What type of eggs should I buy?

Hello readers! Today's topic is all about eggs as I said in the last post that I would address this topic.

There is a lot of assumption regarding the eggs you find in a carton at your local supermarkets. Here in Australia, the eggs section are filled with different types of eggs from Caged to Free Range and even Organic eggs, you will find it a tad bit confusing when you first arrived, but that is about to change as I go through the different types of eggs.

While I personally don't eat a lot of eggs in a week, I tend to have only about 1-2 at most during the week when I am running late or I am out of groceries.


Let's look at the general nutritional information of chicken eggs:

- High in Protein.
-Vitamin A
-Folate
-Vitamin B5,12,2
-Phosphorous

How to buy your eggs.

When you are headed off to your local supermarket to purchase some eggs, you will be overwhelmed with the amount of different categories of eggs falls into. From Organic, Free Range, Antibiotic free and Caged Eggs.

But here we will unpack what each category mean and how to determine what eggs you would buy.

CAGED EGGS 

Chickens that lay eggs that are being caged is a very sad indictment. They are usually bred in a huge production facilities and they are placed in a very small cage no larger than an A4 paper size. Female chicken are usually grown in a very dark and confined space and fed antibiotics, hormones and pesticides which affects us when we have their eggs.

As the eggs that the chickens produce, with the lack of sunlight and vitamins/minerals to their body, their yolk loses it's color. It becomes a very bright yellow which shows that the chickens haven't got a chance to see the sun.

Hormones, pesticides and antibiotics given to the chickens then pass on to us creates a threat to our body system in the near future.

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Free Range Eggs 

Free Range chickens get to walk around freely and eat insects and plants. Chickens that are free range, will produce a deeper yellow yolk color just like the sun when it's about to set. Their benefits are:

• They have twice as much omega 3 fatty acids
• three times more Vitamin E. 
• Less saturated Fat 
• More pro-vitamin A Beta-Carotene
• Less cholesterol 
• Better for the body in general.

As the chickens are able to roam around freely, they're more exposed to the sun and the chickens are not fed with pesticides, antibiotics or hormones.

Organic Eggs 

Organic eggs are the finest eggs that you will be able to purchase in your local supermarkets. That is because they are a little more expensive as the chickens are treated with very well care.

Organic eggs, means that the chicken are able to not only roam freely around and eating natural food but the chickens are fed with organic grains that contain no pesticide, hormones or antibiotics.

Organic eggs are a tad bit more expensive because they need to be certified and that their ground within the perimeter is not toxic or exposed to any toxins or materials that will harm the chickens.

I hope this gives you a little more information about eggs! 

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