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That is, the bigger the better... at least when it comes to eggs.
Having had bantams as a boy and point of lay pullets back in the day, I’m familiar with and not averse to small or mixed sized eggs – even enjoy- ing pigeon, quail, pheas- ant and guinea fowl eggs along the way.
Alas, a recent story on the Poultry Site titled ‘Size isn’t the only con- cern when buying eggs’, caught my eye.
According to BHWT founder Jane Howorth, buying and eating a range of eggs sizes is one way consumers can support the best possible welfare for Britain’s 40 million laying hens.
My preferred eggs have long been the consistently good jumbo free range from nearby Fremantle Egg Company.
Laying the groundwork for people such as me to reconsider their egg pur- chases, the British Hen Welfare Trust and the British Free Range Egg Producers Association made the point that buy- ing and eating a range of egg sizes benefits hen welfare.
My understanding is egg size variation can be due to a hen’s age, its size, its diet, its breed and prob- ably even weather condi- tions.
Their one dozen cartons are a minimum net weight of 800g.
But as only a shopper these days, my logical mind moves towards big is best every time.
Free range hens deliver a free range of egg sizes.
Sizing up eggs needs another look
Cant Comment by BRENDON CANT
SIZE has always mat- tered to me.
Back in the day, they also did a mega jumbo dozen, with a minimum weight of 840g.
laying and serving us with a little – or big – nutritious flavour bomb.
despite the fact that hens lay a range of egg sizes.
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Maybe I also feel it’s the most economical, as it is for most fresh food pur- chases – albeit not typi- cally the case with eggs as the big ones command a premium price, at least for the one dozen carton.
However, I was recently awakened to a new way of considering egg sizes and how changing shop- ping habits can help our beloved hens out.
In other words, changing shopping habits and also recipe habits can help.
BFREPA chief execu- tive officer Robert Gooch said British shoppers had become obsessed with buying the biggest eggs available and this trend was exacerbated by reci- pes specifying large eggs.
Having said that, I’ve never bothered to do the sums on relative cost per egg or egg weight.
After all, they go about their business every day,
Apparently more than 13 billion eggs are eaten in Britain every day, with shoppers preferentially buying large or very large eggs, rather than medium or mixed weight boxes,
He has been campaign- ing to change this dynam- ic for two years and be- lieves that consumers do change their egg buying habits when they under- stand how their decisions impact hen welfare.
The author’s go to eggs, the consistently good 800g jumbo free range from the Wilson family’s nearby Fremantle Egg Company.
Something I am only now aware of is that the main difference between a medium and a large egg is the amount of white, with yolk size pretty much the same.
Of course, medium eggs are just as nutritious and tasty as large or very large eggs, but declining de- mand in Britain has seen them used primarily in processed foods such as sandwich fillings, sauces and cakes.
Almost half the eggs laid by free range hens are medium or small.
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With medium 500g car- tons, eggs average 43g with an edible portion of 37g.
I must say the British mixed dozen holds ap- peal, but I’m not sure this option is readily available Down Under – aside per- haps from small boutique free range egg farmers.
I like the option and would happily shell out a premium for a premium mixed dozen, if it im- proved the lives of free range hens.
What do you think?
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