Darn, I didn’t guess right
Darn, I Didn’t Guess Right! What the Color of Your Egg Yolk Really Means You crack open an egg expecting the usual — a clear white and a yellow yolk. Nothing surprising. Nothing unusual. But have you ever paused to really look at that yolk? Not just whether it’s intact… but how deep the color actually is? Most of us assume all eggs are basically the same. Yellow is yellow, right? Yet the shade of that yolk — pale, golden, or deep orange — can quietly reveal a surprising amount about where the egg came from and what the hen was eating.
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Darn, I didn’t guess right!
Sometimes, there’s no telling what you’ll find when you crack open an egg. It’s everyone’s general hope that nothing unusual will come out of it, but one thing that’s often ignored when inspecting the contents of that freshly cracked egg is the color of the yolk.
Sure, it’s supposed to be yellowish, but are we paying enough attention to just how yellow our egg yolks are? Findings indicate this detail may reveal more than you think.
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The color of an egg’s yolk will often vary based on where it came from. This isn’t a coincidence: An egg yolk’s color is a direct consequence of the nutrients that the hen was fed, and as such, will dictate just what it is you’re consuming too.
Pastured eggs – Type #1
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The darker your yolk is,
the more nutrients it contains. This is generally due to the healthier, more varied diet that free-range hens are offered, containing not only corn and grain but also the occasional bug and vegetable. Pastured eggs are the most nutritious of the three types.
Caged eggs – Type #2
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A chicken diet of wheat and barley gives caged eggs its lighter color. It’s the least nutritious of the three types.
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Most eggs that are found in supermarkets come from factory farms, which tend to only feed their hens grain, heavily limiting their diet – and ours in turn. While not exactly Tap the p.hoto to v.iew the full r.ecipe.
