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643 points throwaway5752 | 9 comments | 05 Feb 25 16:31 UTC | HN request time: 0.92s | source | bottom
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mplanchard ◴[05 Feb 25 16:43 UTC] No.42951168[source]▶
Fresh, local eggs have remained around the same price here. While more expensive than eggs from large producers in normal times, they are now often cheaper.

This is a great reminder of how important it is to support local farmers and small operations, which increase the resilience of the system as a whole.

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vlan0 ◴[05 Feb 25 16:57 UTC] No.42951444[source]▶
Yes. Vital Farm eggs. Been $8 a dozen for a long time. No change in price.

What we're seeing are the consequences of factory farming and not treating animals like the living beings they are.

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tcdent ◴[05 Feb 25 17:10 UTC] No.42951712[source]▶
I've been paying almost $11 for them.
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Digit-Al ◴[05 Feb 25 17:55 UTC] No.42952434[source]▶
Wow! That's crazy. Here in the UK, the most expensive eggs in my local supermarket - which are Clarence Court Burdord Brown eggs - are only the equivalent of $5.08 per dozen. Those are the posh, expensive, eggs that only those with a bit of extra cash in their pocket, and a desire to eat more healthily, would buy.
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1. likeabatterycar ◴[05 Feb 25 18:31 UTC] No.42952994[source]▶
I love how British eggs have deep, amber yolks. Are they force-feeding the hens Earl Grey?
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2. crdrost ◴[05 Feb 25 20:12 UTC] No.42954452[source]▶
So hens don't usually have to be force-fed. Some of that color can come from having a diverse source of proteins--like the bugs and insects that pasture-raised hens get access to--but farmers "in the know" will also add paprika and marigold to the usual soy-and-grain supplemental feed, to try to encourage it to come out a bit more.
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3. philipkglass ◴[05 Feb 25 22:00 UTC] No.42955877[source]▶
A few years back I briefly thought that a rich yolk color was a quality signal, until I found that additives could produce that color cheaply. The color comes from dietary carotenoids [1]. Companies like BASF sell carotenoid feed additives that producers can employ to get a yolk color as rich as desired:

https://nutrition.basf.com/global/en/animal-nutrition/our-pr...

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carotenoid

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4. whalesalad ◴[05 Feb 25 22:07 UTC] No.42955975[source]▶
a lot of farmers feed them marigold and other color enhancers to try and boost the color - because it is also a sign of the hen having a good diet
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5. em500 ◴[05 Feb 25 22:39 UTC] No.42956374[source]▶
Food additive manufacturers sell farmers aditives to produce yolks with specific hues[1]. There are regional/cultural variations in color preferences, so regional farmers will target different sades.

[1] https://www.dsm-firmenich.com/anh/products-and-services/prod...

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6. blitzar ◴[06 Feb 25 07:36 UTC] No.42960027[source]▶
something about metrics becomes a target it fails to be a good metric springs to mind.
7. eric-hu ◴[06 Feb 25 07:41 UTC] No.42960054{3}[source]▶
I wouldn't be surprised if you were correct in your belief and that this became a case of Goodhart's Law when implemented in the egg industry.
8. batushka5 ◴[06 Feb 25 11:52 UTC] No.42961506[source]▶
Once we fed goose with carrot waste - the fat and skin was more orange than yellow!
9. Workaccount2 ◴[06 Feb 25 15:50 UTC] No.42963531[source]▶
It's slightly disingenuous to call carotenoids "additives". Although it might technically be true, carotenoids are naturally present in tons of vegetables (hence carrots) and are a good antioxidant with other known health benefits.