Egg yolk color reveals mother hen's health

Are your eggs usually yellow - orange - or deep orange? The color of the yolk reveals what their 'producers' ate and how healthy they were!

Fried eggs, omelets, soft-boiled eggs... are all nutritious and delicious dishes for many people. But have you ever wondered what their colors represent?

According to experts, egg yolks will partly reveal to you whether they were born from a good chicken or not.

According to experts, egg yolks will partly reveal to you whether they are born from good chickens or not. So what kind of egg yolk is considered good?

About 100 years ago, scientists discovered that the color of egg yolks is determined by the amount of carotenoids in the egg. This is considered a substance that plays an important role in embryo development.

The color of egg yolks - dark orange - yellow - orange-yellow will reveal what their "producers" eat and are they healthy?

Further research found that when carotenoids were added to chicken diets, the antioxidant capacity of eggs was significantly improved.

From there, they found that the color of the yolk directly depends on how the hens are fed and cared for. Specifically, the yolk color is not due to color additives in animal feed but natural ingredients rich in yellow-orange carotenoids.

If chickens are fed a diet based entirely on grain, the egg yolks will be pale yellow.

Egg yolks will be a darker yellow due to the chickens' diet of corn. Free range chickens that eat a lot of grass, insects and green vegetables will have a darker orange-yellow color.

Some livestock farms have used a color chart with 15 different yellow-orange colors to identify the quality of their products.

Sometimes pale egg yolks are the result of seasonal changes. In winter, egg yolks are often paler as the chickens' feed intake decreases.

However, according to experts, in most cases, pale egg yolk color is a sign of low quality eggs and the hen that produced it was not really healthy.

Eggs from these hens do not provide you with the standard amount of protein, vitamins, and omega 3 found in an egg.

It is known that the protein and fat content of dark orange egg yolks is similar to that of lighter ones. However, due to the natural diet, free-range eggs have more omega-3 fatty acids and vitamins, and less cholesterol than industrial chickens. Therefore, these eggs are better for your health.

A good egg yolk will be bigger and thicker.

Although there is no real evidence to confirm that the color of egg yolks has anything to do with their taste, you should always be careful to check the quality of eggs as well as their origin to be able to experience the best quality of eggs.

According to Tri Truc Tre