With so many different labels I've always wondered what the deference was until I found this. While on a quest for information I stumbled on a site that had the following information....
free range eggs - free range eggs are eggs from chickens that are permitted to run around outside. This is the Canadian term. In the USA the term free range has no official meaning, so farmers can sell you anything they want and still label it free range. Buyer beware. Ditto for the terms cage-free, free-roaming and yard eggs. They should have noticeably yellower, firmer yolks than regular eggs. You can recognise them by their thicker shells, brighter, firmer yolks and thicker whites. Some companies such as Island Gold here on Vancouver sell a variety of types of eggs. These companies have no conscience. Free range eggs are just another profit line. They have no interest it reducing cruelty. You want to find a source that produces only free range eggs. Otherwise it is a bit like buying your free range eggs from Hitler. You don’t want Hitler to prosper in any degree.
free run eggs - free run eggs are eggs from chickens kept in cages where they have enough room to turn around. Ordinary eggs come from chickens caged so tightly they can’t even turn around. This is the Canadian term. Hellman's mayonnaise advertises they use free run eggs, while depicting chickens running freely in a turn of the century barnyard. It is a term used by scoundrels to deceive. Free run eggs look like ordinary cruel eggs.
Cage free eggs - Aka cruelty-free eggs. Come from chickens kept in barns, packed cheek by jowl, not permitted to go outside.
organic eggs - from chickens raised without pesticides in their food, not that the chickens were necessarily treated humanely. These look and taste almost identical to ordinary eggs.
veggie fed eggs - from chickens were deprived of eating their natural diet of insects pecking in the grass, and forced to eat only grain.
home grown eggs - aka yard eggs. Raise chickens in your back yard allowing them plenty of room to dine on living weeds and bugs and kitchen vegetable scraps. This is chicken heaven and produces the highest quality eggs. You will find neighbours raising chickens will be more than willing to help you get started.
free range eggs - free range eggs are eggs from chickens that are permitted to run around outside. This is the Canadian term. In the USA the term free range has no official meaning, so farmers can sell you anything they want and still label it free range. Buyer beware. Ditto for the terms cage-free, free-roaming and yard eggs. They should have noticeably yellower, firmer yolks than regular eggs. You can recognise them by their thicker shells, brighter, firmer yolks and thicker whites. Some companies such as Island Gold here on Vancouver sell a variety of types of eggs. These companies have no conscience. Free range eggs are just another profit line. They have no interest it reducing cruelty. You want to find a source that produces only free range eggs. Otherwise it is a bit like buying your free range eggs from Hitler. You don’t want Hitler to prosper in any degree.
free run eggs - free run eggs are eggs from chickens kept in cages where they have enough room to turn around. Ordinary eggs come from chickens caged so tightly they can’t even turn around. This is the Canadian term. Hellman's mayonnaise advertises they use free run eggs, while depicting chickens running freely in a turn of the century barnyard. It is a term used by scoundrels to deceive. Free run eggs look like ordinary cruel eggs.
Cage free eggs - Aka cruelty-free eggs. Come from chickens kept in barns, packed cheek by jowl, not permitted to go outside.
organic eggs - from chickens raised without pesticides in their food, not that the chickens were necessarily treated humanely. These look and taste almost identical to ordinary eggs.
veggie fed eggs - from chickens were deprived of eating their natural diet of insects pecking in the grass, and forced to eat only grain.
home grown eggs - aka yard eggs. Raise chickens in your back yard allowing them plenty of room to dine on living weeds and bugs and kitchen vegetable scraps. This is chicken heaven and produces the highest quality eggs. You will find neighbours raising chickens will be more than willing to help you get started.
