Eggs

[Laconic]

Top food for diabetics, but is there any difference free range, organic, economy.
I buy Sainsbury’s basic £1.25 for 15 and get through 30 a week

 

[Kaylz]

I stick with free range because the living conditions of chickens that aren't free range is absolutely disgusting, battery cage hens do not have a life xx

 

[Laconic]

Do the living conditions affect the nutrition of the eggs produced?

 

[nonethewiser]

Do the living conditions affect the nutrition of the eggs produced?

Doubt it, same as taste, never noticed any difference. Like me eggs, get from Aldi similar price you payed.

 

[Kaylz]

Do the living conditions affect the nutrition of the eggs produced?

Free range have better yolks and I dont agree with the conditions of non free range eggs being kept in a tiny cage barely big enough to turn around in zx

 

[Felinia]

I'm VERY fussy about my eggs and I can tell the difference between supermarket and free range eggs. I can even tell the difference between different farm free range and will only buy from one particular farm. Where standards have slipped in the past I change farms. Now I see the chickens running free as I drive up to the farm. Deep orange yolks and FLAVOUR. It's one of the few foods I am fussy about, the other being my caffeine free tea - I only drink one brand. But nutritionally I don't know - perhaps their feed might affect the quality of the eggs.

 

[Laconic]

What supermarket ones do people recommend?

organic, free range just seems a way of making more ££££

 

[Grldtnr]

For me,I feel better buying free range eggs, I would not countenance anything else, but to be able to buy farm free range eggs, would be better.
I am sure there's a difference in quality, being able to move freely, we take for granted.

 

[trophywench]

It's all very well buying things from farm shops if a) you can afford it and b) you have the means of getting to one that's handy enough to use it.

Many people don't.

 

[Pine Marten]

I stick with free range because the living conditions of chickens that aren't free range is absolutely disgusting, battery cage hens do not have a life xx

Absolutely - we stick with free range/organic for animal welfare reasons too. I support the charity Compassion in World Farming, which campaigns for better conditions.

 

[Kaylz]

Absolutely - we stick with free range/organic for animal welfare reasons too. I support the charity Compassion in World Farming, which campaigns for better conditions.

it is absolutely horrendous to see and I don't know how anyone can support that and buy eggs that come from caged battery hens, I don't have much money but I would NEVER buy them, unable to turn around, unable to fly, they don't get to live a life that nature intended them to xx

 

[Sally W]

it is absolutely horrendous to see and I don't know how anyone can support that and buy eggs that come from caged battery hens, I don't have much money but I would NEVER buy them, unable to turn around, unable to fly, they don't get to live a life that nature intended them to xx

Me too @Kaylz. The difference in cost is minimal & I think free range eggs are really good value. 6 for £1 at Waitrose. I know people who tell me they can’t afford to eat healthily & yet spend £4 day on sandwiches. It’s all about perspective

 

[Kaylz]

Me too @Kaylz. The difference in cost is minimal & I think free range eggs are really good value. 6 for £1 at Waitrose. I know people who tell me they can’t afford to eat healthily & yet spend £4 day on sandwiches. It’s all about perspective

I get a dozen large from Tesco for under £2 I think so they aren't overly expensive, we have a place that supplies the local shops and also have an egg box vending machine at the end of their farm road its a brilliant idea and always used and busy xx

 

[Laconic]

Ok you lot win I’ll be buying free range from now on only 75p extra

 

[Edgar]

Doubt it, same as taste, never noticed any difference. Like me eggs, get from Aldi similar price you payed.

I don't find any difference either. I buy my eggs from Home Bargains. 89p for 10!

 

[Browser]

This discussion has simply boiled ( no pun intended ) down to opinions on animal welfare, and doesn’t answer Laconic’s original question, to which I don’t really know the answer. I would hazard a guess and say that there is not a great deal in the nutritional value between the varieties. I can equally understand the opposing views.

 

[eggyg]

I am lucky that my daughter has chickens and they are laying loads at the moment so have a ready supply of free range eggs. I’m not certain of the nutritional difference but they are definitely tastier. She has bantams ( banties) too and they lay the tiniest eggs but the yolks are the same size as a ‘ normal’ egg. I had two for brekkie. Yummy!