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I've been paying almost $11 for them.
by tcdent 2y ago
I've been paying almost $11 for them.
- vlan0 2y agoBig city "tax"? Whole Foods and the local co-op out in WNY are both $8 a dozen.
- lacksconfidence 2y agoMy city has 30k people, although we are part of a larger metro. Store brand eggs are $9.50/dozen. Alternatively Costco is still selling 60 packs for $20, although they have had per customer limits recently and don't alway have stock. Works out to $4 per dozen. But thats a lot of eggs.
- HelloMcFly 2y agoI'm in a major metro area and Vital Farms eggs are still $7.99 from Kroger.
- Digit-Al 2y agoWow! 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.
- likeabatterycar 2y agoI love how British eggs have deep, amber yolks. Are they force-feeding the hens Earl Grey?
- crdrost 2y agoSo 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.
- philipkglass 2y agoA 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-products/carotenoids https://nutrition.basf.com/global/en/animal-nutrition/our-pr... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carotenoid https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carotenoid
- eric-hu 2y agoI 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.
- whalesalad 2y agoa 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
- blitzar 2y agosomething about metrics becomes a target it fails to be a good metric springs to mind.
- em500 2y agoFood 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/products/carotenoids/carophyll.html https://www.dsm-firmenich.com/anh/products-and-services/prod...
- Workaccount2 2y agoIt'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.
- batushka5 2y agoOnce we fed goose with carrot waste - the fat and skin was more orange than yellow!
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- jay_kyburz 2y agoHere is Australia I like the most expensive eggs you can buy, 150 birds per hectare, 800g, $15 a dozen. https://www.hilltopsfreerange.com/ https://www.hilltopsfreerange.com/
- jimmydoe 2y agoGood you can still buy them. All vita farms are oos even $13/dozen ones in my local whole foods.