"Real" eggs are the stars of Easter week, so much so that over three hundred million of them will be served from North to South, hard-boiled or as ingredients in desserts or traditional dishes. This is what emerges from a Coldiretti estimate based on Unaitalia data with the most popular products of the Easter holidays. Italians will spend around 130 million euros on eggs thanks to production almost entirely Made in Italy.
Also driving their consumption are studies that recognize them as a healthy, balanced and "fat-cutting" food suitable for controlling the weight of individuals and with substances useful for the proper functioning of liver cells, such as hepatoprotective amino acids such as methionine and choline and a substance like inositol useful in particular for those suffering from fatty liver.
At breakfast and at the end of the meal the challenge among Easter desserts is won this year by the dove, which will be present on 69% of the tables, according to the Coldiretti/Ixe' survey, compared to 63% of the chocolate egg that this last year saw record price increases due to the increase in chocolate prices.
There will also be no shortage of lamb on Easter tables, present in one menu out of three (33%), according to Coldiretti/Ixe'. Of those who bring lamb to the table, over one in four, Coldiretti notes, will purchase it directly from the producer. The vast majority will still choose Made in Italy lamb, demonstrating an increased sensitivity towards the origin of what is brought to the table. Every year, more than half of the product found on the shelves risks, in fact, being of foreign origin, often coming from Eastern Europe, which does not respect the same quality standards as the national one.
"Choosing lamb meat also means supporting - recalls Coldiretti - the survival of the 60 thousand shepherds, currently struggling with the damage of the drought in Southern Italy and the increase in production costs linked to international tensions".
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