Egg white replacement
Looking for an alternative to RUF's vegan egg white replacer?
If you are comparing RUF with other egg white replacers, it is not immediately obvious which product will suit the recipes you make. RUF comes as a 20g sachet that you mix with sparkling water. VERY AQUAFABA is chickpea aquafaba, available either as a liquid you weigh straight from the pack or as a powder you make up with water. The doses and pack sizes are different too, so it is worth looking at what you would actually use for one recipe before you choose. Updated: .
What are you buying in each pack?
| What you check | VERY AQUAFABA | RUF Bio Veganer Eiweiss-Ersatz |
|---|---|---|
| Made from | Water, chickpeas. No additives, no preservatives. | Starch, pea protein, thickener guar gum, salt (organic) |
| Allergens | None of the 14 EU allergens | May contain traces of egg, milk, soy and nuts |
| Formats | Liquid 1L Tetrapak, 10L bag-in-box and 1T IBC; powder 30g, 200g and 3kg pouches | 20g sachet |
| One egg white | 30g of liquid, or 2g of powder with 30 ml of water | 10g of powder with 80 ml of sparkling water, whipped |
| Once opened or made up | Liquid: 3 to 4 days at 2 to 6 °C. Powder: dry and closed until its best-before date | Not stated on the product page |
| Source | What's in VERY AQUAFABA, and the storage guide | Product page of RUF Bio Veganer Eiweiss-Ersatz (October 2026) |
With RUF you make the powder up with sparkling water and whip it, and one sachet is marked 4 egg whites.
With VERY AQUAFABA you weigh the liquid straight from the pack or make up the powder with still water.
How much do you need for your recipe?
Start from the egg whites in your recipe. A batch of 30 meringues takes 5 egg whites. With RUF, that is more than one sachet, since each 20g sachet covers 4.
With VERY AQUAFABA, the same batch is 150g of liquid, or 10g of powder with 150 ml of water, weighed straight from the pack or the pouch.
For recipes you make every week, count the egg whites across all of them and order from that number. Planning aquafaba stock for a bakery shows how.
What does each allergen statement say?
The RUF label lists no allergen in its ingredients, but it carries the line "May contain traces of egg, milk, soy and nuts". For a bakery that sells to customers with an egg or nut allergy, that trace line is the one to read, because it stays on your own label when you declare the product.
VERY AQUAFABA contains none of the 14 EU allergens, and the ingredient list is water and chickpeas, with no additives and no preservatives. Chickpeas are a legume, so if a legume allergy is relevant, check the aquafaba allergen information before using the product.
Those statements apply to the products themselves. For a finished meringue, cake or macaron, check the other ingredients in the recipe separately.
Which VERY AQUAFABA format fits the quantity you use?
The powder pouches correspond to 15 egg whites for the 30g pouch, 100 for the 200g pouch and 1,500 for the 3kg pouch. The liquid formats correspond to 33 egg whites for the 1L Tetrapak, 330 for the 10L bag-in-box and 33,000 for the 1T IBC.
With the liquid, weigh the quantity the recipe needs; once opened, keep it at 2 to 6 °C and use it within 3 to 4 days. With powder, make up the quantity for the batch and keep the rest of the pouch dry and closed until its best-before date.
Where can you buy VERY AQUAFABA in Germany?
In Germany and Austria the 1L Tetrapak and the 200g pouch are sold through Amazon Germany, so the first order arrives like any other shelf product. For the 10L bag-in-box, the 1T IBC and the 3kg pouch, send an enquiry with the format and the volume you need, and we quote them with the technical sheet, the minimum order and the lead time.
Use the dose written for the product you choose rather than carrying the sachet method across, then test it in the preparation you actually make. If you are still deciding whether aquafaba fits the formula you use now, compare aquafaba with egg white before changing the order.
