Chicken eggs or duck eggs better?

Duck eggs usually stay fresh longer than chicken eggs.

Many people like to eat chicken eggs, thinking that chicken eggs are more nutritious than duck eggs. Is this true?

First, let's compare the nutritional components of duck eggs and chicken eggs.

Chicken eggs or duck eggs better?

About nutritional ingredients:

One large chicken egg (about 50g) provides:

Energy: 71 Kcal.

Fat: 5g

Cholesterol: 211mg

Sodium: 70mg

Carbohydrates: 0g

Protein: 6g

One duck egg (about 70g) provides:

Energy: 130 Kcal.

Fat: 10g

Cholesterol: 619mg

Sodium: 102mg

Carbohydrates: 1g

Protein: 9g

(The above statistics are only relative. The nutritional composition of eggs also depends on the food used to raise chickens and ducks).

Thus, it can be seen that the nutrients in duck eggs are not inferior to chicken eggs but even superior.

Additionally, duck eggs tend to stay fresh longer, due to their thicker shells. Duck eggs are high in Omega-3 fatty acids. People who cannot eat chicken eggs due to allergies can often eat duck eggs.

According to VOV