Patent ID: 7288279

Claim:
A formulated fried egg comprising: a) an egg white portion, said egg white portion comprising egg whites which form between 81% and 99% by weight of said egg white portion; oil which forms between 2% and 10% by weight of said egg white portion; and salt which forms between 0.35% and 0.8% by weight of said egg white portion; and b) an egg yolk portion that is dried egg yolk, frozen egg yolk, fresh egg yolk or a combination thereof, said egg yolk portion comprising egg yolk which forms between 50% and 99.9% by weight of said egg yolk portion and gum which forms between 0.1% and 0.5by weight of said egg yolk portion wherein said egg white portion and said egg yolk portion are separately deposited into a mold which is used in a process to provide said formulated fried egg wherein said formulated fried egg has the natural look of a fried egg.