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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.

All hazards

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, raw

    Worth 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

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