Organic eggs healthiest choice, support highest ethical standards

In a comparison between different egg choices, organic eggs come out on top above caged, free-range (cage-free), free-run, hormone free, antibiotic free or Amish eggs. Organic hens are fed with organic feed that has no additives or GMOs, and live with access to the outdoors.

For organically-raised hens, use of antibiotics is discouraged except during disease outbreaks, application of growth hormones is avoided and humane practices are followed to ensure animal welfare.

A study from Mother Earth News indicates that pasture-raised hens lay eggs that have less cholesterol, less saturated fat, greater amounts of vitamin E, vitamin A, and vitamin D, and twice the omega-3 fatty acids than other egg varieties.

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