Eggs are one of the most common foods on the planet, spanning cultures and cuisines, distance and language.
We eat 1.4 trillion chicken eggs per year, using 93 million acres of land and 51 billion gallons of water in the process.
JUST Egg started with a simple question.
Could we make really delicious eggs from plants?
Yes. And, in the process, we made eggs that are better for the planet, too.
We searched thousands of samples, representing hundreds of species of plants, and our team ultimately found one that magically scrambles like an egg.
We found our answer in an unlikely place.
Cultures across the globe have cooked with mung beans for millennia. This very old bean, it turns out, makes very good eggs.
The mung bean is also one of the most sustainable plants on earth, using significantly fewer resources to grow and cultivate than do chicken eggs. So that’s a really nice bonus, too.
It scrambles. It fluffs. It makes quiches and frittatas to save brunch. And, honestly, it tastes even better than a chicken egg.
Factory farms take an incredible toll on our planet, on animals and on ourselves. It doesn’t have to be this way. Our eggs are delicious, and they might just help fix our planet.
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It takes 53 gallons of water to produce a single chicken egg. It’s not because of thirsty chickens; it’s because of the water that goes into growing so much feed. By making JUST Egg directly from plants, we use 98% less water.
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More than three-quarters of the world’s farmable land goes to animal agriculture, yet it produces just 18% of our calories. By making JUST Egg directly from plants, we use 83% less land.
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More than three-quarters of the world’s farmable land goes to animal agriculture, yet it produces just 18% of our calories. By making JUST Egg directly from plants, we use 83% less land.
We’ve now sold the equivalent of more than 350 million eggs, and every one of those scrambles, omelettes and quiches has a real impact. By making JUST Egg from plants, we’ve saved more than 61 million kilograms of carbon emissions, 12.8 billion gallons of water and 18,823 acres of land.That’s 19,334 Olympic-size swimming pools worth of water, an area of land equal to 22 Central Parks and the equivalent of removing more than 13,258 cars from our roads for a year.
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Yes, they’re delicious and, yes, they’re made from plants, and, sure, that helps the planet. But they’re also better for us, too. JUST Egg has 67% less saturated fat and a similar amount of protein as a chicken egg. It’s also free of cholesterol and full of good-for-you polyunsaturated fat. We call that a win-win.
The factory farming industry is very worried about how much you’ll like our eggs. And with more than 350 million eggs already sold, it should be.