article_snippet: Consumption rose by 2.4 per cent in 2014, which equates to an extra 700,000 that are boiled, scrambled and fried every day of the week.
article_snippet: Consumption of eggs rose by 2.4 per cent in 2014, the equivalent of 700,000 extra a day.
article_snippet: Consumption from retail purchases exceeded six billion for the first time in 2014, having grown 16 per cent in the past five years,’ said A spokesman for the British Egg Information Service, adding that consumption had returned to levels last seen before the salmonella crisis of the late 1980s.
highlights_snippet: Consumption rose by 2.4% in 2014, the equivalent of an extra 700,000 a day .
  