a normal strand of protein that helps keep the yolk centered inside the egg.
It is safe to eat and does not mean the egg is fertilized or contaminated. While genuinely unusual objects can occasionally be found inside eggs, their identity cannot reliably be determined from appearance alone.
So the next time you crack an egg and see a little white string, there is usually no reason to panic. It is simply one of the natural structures that make up an egg.
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