Not a scientist, nor do I claim to be one...T-shirts, blue jeans, baseball hats and beer...Stealer of fine memes...Frequent F-bombs 😬🤣
How is all begins.😆
Yep, first-hand experience for me. I get my eggs from a friend who raises chickens. The yolks from the eggs I get from him are sooooo much different...larger and an orange color instead of yellow...I love me some yolks 😋 And the taste? 🤌🤌🤌🤣🤣🤣 wayyyy better 😁
of course, the best eggs are from the farmer, but I think the color of the yolk depends on the type of food the hens eat...I prefer deep yellow to orange... It has a different taste...
The color of the egg yolk is determined by the presence of pigments (about 0.2%). The orange-yellow color of the yolk is due to the presence of a small amount of carotenoid pigments (around 13-15 μg/yolk). These are mainly xanthophylls (zeaxanthin, lutein, cryptoxanthine and carotene), naturally occurring in poultry feed (yellow corn, dried alfalfa, hay meal, etc.). In some countries, natural pigments are being replaced by synthetic ones (Carophyl, Pigmental, Papricolor, etc.). High doses of vitamin A in compound feed reduce the pigmentation of the yolk, while the vitamin A content of the yolk increases. The pigmentation of the yolk is negatively affected by diseases of the digestive system. The intensity of the color of the yolk is not an indicator of the content of vitamin A and carotene in the yolk.
