Why your eggs should never sit in the door of your fridge

If you have been storing your eggs in this one, common place, you’ve been doing it wrong. Here’s how you should be keeping them.

Most fridges have slots in the door to hold your eggs. But is that where you should be keeping them?

When it comes to keeping eggs fresher for longer, there is a right and wrong place to store them, The Sunreports.

And according to Chris Beasley, from the home insurance company Smart Cover, it might not be where you think.

Close-Up Of Eggs In Refrigerator

“Eggs store best at consistent temperatures,” Mr Beasley said.

“Which is why you might find they keep better on the top or middle shelf of your fridge.”

The door is one of the warmer parts of the fridge. It also has a less consistent temperature since it’s being opened and closed throughout the day.

Storing your eggs on the top or the middle shelf of the fridge will keep them fresh. Picture: Getty Images

If you don’t keep your eggs in the fridge at all, it’s time to break out of that habit.

In Australia, most egg producers recommend storing eggs below 15C. This makes the fridge the best place for them.

The Australian Eggs organisation also recommends a “climate-controlled refrigerated environment” for storing eggs.

“The best way to keep eggs is to store them in their original carton in the refrigerator as soon as possible after purchase,” its website states. “Cartons reduce water loss and protect flavours from other foods being absorbed into the eggs. Storing eggs loose, or in specially designed sections of the refrigerator is not recommended as this also exposes eggs to greater risk of damage.”

UK Healthline said: “Storing your eggs in the fridge is the best way to keep bacteria under control.

“A fresh egg stored at room temperature will start to decline in quality after a few days and need to be used within one to three weeks.

“Eggs kept in the refrigerator will maintain quality and freshness for at least twice as long.”

This story originally appeared in The Sun and has been reproduced with permission

Originally published as Why your eggs should never sit in the door of your fridge