ELI5, why are egg yokes from outward the U.S. much more orange than in the States?
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U.S. consumers have become accustomed to factory farm eggs, the yolks of which are usually quite pale. It is true that hens raised with good access to pasture generally have deeper colored yolks. There are also additions to feed that farmers can use to heighten color. Here is a decent article on the topic.
https://chickenmag.com/egg-yolk-color/
False premise. Pale yolks can be found ex-US and bright dark orange yolk can be found in the US.
The color comes from stuff the chicken eats. Feed them wheat and certain bugs, you get paler eggs. Corn, yellower eggs. Alfalfa meal, or food with yellow flower petals mixed in, rich dark yellow or orange.
Yolk colour depends on the beta carotene content of the chickens feed, amongst other things. You can get super dark yolks by feeding chickens things like chilli pepper and paprika, or a medium yellow with corn
Yolk colour depends on the beta carotene content of the chickens feed, amongst other things. You can get super dark yolks by feeding chickens things like chilli pepper and paprika, or a medium yellow with corn
you can feed them to get whatever colour you want
americans find the very orange gross
in japan they are almost red
the feed has marigolds in it to change the colour to your desired level (there is a chart)
you can feed them to get whatever colour you want
americans find the very orange gross
in japan they are almost red
the feed has marigolds in it to change the colour to your desired level (there is a chart)
you can feed them to get whatever colour you want
americans find the very orange gross
in japan they are almost red
the feed has marigolds in it to change the colour to your desired level (there is a chart)
The chickens with darker yolks seem to have a better diet and lifestyle.
As /u/Vikkunen pointed out, you can get those in the US, just not in a factory with tens to hundreds of thousands of chickens all cooped up eating some sort of feed.
Weird that you’re paying this now. I just bought some eggs from Costco and when I scrambled some of those eggs I was surprised at how pale the scrambled eggs were.
The chickens with darker yolks seem to have a better diet and lifestyle.
As /u/Vikkunen pointed out, you can get those in the US, just not in a factory with tens to hundreds of thousands of chickens all cooped up eating some sort of feed.
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