White eggs are said to be healthier❤️❤️... Is that really true?🤔🤔

When you go to the supermarket, you can often see brown eggs and white eggs. However, people tend to buy more of the familiar brown eggs, but is there a significant difference in taste or nutritional content?

In fact, there is little nutritional difference between brown eggs and white eggs. According to the journal "Livestock Food Science and Industry," the color of an eggshell is determined by whether the hen is white or brown, and the shell color has no impact on the egg's nutrition. Additionally, the nutritional content of eggs is often influenced by the hen's feed. Since different breeds do not significantly differ in their feed, the nutritional components of eggs also show little variation.

Nevertheless, the reason why brown eggs have become more common is due to consumer preferences. In Korea, until the 1980s, white eggs from imported breeds such as the White Leghorn were commonly raised, and white eggs could often be seen in the market. However, since then, white eggs tend to look dirtier compared to brown eggs when foreign substances like chicken droppings are attached, which has led consumers to avoid purchasing them. Additionally, at that time, some consumers believed that skin with a brownish hue was healthier, which contributed to the perception that white eggs had no nutritional value while brown eggs were more nutritious.

However, people who are sensitive to smells may notice a slight difference in taste between the two eggs. Brown eggs may be slightly more fishy. White eggs contain less of the compound triethylamine, which is responsible for the fishy smell, compared to brown eggs. The chicken breeds that lay brown eggs cannot metabolize choline, which is found in shared feed ingredients like corn. Unmetabolized choline remains in the digestive system, where microorganisms convert it into triethylamine molecules. As these molecules accumulate inside the eggs, they can produce a fishy odor. However, the difference is so subtle that most people cannot perceive it.

Meanwhile, when choosing fresh eggs regardless of shell color, it is best to select eggs with ▲clean and smooth surfaces, ▲few spots or rough marks, ▲no cracks in the shell, and ▲marked as Grade 1+ on the egg packaging. Also, when cracking the egg, the egg white should appear white and cloudy, which indicates freshness.

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There is no significant difference nutritionally~

Purchase fresh eggs according to the symbols.

Please take care of your health♡