How to identify real and fake local eggs:
The first step is to look at the price
As long as the online purchase is less than 2 yuan each, shipping is free, and the market sells by the pound. If the price is less than 15 yuan per catty, the chance of farmers raising free-range eggs is very small, so in the future, you should stop discussing where and how much local eggs are sold per catty. Of course, we don’t want everyone to just buy the expensive ones. The best way is to learn to identify genuine and fake local eggs.
The second step is to look at the appearance
Ecological free-range native chickens often touch the ground and eat insects and plants in the soil freely. The color and size of the eggshells will not be very uniform. Because this is beyond human intervention. In addition, the eggshells of native eggs are harder than ordinary eggs, and there is no feed dust attached. The egg yolk and egg white have distinct layers and are relatively thick. Once cooked, they are easy to peel without rinsing them with cold water. The yolk is firm and the white is very soft. If the shells of the free-range eggs you buy are consistent in color, or even very bright, they are probably fake free-range eggs or caged eggs that are often treated with antibiotics.
The third step is to look at the color of the egg yolk
Is the yellower the yolk, the better? Many farms follow the customer's wishes and add chemically synthesized calisin yellow or calisin red to the feed to increase the deposition of red or yellow pigments in the chicken body, thereby making the egg yolk redder or yellower. However, these are It is a carcinogen and seriously endangers human health, especially children. If they often eat this kind of pigmented eggs, they will have serious health problems. So everyone, please pay attention and buy the natural orange-yellow local eggs from the farm on the left. These are conscience eggs. This natural orange color is achieved by supplementing green feed in pure natural grains, such as cabbage, radish, green cabbage leaves, spinach and lettuce, to provide balanced nutrition, thereby increasing the zinc and vitamin A content in eggs, so the egg yolk is a natural of yellow.
The fourth step is to see if there is a fishy smell
If the hard-boiled eggs taste fishy, ??then there may be something not good added to the food eaten by the chicken that laid the eggs. If the hard-boiled eggs have a fresh aroma, then the chickens that laid the eggs were fed with whole grains. Why is this? This is because eggs have a strong "absorption" ability during the formation process, and whatever they are fed will produce different flavors. Those fed with pigments will look good; those fed with dried mealworms or dried silkworm chrysalis, or those raised with full-price laying hen feed will have a distinct fishy smell. This is why some people buy so-called "local eggs". , boiled eggs will have a "fishy smell of shrimps". The real local eggs are fed with pure grains (grains) for a long time and supplemented with natural vitamins (vegetables or green grass). The eggs have no fishy smell and can make the egg yolk larger and the egg white thicker. After being cooked, people and children who usually eat less salt will be able to eat the elastic egg whites and egg yolks. In terms of the chicken breed itself, the eggs produced by this special native chicken in the picture have no fishy smell. Coupled with the superior living conditions and the insistence on conscientious breeding, the quality is naturally unrivaled!
The fifth step is to check whether the yolk sticks to the throat when swallowed
In order to cater to consumers, in addition to fake yolk color, the local eggs on the market are also made from caged local chickens. The eggs are packaged beautifully and pretend to be free-range eggs. Cage-raised native chickens generally have poor disease resistance, eat complex full-price feeds, and have no natural vegetable and fruit supplements. They have high egg production rates and good color, but have little natural light, high stocking density, poor living environment, and low activity levels. , it is easy to get sick, it is inevitable to take frequent injections and medicines, and high concentrations of antibiotics are likely to remain in the eggs laid. The cost of raising and managing caged eggs is low, and the price is naturally cheap, but the quality of the eggs can be imagined. Unscrupulous manufacturers use the name of local eggs, pass them off as good, flaunt themselves at will, blindly pursue glossy appearance and high-end packaging, and deceive consumers!
In terms of taste, caged chickens have little activity and are fed with full-price feed. The egg yolks tend to be loose in a honeycomb shape. The fluffy protein mixes with saliva and sticks together and is difficult to swallow. This is why many people Reasons not to eat hard-boiled eggs. The special native chicken in the picture is exposed to vitamin-rich natural green feed every day, such as radish, cabbage, spinach, grass, etc. After being cooked, the eggshell is easy to peel off, the protein is shiny and elastic, the yolk is firm, and it melts in the mouth without sticking to the throat. , which is why many children prefer to eat this kind of special local eggs.