Eggs – Converting between Egg sizes

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In the UK eggs are sized as, small, medium, large and extra large.

What weights/ratios do these correspond, so if a recipe calls for 1 large egg, how many small eggs could I use in its place?

I assume that other countries have similar sizing standards, so if we can aggregate non-UK information as well, that'd be a worthwhile addition to the site.

Best Answer

Europe

From http://www.egginfo.co.uk/page/eggsizes:

|-----------------------|
| Size        | Weight  |
|-------------|---------|
| Very large  | >= 73g  |
| Large       | 63-73g  |
| Medium      | 53-63g  |
| Small       | <= 53g  |
|-----------------------|

USA

From http://www.georgiaeggs.org/pages/sizeequivalents.html:

Size equivalents

US recipes using eggs, but not specifying size, are referring to large eggs. Here is a substitution table:

|------------------------------------------|
| Large | Jumbo | X-Large | Medium | Small |
|-------|-------|---------|--------|-------|
| 1     | 1     | 1       | 1      | 1     |
| 2     | 2     | 2       | 2      | 2     |
| 3     | 3     | 3       | 3      | 4     |
| 4     | 3     | 4       | 5      | 5     |
| 5     | 4     | 4       | 6      | 7     |
| 6     | 5     | 5       | 7      | 8     |
|------------------------------------------|

Here is a cup equivalency table as well:

|-----------------------------------|
|            TO MAKE 1 CUP          |
|-----------------------------------|
| Egg Size | Whole | Whites | Yolks |
|----------|-------|--------|-------|
| Jumbo    | 4     | 5      | 11    |
| X-Large  | 4     | 6      | 12    |
| Large    | 5     | 7      | 14    |
| Medium   | 5     | 8      | 16    |
| Small    | 6     | 9      | 18    |
|-----------------------------------|
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