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Old 05-08-2008, 10:24 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by BLACKHAWK3634 View Post
I did a search through an engine for academic resources and found this.

Re: Do Brown chicken eggs have more cholesterol than white eggs?
Cool thanks. Yeah, apparently no difference:

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As to the cholesterol content of the egg, I guess the best way to
state the answer is that a chicken egg is a chicken egg is a chicken egg.
The cholesterol is found in the yolk; cholesterol is a fat-like compound
that they human body can make easily, so there is no official
recommendation for a minimum intake in your diet. The average egg yolk
contains about 220 mg; there is never any differentiation in nutrient
tables as to white vs. brown eggs...or any other color shell, for that
matter. The difference that you might have noticed in the color of the egg
yolk is due to other compounds, not to cholesterol; and, the color is
partially due to the diet that the chicken has been eating. Vitamin A-like
compounds (carotenes) may impart more yellow to the yolk. These compounds
are found throughout the plant kingdom...and chickens, especially
free-range/farm chickens would have more access to these plants (like
dandelions?). Egg producers sometimes add these compounds to the
food formulated and fed to 'factory chickens' to make the yolks more
yellow, too.
So is it just in my head that the white eggs taste better or are more flavorful?

I get the same brand (Nature's promise omega 3) but the whites have yellower and sweeter yolks. Weird.
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