Table 1. Proximate composition of commercial egg (CE) and blue shelled egg (BE) egg (%)
Items | Proximate composition | CE | BE | SEM |
Whole egg | Moisture | 75.89a | 74.89b | 0.160 |
Crude protein | 11.99a | 12.05a | 0.020 |
Crude fat | 10.46a | 10.77a | 0.118 |
Crude ash | 0.78a | 0.69a | 0.060 |
Egg yolk | Moisture | 51.30a | 51.71a | 0.208 |
Crude protein | 15.97a | 15.74a | 0.103 |
Crude fat | 29.30a | 28.93a | 0.308 |
Crude ash | 1.63a | 1.64a | 0.088 |
Egg white | Moisture | 87.87a | 88.07a | 0.070 |
Crude protein | 10.20a | 10.26a | 0.064 |
Crude fat | 0.09a | 0.08a | 0.007 |
Crude ash | 0.44a | 0.52a | 0.122 |