A reduced egg product produced by supercritical fluid extraction
comprising egg yolk from a whole egg that has a portion of undesired
components, such as cholesterol and triglycerides (including saturated
fats), selectively removed from the natural egg yolk while the beneficial
components, such as phosphotipids, are selectively retained and while the
consumer-desired flavor, texture, and/or functionality of the egg yolk is
retained. A method for producing the reduced egg product comprises at
least one of separating, drying, and extracting and optionally
reconstituting. The continuous drying method produces dried egg yolk with
a honeycomb type structure or small particle with low densities allowing
for effective extraction and reconstitution. Furthermore, the
reconstituting method is efficient and the pasteurizing method is capable
of pasteurizing triglyceride and fat reduced egg yolk and triglyceride
and fat reduced whole egg.