*The color of the egg yolk varies!! Does the nutrition differ as well??

Yesterday, I cracked an egg to make a fried egg!

Why does the color change the moment it breaks? 😱

I started to wonder~~😆😆

When cooking eggs, you can often see that the color of the yolk varies. Some yolks are light yellow, while others have an orange or reddish hue. Is there a nutritional difference as well?

 

To put it simply, there is no nutritional difference. The color of egg yolks is entirely determined by the hen's diet.

If chicken feed, such as feed, contains a high amount of a carotenoid called xanthophyll, the yolk will have a deep yellow color.

 

Kansanthophyll is abundant in green leafy vegetables such as spinach and kale, as well as in yellow foods like carrots and pumpkins. When fed plant-based feed rich in yellow, orange, and red colors rather than white corn feed, the yolk color becomes darker.

 

Conversely, chickens that grow and feed outdoors on grass and other plants lay eggs with darker, orange-tinted yolks. Some farms also mix paprika or similar ingredients into the feed to make the yolk color more intense.

Similarly, the color of eggshells and the nutritional value of eggs are unrelated. Eggshells are mainly divided into white and brown, which vary depending on the breed or lineage of the chicken. Generally, brown chickens lay brown eggs, and white chickens lay white eggs.

 

Fresh and nutritionally excellent eggs can be identified not by the color of the yolk but by their shape. According to the Korea Poultry Association's guidelines for selecting good eggs, it is best to choose eggs that are intact, clean, and have a normal oval shape. When breaking eggs into a bowl or pan, good eggs have a high, resilient yolk and thick, clear whites with minimal spreading.

 

Source: Health Chosun