Raw egg white and biotin (avidin)
In the body: Raw egg white holds avidin, which binds biotin, a B vitamin, and stops the gut absorbing it. Cooking undoes this.
Not rated by dose: a flag on one reviewed food, raw eggs.
Background. Shown, not scored: no dose basis at normal intake, a classification rather than a risk, or legal limits only.
The reference value and where it comes from
- The agency’s figureno agency dose value
- Basisraw egg white avidin binds biotin (no agency value)
- Source ?Solvik 2024
Reviewed foods that carry it
1 reviewed food carries it; none is rated by dose.
How often you can eat it ?
No food here is rated by dose. Each line says why it’s listed: a flag for the people the source names, advice on handling it, or context.
Named above but not among the foods we review, so no line below: raw egg white.
Flags and context, not rated by dose
Eggs, rawWorth knowing
Solvik 2024 · grade B ?
How it’s rated
Avidin in raw egg white binds biotin; the binding is lost on cooking. Deficiency reported with chronic ingestion of raw egg white
Intake: not applicable (flag)
Measured on: raw egg white; chronic intake
Sources
- Solvik BS, Strand TA (2024) Biotin: a scoping review for Nordic Nutrition Recommendations 2023. Food Nutr Res 68:10256 · doi:10.29219/fnr.v68.10256 · PMID 38327992
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