Egg Beaters is a product marketed in the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 as a healthy substitute for chicken

Chicken

The chicken is a domesticated fowl, a subspecies of the Red Junglefowl. As one of the most common and widespread domestic animals, and with a population of more than 24 billion in 2003, there are more chickens in the world than any other species of bird...

 eggs

Egg (food)

Eggs are laid by females of many different species, including birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish, and have probably been eaten by mankind for millennia. Bird and reptile eggs consist of a protective eggshell, albumen , and vitellus , contained within various thin membranes...

. Egg Beaters is primarily egg whites with added flavorings, vitamins and thickeners Xantham gum and guar gum

Guar gum

Guar gum, also called guaran, is a galactomannan. It is primarily the ground endosperm of guar beans. The guar seeds are dehusked, milled and screened to obtain the guar gum. It is typically produced as a free-flowing, pale, off-white-colored, coarse to fine ground powder.-Production:Guar gum is an...

. It contains no egg yolks.

Past and present

Egg Beaters was introduced in 1972 and originally sold frozen. The refrigerated version was introduced in 1994. For a brief time, the company sold Egg Beaters With Yolk, which contained a small amount of yolk.

The product was originally introduced by Standard Brands

Standard Brands

Standard Brands was formed in 1929 by J.P. Morgan with the merger of:*Fleischmann Company*Royal Baking Powder Company*E. W. Gillett*Widlar Food Products Company*Chase & Sanborn Coffee Company...

 which merged with Nabisco

Nabisco

Nabisco is an American brand of cookies and snacks. Headquartered in East Hanover, New Jersey, the company is a subsidiary of Illinois-based Kraft Foods. Nabisco's plant in Chicago, a production facility at 7300 S...

in 1981 to form Nabisco Brands, Inc. ConAgra acquired Nabisco's refrigerated food business in late 1998.

Variations

Egg Beaters are sold frozen or refrigerated in various size containers, and five varieties, Original, Whites, Garden Vegetable, Cheese & Chive and Southwestern. Most contain no fat and cholesterol, and all contain substantially lower calories, fat and cholesterol than whole eggs.