Selecting eggs these days can be a bit overwhelming. There’s Free-Range, Organic, Caged, Cage-free, Pasture-Raised. There are brown eggs and white eggs,  Omega-3 enriched eggs. Not only are there significant differences in the animal care with these various types of eggs, but in addition, depending on what the hens themselves ate and their access to sunlight, the end result in the eggs we eat, also show drastic nutritional differences, as well. Read on for What You Need to Know About Eggs. Let’s get right to it:

What You Need to Know About Eggs - Pasture Raised vs Cage-Free vs Free-Range, etc

Look at the difference in the color of the yolks from a conventional egg (left), to a pasture-raised egg (right).

What You Need to Know About Eggs - Pasture Raised vs Cage-Free vs Free-Range, etc

The Various Labels – What Do They Mean

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