Entry #8 Eggs

After the film Fresh, one of the things I began thinking about was eggs. What are the differences, between hormone free, cage free organic, and other things written on egg cartons? Why are brown eggs seen as healthier? Are they more expensive because they are healthier?

After a quick Google search I found a lot of information to answer my questions.

First, the reason brown eggs are more expensive is the chickens that lay them eat more food and are more expensive to raise. They are usually organic eggs, but white can can also be organic. Expensive is usually related to the word organic so that may be why people think brown eggs are healthier. In reality, there isn't much difference in the nutritional value.

The reason the yolk in brown eggs is more intense in color is because the brown chickens have more corn in their diet. That results in different color yolk.

A cage free egg means the chickens were not in a cage, but that doesn't mean they had access to the outdoors.

Free range, cerrtafied organic, and pasture raised chickens do have access to the outdoors.

Acorrdingt to humanesociety.org, "There are few regulations on what egg-laying hens eat. The exception is certified organic birds. Their feed is organic, vegetarian and free of pesticides and antibiotics, as required by the USDA’s National Organic Program."

Based off of this information, I believe the best eggs would have to be certfied organic.