At what age can children eat partially cooked/raw eggs?

[jane313]

I looked at the food standards agency web site and they just said they weren't suitable for toddlers. But I couldn't find anywhere where it said at what age it was ok. I even emailed them and got an automated "look at our website reply" 5 times!

no eggy soldiers?

Well that's a little different to raw eggs. If the white is cooked and the yolks are just a little runny. I thought you were talking about stuff like homemade mayonnaise, ceaser salad etc.

I said partially cooked too, I was interested in both, not that I ever make real mayo or hollandaise but I have a friend who makes chocolate mousse which has raw eggs and I keep meaning to get her recipe.

I went through the same dilemma, there's no proper advice anywhere. I think KateandtheGirls is probably right but I will still be eating soft boiled eggs - yummy! A lot of the "advice" is "not for young children" whatever that means. I gave soft boiled eggs and poached/fried eggs to mine at 4 years.

I used to make that chocolate mousse, but have'nt since I had the children. I let mine have semi-runny yolks, but wouldn't let them have raw eggs until they were at least 12 or 13. The only thing I base that on is that their bodies will hopefully be sturdy enough to combat salmonella or whatever.

Is there a difference in the "danger" between raw eggs and semi-cooked ones? I may be wrong but I thought the only way to make them safe was to fully cook them.

Soft boiled eggs are 'safer' than raw ones. But the thinking is that if the egg is contaminated by salmonella, soft-boiling my not kill all the bacteria. Having said that, my very-nearly-three-year-old loves 'boily eggs' and soldiers, and has done since he was two. I buy very expensive, organic, free range eggs and he's never been ill.

Soft boiled eggs are 'safer' than raw ones. But the thinking is that if the egg is contaminated by salmonella, soft-boiling my not kill all the bacteria. Having said that, my very-nearly-three-year-old loves 'boily eggs' and soldiers, and has done since he was two. I buy very expensive, organic, free range eggs and he's never been ill.

Ooh, and I've just remembered, I let him eat the cake mix out of the bowl! However the FSA recently tested 28,000 eggs with the British Lion Mark on (to say that hens have been vaccinated against salmonella) and none were contaminated.

I blame Edwina Currie . Fancy stopping kids from licking the bowl, my dd are always allowed to lick the bowl (I haven't needed a toilet brush for ages)

I like licking the (cake) bowl too!

Me too. Better than cakes...mmmm

Definitely. Of course I only eat it to protect my kids.

I remember when I lived in America the cookie shop used to sell the cookie dough which probably didn't have eggs but was still yummy. Its a bit more snappy to ask for than uncooked cake mixture which I always called it.