4 secrets to choosing clean eggs that housewives should know

Not all of us know how to choose clean and safe eggs. The following tips will help you.

Eggs are a nutritious food that is indispensable in every family's meals. However, not all of us know how to choose clean and safe eggs. Therefore, please refer to the following tips:

1. Understand product packaging

If you often buy at supermarkets, you may see some common terms on the packaging such as:

Free Range: This means that the hens are raised in natural conditions but only freely within a certain area. Commercially raised hens can have up to 10,000 birds per house.

Eggs are a nutritious food that is indispensable in every family's meals (Illustration: Internet)

Organic Certification: Eggs that carry the USDA organic certification seal come from hens fed an organic, vegetarian diet free of antibiotics and pesticides.

Rich in Omega-3s: Chicken feed is higher in omega-3 fatty acids than normal. If hens are kept in cages, their feed is usually flax or seaweed, but if they are free-range, the omega-3 content is increased due to their natural diet of mainly insects and grass.

Free range chickens: Chickens are raised outdoors usually at a rate of 1000/10,000 m² and have a natural diet supplemented with feed at certain intervals, especially during harsh winters.

Hormone-free: Primarily used as a marketing tool, since hormones were banned in egg production in the 1950s.

2. Buy at the farm

Buy free-range eggs from the farm because they are much cheaper than buying them from the supermarket. Moreover, the eggs are always fresh and clean. So you can store them for more than a month in the refrigerator. Because the hens have a natural diet, the egg yolks are always bright orange and have a richer, more aromatic flavor.

Free-range hens have a natural diet, so the egg yolks are always bright orange, more fragrant and rich in flavor (Illustration: Internet)

Free-range hens have a natural diet, so the egg yolks are always bright orange, more fragrant and rich in flavor (Illustration: Internet)

3. Don't judge by color

Many people think that brown eggs are healthier than white eggs, but both are nutritionally equivalent. However, brown eggs tend to cost more for the simple reason that hens that lay brown eggs are usually larger than hens that lay white eggs.

4. Pay attention to size

If you are mainly using eggs for omelettes and similar dishes, egg size doesn’t matter. But when baking, a large amount of the ingredient is essential for the final product. That’s why large eggs are the standard size used in most recipes.

According to Suckhoedoisong.vn