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"To re-create a clear protein known as lysozyme once an egg has been boiled, he and his colleagues add a urea substance that chews away at the whites, liquefying the solid material."

Another interesting use for human waste however I'm not sure I would like to eat an egg that was treated with urea.




Urea is used as a food additive:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/16422263/

> Urea is generally recognized as safe by FDA for the following uses: side-seam cements for food contact; an inhibitor or stabilizer in pesticide formulations and formulations applied to animals; internal sizing for paper and paperboard and surface sizing and coating of paper and paper board that contact water-in-oil dairy emulsions, low-moisture fats and oils, moist bakery products, dry solids with surface containing no free fats or oil, and dry solids with the surface of fat or oil; and to facilitate fermentation of wine.

It's a natural component of food:

http://www.fda.gov/Food/IngredientsPackagingLabeling/GRAS/SC...

It can be a synthetic compound.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urea

Carbamide (another name for urea) is used in some chewing gums.


Wait until you hear about Dihydrogen Monoxide. It's a major constituent of urine, yet widely used as a food additive and even sold bottled for human consumption.




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