i had some lovely scrambled eggs and i was wondering if the colour of the white/yolk meant anything??
what about the colour of the shell?
2007-11-19 20:04:58 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
Bright yellow yolks mean higher nutrition. I just read an article in Mother Earth News magazine about free range chickens.
Commercially produced eggs have a paler yolk (less vitamin A), higher cholesterol, and lower omega-3 fatty acids than free range eggs or eggs bought from a family farm.
Shell color depends on the breed of chicken. Chickens with red cheek patches lay brown eggs, ones with white patches lay white eggs.
2007-11-19 20:16:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The color of the yolk is purely dependent on what the chickens ate. Some chickens make darker yolks as the bird gets older. High concentration of corn makes it yellower. Brighter color indicates higher vitamin A.
The color of the shell is dependent on the type of chicken. Rhode Island Reds lay brown eggs, White Leghorns lay white eggs. Andalusian lay blue eggs. The color of the shell has no connection to the nutrition of the egg.
2007-11-20 03:47:58 · answer #2 · answered by science teacher 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is the yellow in the egg! When a recipe calls for egg yolks it means just the yellow in the egg.
2016-04-04 23:46:05 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some people think very yellow yolks are better. Farmers want to sell what people want to buy. By adding a harmless, naturally occurring colouring agent to chicken feed, UK farmers are able to provide eggs with darker yellow yolks.
2007-11-20 12:25:55 · answer #4 · answered by scullion 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I buy free range eggs and the yolks are always a much brighter yellow than the eggs from caged hens that I used to buy.
2007-11-19 21:03:40 · answer #5 · answered by chip2001 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bright yellow yolked eggs usually mean the chickens were free range - lighter yellow yolks means that they were battery kept. Brown shelled eggs always taste better to me!
2007-11-19 20:09:46 · answer #6 · answered by Sal*UK 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
It is contributed to what the little fellers been pickin around eating or have been fed. It doesn't have any effect on the egg. Eat it! My cuz hubby thinks brown eggs are better, but all taste like egg to me, it's how ya cook it......
2007-11-20 02:24:23 · answer #7 · answered by Sage 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It could have been fed on corn . All eggs are different it depends on if they are free range or cage or barn and the type of hen .
2007-11-19 20:15:13 · answer #8 · answered by lancashire lass 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it usually depends on what the hens are fed on and if they are free range etc ...it doesn't matter what colour the shells are they don't add to the taste :)
2007-11-19 20:18:13 · answer #9 · answered by casha1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the colour of the shell means nothing, they are the same.
2007-11-19 20:19:18 · answer #10 · answered by Kerry 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋