Scientists say they’ve found the ideal way to cook boiled eggs to maximize consistency, taste and nutrients of the egg white and yolk. You can even test it at home.

There’s no single method to boil an egg, but a team at the Italian National Research Council’s Institute for Polymers, Composites, and Biomaterials now believe there is a “perfect” way to cook them.

If the ideal boiled egg has a meltingly soft centre and firm white, scientists have developed what they say is the perfect method. Alas, it takes 32 minutes.

The two main components of an egg, the yellow yolk and the white albumen, have different compositions and thus need different temperatures for optimal cooking. This problem can be overcome by ...

Boiling an exceptional egg takes time. Thirty-two minutes to be exact. But it's not as easy as dropping the egg in water and walking away, according to a new study published Thursday in Communications ...

Switching between boiling and warm water every couple of minutes found to create the ideal consistency, shape, taste and nutritional profile ...

The task was harder than it might seem, as many home cooks know. The yolk and the egg white, or albumen, have different chemical compositions, which call for different heating temperatures.

The only difference between brown and white eggs is the color of the shell, which depends on the breed of hen that lays them.

Boiling an egg flawlessly is challenging because the albumen — or egg white — and the yolk have different compositions, requiring them to be cooked at varying temperatures to achieve ideal ...