The truth behind
the label
WHAT THESE
REALLY MEAN
What’s the deal with all the labels?
Certified Organic:
·Prohibits cages & antibiotics
·Requires access to outdoors & organic feed
·Allows beak cutting & forced molting
Free Range/Roam:
·Prohibits cages
Cage-Free:
·Free space to roam, but
no sunlight
·Allows beak cutting
Certified Humane:
·Prohibits cages & requires space to
roam & perform naturally
·Prohibits growth promoters
·Allows beak cutting
Natural:
Marketing gimmick, all eggs are “natural”
Natural
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Pasture-raised/pastured:
·Requires hens to hunt, peck & graze
outdoors
·Not to be regulated or enforced
·Available at farmers markets &
some supermarkets
Organic pasture-raised
eggs have bright orange
yolks.
Food Alliance Certified:
·Prohibits cages
·Requires space to roam
& access natural light
·Prohibits forced molting
·Allows beak cutting
Test the freshness of an egg by
placing it in a bowl of water: the
older the egg, the more likely it is
to float.
Caged hens, that are not allowed
to forage for their natural diet
produce dull, pale yellow yolks.
4 extra egg
38
Egg shells are
excellent for plants
and composting.
facts
The most nutritious way to eat an egg is
soft-boiled or poached. Scrambled eggs and
fried eggs oxidize the cholestrol in the egg yolk.
The beaks of chicks get cut off within
the first 3 weeks of life to prevent
cannibalism among the hens, a natural
trait that is intensified in crowded coops.
=
.6g carbs
6.3g protein
5.4g fat