6 Composition of Hen's Egg White

6.1 Distribution of Nutrients
 

Nutrients: Content per 100 g
Energy 203 kJ (48 kcal)	Iodine 7 µg	Leu 1080 mg
Water 87.3 g	Selenium 4-10 µg	Lys 740 mg
Protein 11.1 g		Met + Cys 470 mg
Lipid 0.2 g	Vitamins	Phe 760 mg
Carbohydrate 0.4 g	Vitamin A traces	Thr 580 mg
Minerals 0.7 g	Vitamin B1 20 µg	Trp 200 mg
	Vitamin B2 320 µg	Tyr 460 mg
Minerals	Nicotinamide 90 µg	Val 980 mg
Sodium 170 mg	Pantothenic acid 140 µg
Potassium 155 mg	Vitamin B6 12 µg	Carbohydrates
Magnesium 12 mg	Biotin 7 µg	Glucose 410 mg
Calcium 11 mg	Folic acid 16 µg
Manganese 40 µg	Vitamin B12 traces
Iron 200 µg	Vitamin C 300 µg
Copper 130 µg
Zinc 20 µg	Amino Acids
Phosphorus 20 mg	Arg 680 mg
Chloride 170 µg	His 280 mg
Fluoride 10-150 µg	Ile 740 mg

Reference: Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Lebensmittelchemie, Garching bei München (ed), Der kleine "Souci-Fachmann-Kraut" Lebensmitteltabelle für die Praxis, WVG, Stuttgart 1991
 

6.2 Protein Fraction
 

Proteins / Glycoproteins	Amount of total protein (1)	Heat Coagulated Egg
Ovomucoid	11 %	14.2 +/- 11.9 mg/ml in soluble fraction of egg white (2)
Ovalbumin	54 %
Ovotransferrin	12-13 %
Lysozyme	3.4-3.5 %
Ovomucin	1.5-3.5 %
G2 Ovoglobulin	1.0 %
G3 Ovoglobulin	1.0 %
Ovoflavoprotein	0.8 %
Ovostatin	0.5 %
Cystatin	0.05 %
Avidin	0.05 %
Thiamin-binding protein
Glutamyl aminopeptidase
Minor glycoprotein 1
Minor glycoprotein 2

 Reference: (1) Awade 1996, (2) Sakai et al. 1998