Table 3. Vitamin K content of eggs commonly consumed in Korea

Egg fraction Processing type Region1) Vitamin K (μg/100 g sample)
Phylloquinone Menaquinone
Commercial egg Whole Boiling - ND4) 16.26±0.022)l3)
White Boiling - ND ND
Yolk Boiling - ND 47.27±0.75g
Fertilized egg White Raw - ND ND
Yolk Raw - 0.12±0.00d 47.89±0.21g
White Boiling - ND ND
Yolk Boiling - 0.23±0.00c 62.50±0.19f
Whole Raw 1 0.11±0.00e 158.37±0.07b
Whole Raw 2 ND 107.47±1.52c
Whole Raw 3 ND 165.97±6.92a
Whole Raw 4 1.36±0.01a 80.88±0.31d
Whole Boiling 1 ND 20.72±0.30jk
Whole Boiling 2 ND 15.04±0.03l
Whole Boiling 3 ND 22.73±0.15ij
Whole Boiling 4 ND 18.44±0.11kl
Etc Whole Baking - ND 25.23±0.02i
White Baking - ND ND
Yolk Baking - ND 70.90±0.13e
Whole Powder - 0.65±0.01b 36.71±0.31h
White Powder - ND ND
Region numbers (1-4) refer to the four production areas sampled for fertilized eggs.
All values are mean±SD (n=2).
Means with different superscript letters (a-l) within the same column are significantly different by Duncan’s multiple range test at p<0.05.
ND, not detected.