The Field Guide › In season › Eggs › Free-range eggs photo: Rebekah Howell , Unsplash Share Free-range eggs eieren : available all year
Also called eitjes , scharreleieren , vrije-uitloopeieren .
Free-range eggs are available all year from Dutch producers. The best months are March, April, May, June. Free-range eggs are sold all year.
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Free-range eggs through the year Hens lay all year, but without artificial light they lay less in the short days from November to January, so small farms with outdoor flocks can run short in winter. Spring is the laying peak.
How to choose free-range eggs Code 0 (organic) or 1 (free range) printed on the egg. Pasture-raised yolks turn deep orange in summer.
Nutrients in free-range eggs Protein, choline (mostly in the yolk), vitamin B12, vitamin D, vitamin A, selenium, iodine and lutein; pasture-raised eggs carry more vitamin D, omega-3 and carotenoids in the yolk.
To get the most: Cook the white, keep the yolk soft: a cooked white is digested better and avoids avidin binding biotin, while a runny yolk keeps more of its lutein and heat-sensitive fats. The deep orange of a summer pasture yolk is carotenoids.
On our nutrient density chart , a normal serving of whole egg (100 g) gives about half a day's choline and about half a day's selenium, counting what your body absorbs. That puts it in the top 25% of the 244 foods we scored.
Content per NEVO , the Dutch food composition database. This describes what the food contains, not what it does for you.
How to prepare free-range eggs Keep eggs pointed end down. A very fresh egg poaches best; a week-old one peels best when boiled.
Who sells free-range eggs 56 producers in The Field Guide sell free-range eggs, each checked against our inclusion criteria and listed by province.
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