An egg breaking apparatus for breaking eggs having shell and contents including yolk and albumen, comprising a plurality of egg breaking devices , each adapted for holding, breaking and opening a single egg at a time, where said egg breaking devices are adapted for moving along a direction of travel (A) during the breaking and opening of the eggs, and where said egg breaking devices are arranged in a plurality of columns each extending substantially perpendicular to the direction of travel (A) and in a plurality of rows extending in the direction of travel of the egg breaking devices, at least one breaking activator adapted for activating each egg breaking device to break and open an egg held by it, at least one egg contents receiving device for receiving the contents of eggs broken and opened by the egg breaking devices , said contents being discharged from the shell under the influence of gravity, at least one an albumen collection unit for collecting albumen remaining on shells and/or egg breaking devices after the egg contents have been discharged under the influence of gravity, said albumen collection unit comprising at least one collection member with at least one opening adapted for allowing the passage of a fluid, said opening(s) being provided in an outer surface of the collection member(s), characterized in that the albumen collection unit further comprises at least one cover member adapted for covering the opening(s) in the collection member(s) , and in that the collection member(s) and/or the cover member(s) are moveable between a first mutual position where the cover member(s) cover(s) the opening(s) and a second mutual position where the opening(s) is/are uncovered. a plurality of egg breaking devices , each adapted for holding, breaking and opening a single egg at a time, where said egg breaking devices are adapted for moving along a direction of travel (A) during the breaking and opening of the eggs, and where said egg breaking devices are arranged in a plurality of columns each extending substantially perpendicular to the direction of travel (A) and in a plurality of rows extending in the direction of travel of the egg breaking devices, at least one breaking activator adapted for activating each egg breaking device to break and open an egg held by it, at least one egg contents receiving device for receiving the contents of eggs broken and opened by the egg breaking devices , said contents being discharged from the shell under the influence of gravity, at least one an albumen collection unit for collecting albumen remaining on shells and/or egg breaking devices after the egg contents have been discharged under the influence of gravity, said albumen collection unit comprising at least one collection member with at least one opening adapted for allowing the passage of a fluid, said opening(s) being provided in an outer surface of the collection member(s), characterized in that the albumen collection unit further comprises at least one cover member adapted for covering the opening(s) in the collection member(s) , and in that the collection member(s) and/or the cover member(s) are moveable between a first mutual position where the cover member(s) cover(s) the opening(s) and a second mutual position where the opening(s) is/are uncovered. <EOS>