg white