• Israeli start-up food tech company YO! Egg produces plant-based eggs from natural ingredients such as chickpeas. All photos: EPA
    Israeli start-up food tech company YO! Egg produces plant-based eggs from natural ingredients such as chickpeas. All photos: EPA
  • It says its mission is to become the largest and most sustainable egg producer in the world, without using chickens.
    It says its mission is to become the largest and most sustainable egg producer in the world, without using chickens.
  • Compared to a chicken egg, the food tech company claims that its eggs contain less fat and no cholesterol.
    Compared to a chicken egg, the food tech company claims that its eggs contain less fat and no cholesterol.
  • The eggs can be fried.
    The eggs can be fried.
  • And poached.
    And poached.
  • According to the company's website, each egg is 100 per cent vegan and contains a 'blend of plant-based proteins, sunflower oil, water, flour and a few other simple ingredients'.
    According to the company's website, each egg is 100 per cent vegan and contains a 'blend of plant-based proteins, sunflower oil, water, flour and a few other simple ingredients'.

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What came first, the chickpea or the egg? - in pictures

Israeli tech start-up aims to skew the age-old paradox as well as help save the planet

The National

August 16, 2022

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Updated: August 16, 2022, 8:08 AM
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