Why Do Hard-Boiled Eggs Have a Green Ring Around the Yolk?

Why Does a Hard-Boiled Egg Have a Green or Gray Ring Around the Yolk?
You cut open a hard-boiled egg expecting to see a bright yellow yolk, but instead there is a strange grayish-green ring around it.

At first glance, it can look like something is wrong with the egg.

The good news is that a green ring around an otherwise normally cooked egg yolk is usually caused by a cooking reaction, not mold or spoilage. The reaction happens between sulfur compounds in the egg white and iron in the yolk.

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