colesterol in my fertilized egg vs. an unfertilized egg

[craftsman]

Hello friends, I'm a new person in any forum so please forgive me if I don't know forum etiquette but I have a question regarding the relationship of cholesterol in a fertilized egg and an unfertilized egg. I'm loosing a customer due to this fact and I'm not sure of the research. If any advise is available can it be backed by documentation please? Thank you in advance for the help. I know this forum thing will be fruitful.

 

[gritsar]

Cholesterol is the same for fertile vs. non-fertile eggs.
The only thing I know of that could cause a difference, less cholesterol, is free ranging your birds.
Mother Earth News has published many articles on the subject. Here's one to get you started:

http://www.motherearthnews.com/Natural-Health/Health-Benefits-Free-Range-Eggs.aspx

 

[WoodlandWoman]

As Gritsar already posted, fertility makes no difference in the nutritional quality of the eggs, but the diet of the hen can make a very large difference in the nutritional quality of eggs. In particular, pasture/grass fed chickens, compared to grain fed chickens, lay eggs that are quite different. Diet also effects the nutritional quality of meat from animals or chickens.

 

[craftsman]

Great information, thank you. Let me continue though with a follow up question. In the Mother Earth article they compared a range bird to a grain fed bird. I've been feeding mine straight Layeena by purina. Is this considered grain fed? I would assume.

 

[speckledhen]

I would guess that commercial feed would be considered grain-fed, yes.