Free-Range Chicken Farm

The best type of eggs come from pastured free range chicken, where the birds are allowed to roam freely and eat insects and plants. The nutrients from this varied diet can then be transferred into the eggs and, as you’ll see ahead, the nutritional profile of free range eggs are significantly better in many ways.

This is a relatively inexpensive food and it’s worth a little more for all the free range egg benefits ahead.

HEALTH BENEFITS OF FREE RANGE EGGS

A comparison of nutritional data for caged versus free range eggs found, on average, the free range eggs had:

Twice as much omega-3 fatty acids.
Three times more vitamin E.
Seven times more pro-vitamin A beta-carotene.
A quarter less saturated fat.
A third less cholesterol.
Other tests have demonstrated that pastured eggs have up to six times more essential vitamin D than regular supermarket eggs. They have also been shown to have significantly more B vitamins than a factory egg.

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