Are Expensive Eggs Worth It?

The variety of eggs you can buy in the UK is truly staggering, as are the different ranges and types. But what do all these things mean? Inspired by Ethan Chlebowksi's recent video on the subject I decided to look into egg production. The US and UK/EU legislation around egg rearing and labelling has a lot of differences so I was keen to understand what the UK rules are. More importantly, how do any of these affect the taste? Ethan's video https://youtu.be/0YY7K7Xa5rE?si=szZSkhewtBy9XgEH @EthanChlebowski Sources: https://britisheggindustrycouncil.com/british-lion-code-of-practice/what-is-the-british-lion-code-of-practice/ https://thehappyegg.co.uk/our-eggs/ https://www.egginfo.co.uk/british-lion-eggs https://www.gov.uk/guidance/egg-marketing-standards#mark-your-eggs https://www.bhwt.org.uk/egg-industry/egg-labelling/ https://www.mostlyeating.com/the-week-we-talked-chicken-hughs-chicken-run-and-jamies-fowl-dinners.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh%27s_Chicken_Run https://sunrise-eggs.com/eggs-explained/ https://www.egginfo.co.uk/egg-facts-and-figures/production/free-range-egg https://www.purelyorganiceggs.co.uk/post/free-range-vs-organic-eggs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QO6GtrTt0P0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKBQL5OSw_Q Join this channel to support me: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe9dtAQNbb1NPqSIWoOyYNA/join Find me on X https://twitter.com/BigSpud Find me on Instagram https://instagram.com/TheBigSpud Find me on Facebook https://facebook.com/TheBigSpud Visit my blog for over 1,000 recipes, product reviews and restaurant reviews https://bigspud.co.uk ============================= Table of Contents: ============================= 0:00 - Why compare eggs? 0:38 - The difference between US and UK eggs 1:47 - The egg standards in the UK 3:00 - Selecting eggs to test 3:38 - Egg nutrition 4.15 - Egg safety 4.50 - Prices 5.37 - Cracking them open 6.08 - The test 6.46 - Conclusion AFFILIATE DISCLOSURE: Some of the links used in the description will direct you to Amazon. I get a small kickback from purchases through this at no additional cost to you. #eggs #fried #recipe Edited with Gling AI: https://bit.ly/46bGeYv Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/pecan-pie/important-to-you License code: CHWORQ7ZVTYS70B5 Try Uppbeat today, I'll get credits if you try their free plan using this link https://uppbeat.io/?referral=gary-m3slt