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Battery eggs vs free range eggs

  • 30-06-2010 09:23PM
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    Susie_Q
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    Anyone know if there is a nutritional difference between the two? I usually get free range eggs but have bought battery eggs this week due to financial constraints. I know that free range eggs have much yellower yolks, and poach much easier - but is there a difference in the nutrition?


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    El_Dangeroso
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    Actually there is a massive nutritional difference in pastured eggs and battery:
    From: http://wholehealthsource.blogspot.com/2009/05/pastured-eggs.html

    In 2007, the magazine Mother Earth News decided to test that claim. They sent for pastured eggs from 14 farms around the U.S., tested them for a number of nutrients, and compared them to the figures listed in the USDA Nutrient Database for conventional eggs. Here are the results per 100 grams for conventional eggs, the average of all the pastured eggs, and eggs from Skagit River Ranch, which sells at my farmer's market:

    Vitamin A:
    Conventional: 487 IU
    Pastured avg: 792 IU
    Skagit Ranch: 1013 IU

    Vitamin D:
    Conventional: 34 IU
    Pastured avg: 136 - 204 IU
    Skagit Ranch: not determined

    Vitamin E:
    Conventional: 0.97 mg
    Pastured avg: 3.73 mg
    Skagit Ranch: 4.02 mg

    Beta-carotene:
    Conventional: 10 mcg
    Pastured avg: 79 mcg
    Skagit Ranch: 100 mcg

    Omega-3 fatty acids:
    Conventional: 0.22 g
    Pastured avg: 0.66 g
    Skagit Ranch: 0.74 g


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    Susie_Q wrote: »
    Anyone know if there is a nutritional difference between the two? I usually get free range eggs but have bought battery eggs this week due to financial constraints. I know that free range eggs have much yellower yolks, and poach much easier - but is there a difference in the nutrition?
    At the risk of sounding like a jerk (Sorry :)) I think if people can't afford free range eggs then they shouldn't buy them at all. The least we owe hens is a non-miserable existence! It amazes me that in a world where cruelty to pets is prosecuted farm/factory animals are allowed to be treated the way they are.


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    Susie_Q
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    columok wrote: »
    At the risk of sounding like a jerk (Sorry :)) I think if people can't afford free range eggs then they shouldn't buy them at all. The least we owe hens is a non-miserable existence! It amazes me that in a world where cruelty to pets is prosecuted farm/factory animals are allowed to be treated the way they are.


    Wrong thread. I was simply asking for nutritional advice, not your opinions on animal treatment, thanks.


  • #5
    dacookie
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    Nothin beats the protein from drinking 6 raw free range eggs in the morning :D


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    rubadub
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    dacookie wrote: »
    Nothin beats the protein from drinking 6 raw free range eggs in the morning :D
    Not sure if you are joking there, but if not you should know cooked eggs would be better as it increases the bioavailability of the protein, not to mention makes them taste nice.


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