- PRODUCT DESCRIPTION :
Free-range eggs are eggs produced from birds that may be permitted outdoors. The term "free-range" may be used differently depending on the country and the relevant laws, and is not regulated in many areas.
Organic free range or organic pastured eggs are certainly the healthiest for the birds, and because the hens are allowed to roam and eat greens and insects, they produce eggs with the highest nutritional content.
Certified Humane. This designation is the best determinant of the way the hen that laid the egg was raised. If either of these phrases is on the carton, in addition to any of the terms (Free-Range, Cage-Free, Natural, No Added Hormones, United Egg Producers Certified), it adds an extra level of assurance that the hens were raised in better conditions than if those terms are absent.
- CULTIVATION IN SPAIN ANDALUSIA :
Cultivated in fertile Andalucian lands, sun-drenched and surrounded by water, there is no better place in Europe to produce free-range eggs and provide all the nutrients and health benefits. Especially keep cool to keep you the best sweet taste in your palate of flavors and mouth.
- HISTORICAL ORIGIN :
Humans have been consuming eggs since the dawn of human time. The history is complicated and diverse; the culinary applications are innumerable. When, where, and why have people been eating eggs?
"Eggs have been known to, and enjoyed by, humans for many centuries. Jungle fowl were domesticated in India by 3200 B.C.E. Record from China and Egypt show that fowl were domesticated and laying eggs for human consumption around 1400 B.C.E., and there is archaeoligical evidence for egg consumption dating back to the Neolithic age. The Romans found egg-laying hens in England, Gaul, and among the Germans. The first domesticated fowl reached North America with the second voyage of Columbus in 1493."
Food historians tell us the practice was ancient but they do not venture an exact place, date, or reason. The domestication of fowl (esp. chicken) greatly increased the availabiltiy of eggs to ancient peoples. This is thought by some to have begun in China in 6,000BC. About chicken.
Culinary evidence confirms breads and cakes using eggs were made by Ancient Egyptian and Roman peoples. The reason most often sited was the recognition that eggs worked as binding (thickening) agents. How did that begin? The food historians to not venture into this territory. Possibly it was a discovery based on trial and error. Many foods and cooking methods (leavened bread, roasted meats, yogurt) were "invented" this way.
According to Indian history books, chickens have been domesticated in East India as far back as 3200 B.C. In North America, there is evidence to show that native chickens were domesticated prior to the arrival of Columbus. However, it is known that on his second trip to America, Columbus carried the first chickens that are now known for producing eggs.
Domestication of the chicken dates back to at least 2000 B.C. and their ancestry can be traced back to four species of wild jungle fowl from Southeast Asia.
Since the domestication of the chicken, people have been enjoying and nourishing themselves with eggs.
Genetic studies have pointed to multiple maternal origins in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and East Asia, but with the clade found in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Africa originating in the Indian subcontinent. From ancient India, the domesticated chicken spread to Lydia in western Asia Minor, and to Greece by the 5th century BC.Fowl had been known in Egypt since the mid-15th century BC, with the "bird that gives birth every day" having come to Egypt from the land between Syria and Shinar, Babylonia, according to the annals of Thutmose III.
- HEALTH BENEFITS :
Eggs are Nutrient Rich
- 40% of your daily vitamin D requirements.
- 25% of your daily folate requirements.
- 12% of your daily riboflavin (Vitamin B2) requirements.
- 20% of your daily selenium requirements.
- Eggs also contain vitamins A, E, B5, B12, as well as iron, iodine and phosphorus.
Eggs are a very good source of inexpensive, high-quality protein. More than half the protein of an egg is found in the egg white, which also includes vitamin B2 and lower amounts of fat than the yolk. Eggs are rich sources of selenium, vitamin D, B6, B12 and minerals such as zinc, iron and copper. Egg yolks contain more calories and fat than the whites. They are a source of fat-soluble vitamins A, D, E and K and lecithin.
They Offer Complete Protein
One egg has 6 grams of the stuff, with all nine “essential” amino acids, the building blocks of protein. That’s important because those are the ones your body can’t make by itself.
They're Nutrient Dense
That means eggs have more nutrients -- vitamins, minerals, amino acids -- per calorie than most other foods.
They Help Your 'Good' Cholesterol
This “good” cholesterol, called HDL, seems to go up in people who have three or more eggs a day.
They Can Lower Your Triglycerides
They Can Lower Your Odds of a Stroke
Though studies vary, it appears that a daily egg might lower your risk.
They’re Heart Healthy
Overall, people who eat more of them don’t seem to raise their chances of heart disease. Even people with prediabetes or type 2 diabetes were just as heart healthy after a high-egg diet designed for weight loss.
They Help Your Eyes
The antioxidants lutein and zeaxanthin help keep you from getting eye diseases like cataracts and age-related macular degeneration.
They Help Sharpen the Brain
Eggs have vitamin D, which is good for your gray matter and hard to get from food. And they have something called choline that helps the nerve cells (neurons) in your noggin talk to each other.
Different type of eggs production decoding :
- Free-Range: Officially, this means the hens can’t be kept in cages. . They also must be able to go outdoors on their own volition.
- Farm-Fresh: All eggs come from farms. And they aren’t frozen, so they are fresh.
- Cage-Free: No tiny cages for these egg-laying hens.
- Natural: All eggs are natural, until scientists discover a way to create an egg without the hen.
- No Added Hormones: United States law outlaws the use of hormones for all chickens, whether they are sold for meat or to lay eggs for commercial use.
- United Egg Producers Certified: This is an industry organization that sets standards for egg producers.
- Certified Humane. This designation is the best determinant of the way the hen that laid the egg was raised. If either of these phrases is on the carton, in addition to any of the above terms, it adds an extra level of assurance that the hens were raised in better conditions than if those terms are absent.