{"id":3112,"date":"2018-01-22T08:00:03","date_gmt":"2018-01-22T12:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/truthful-food.com\/?p=3112"},"modified":"2021-07-06T22:17:23","modified_gmt":"2021-07-07T02:17:23","slug":"fun-food-fact-eggs-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/truthful-food.com\/fun-food-fact-eggs-i\/","title":{"rendered":"Fun Food Fact: Eggs I"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Fun Food Fact! You may have noticed that not all eggs you can buy or collect from your chickens look the same. Some have a white shell, others a brown shell. Then when you crack them open, some yolks are very yellow, while others appear to be extremely orange. Did you ever wonder what causes these differences in appearance?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fun Food Fact about Eggs and their colour differences<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Egg Shells<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The colour of an eggshell has no influence on the taste of the egg itself but is determined by the race of the chickens. Some chickens produce white eggs while others produce brown eggs.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_3112_1('footnote_plugin_reference_3112_1_1');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_3112_1('footnote_plugin_reference_3112_1_1');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_3112_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[1]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_3112_1_1\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">McGee, Harold. <em>On Food And Cooking<\/em>. New York: Scribner, 2011. Print.<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_3112_1_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_3112_1_1', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'center right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"314\" src=\"https:\/\/truthful-food.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Raw-Egg-600.jpg\" alt=\"Raw Egg\" class=\"wp-image-6981\" srcset=\"https:\/\/truthful-food.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Raw-Egg-600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/truthful-food.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Raw-Egg-600-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/truthful-food.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Raw-Egg-600-150x79.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption>Raw Egg <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Egg Yolks<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The colour of the yolk, however, depends on the feed that the chicken consumes. That colour is not an indicator of how fresh the egg is or the number of vitamins are in&nbsp;it. In some cases, feed suppliers can influence the colour of the yolk by&nbsp;adding more additives to the chicken feed. <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_3112_1('footnote_plugin_reference_3112_1_2');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_3112_1('footnote_plugin_reference_3112_1_2');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_3112_1_2\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[2]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_3112_1_2\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Nys, Y., Bain, M., &amp; Immerseel, F. V. (2011).&nbsp;<em>Improving the safety and quality of eggs and egg products. Egg chemistry, production and consumption<\/em>. Cambridge: Woodhead Publishing Ltd.<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_3112_1_2').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_3112_1_2', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'center right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(To make things even more exciting; our pee can also change colour, depending on the food we eat ;).)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This Fun Food Fact (and all others) was originally posted on Truthful Science. For more science, check out [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.truthful-science.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.truthful-science.com<\/a>]!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Did you enjoy this article? Please share it or leave a comment and follow Truthful Food on social media so that you won&#8217;t miss out on anything new!<\/p>\n<div class=\"speaker-mute footnotes_reference_container\"> <div class=\"footnote_container_prepare\"><p><span role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_reference_container_label pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_expand_collapse_reference_container_3112_1();\">References<\/span><span role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_reference_container_collapse_button\" style=\"\" onclick=\"footnote_expand_collapse_reference_container_3112_1();\">[<a id=\"footnote_reference_container_collapse_button_3112_1\">+<\/a>]<\/span><\/p><\/div> <div id=\"footnote_references_container_3112_1\" style=\"display: none;\"><table class=\"footnotes_table footnote-reference-container\"><caption class=\"accessibility\">References<\/caption> <tbody> \r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_3112_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_3112_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_3112_1_1');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>1<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">McGee, Harold. <em>On Food And Cooking<\/em>. 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