Poultry
Pekin Duck
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Pekin duck eggs are large white to bluish-tinted eggs from the heavy white meat breed—rich yolks and stout whites ideal for Chinese salted eggs, mooncake yolks, and Western baking that wants extra fat and colour. Flavour is classic duck: fuller than chicken, slightly mineral. Commercial meat flocks may not prioritise egg sales; seek dual-purpose or dedicated layers. One Pekin egg roughly equals one and a half large chicken eggs by volume.
Also known as: Pekin / white duck egg, Pekin duck egg
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History
American Pekin industry focused on meat; eggs were farmhouse secondary products.
White duck eggs remained important in Chinese preserved-egg traditions.
Some farms marketed Pekin eggs to bakeries.
Artisan bakers featured Pekin duck eggs for golden crumb.