Who has the best eggs at the market these days? I’m looking deep orange hue yolks.
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While I get eggs from FMs a lot, I’ve found Vital Farms or the Pasture Raised from TJ’s (which I think are actually VF) to have the best deep orange hue yolks. For instance, Pasture Raised (the ones with the extra black labeling) from TJ’s on the left, compared the the ones from the FM (forget the name of the farm) on the right:
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I don’t know who has the best, but what do you like about that color? It’s striking, but isn’t it about the feed?
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Nice for making fresh pasta. In Italy they sell eggs for pasta with extra yellow yolks.
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I like Heritage eggs by Happy Eggs. Lovely amber yolks, excellent eggy flavor.
We have access to pampered eggs from a neighbor in the country. I’m grateful for their generosity, but these eggs don’t compare to Heritage.
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I used to think that the color of yolks was the end all be all of eggs.
But nowadays, I know better.
Yolk color is important but it is neither a necessary nor sufficient condition for quality eggs.
Pasture raised eggs, the gold standard, don’t always have the most golden amber rich colored yolks (as your FM eggs demonstrate).
For me it comes down to one thing, taste. Ceteris paribus of course. A chicken fed on live feed, like worms, insects, seeds, and what-not, will have yolks that taste better than a chicken fed on grain alone.
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We found a vendor at the Sunday market in Fremont that sells unwashed, pasture-raised eggs. Either $10 or $12/dozen–can’t remember.
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Grocery Outlet in Alameda are now selling blue and brown heirloom eggs, size medium, grade A. $4.99 if I recall. They were tasty and shell color is interesting but not sure if they tasted much different. Two medium are about the size of a large or XL egg.
The color of egg yolks use to be a standard or way to know about chicken diet, like worms, grubs and stuff. But like farmed salmon, you can change the feed to change the color. Taste might be different but I don’t think there’s much difference nutritionally.
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I prefer really dark yolks too, I buy 365 PASTEURIZED Eggs from Whole Foods, a bit under $5 per dozen.
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One little quibble: I can’t understand why the large 365 eggs are not all the same size in the carton.
