Does It Matter Which Color Egg You Buy? (Why Are They Different?)
Ever wondered why some eggs are different colors? There's a lot more science behind it than you might think. Dinosaur Eggs Found: What Can We Learn From Them? - https://youtu.be/7ctEUs_idP8...
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Eggs come in a variety of colours -- white, brown, blue, green, and speckled. The difference in shell pigmentation is superficial, but the reasons are genetic and evolutionary, dating all the way back to dinosaurs. Let’s start with the familiar white and brown chicken eggs. You might have a preference, but one doesn’t have more protein or a better taste than the other, though brown eggs tend to have slightly more Omega-3 fatty acids. Brown eggs also come from larger chickens that cost more to maintain, which is why those eggs are a little more expensive. It’s not because they’re way better. Brown eggs get their color from a biochemical pigment called protoporphyrin formed by blood cells breaking down. And of course biochemical pigments are due to g...
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Eggs come in a variety of colours -- white, brown, blue, green, and speckled. The difference in shell pigmentation is superficial, but the reasons are genetic and evolutionary, dating all the way back to dinosaurs. Let’s start with the familiar white and brown chicken eggs. You might have a preference, but one doesn’t have more protein or a better taste than the other, though brown eggs tend to have slightly more Omega-3 fatty acids. Brown eggs also come from larger chickens that cost more to maintain, which is why those eggs are a little more expensive. It’s not because they’re way better. Brown eggs get their color from a biochemical pigment called protoporphyrin formed by blood cells breaking down. And of course biochemical pigments are due to g...
