Does anybody not buy Free Range Eggs ?

[K50 DEL]

Couldn't tell you, and in fact couldn't care less - eggs is eggs so I buy the cheapest ones that Sainsburys have.

[Chris_VRS]

Lefty Guns said:

I don't buy free range eggs.

I get them straight from the chicken coop. For nowt.

+1 we have 3 'ladies' in the back garden who for the past few months have been laying at full capacity most days...compared to shop bought eggs the white's are much whiter & the yolks are a much richer yellow. Not to mention the eggs are much bigger than anything in the shops.

[One8Two]

miniman said:

digimeistter said:

so who still buys battery farmed eggs

Primarily all the food manufacturers and low-end "restaurants" and fast food joints. For example the frankly delicious Sausage and Egg McMuffin is unlikely to contain free-range goodness, nor are the fried delights within the ubiquitous Olympic down at the Little Chef. Ditto pretty much all ready-made desserts, supermarket ready-meals, I could go on.

In defence of the golden arches, I do believe they use free range eggs in their muffins.

As bad as they may be for you, they're sooooooo goooood!

[Pints]

I buy barn eggs. Can't imagine the chicken is any worse off than if it was outside in the rain.

[pokethepope]

Pints said:

I buy barn eggs. Can't imagine the chicken is any worse off than if it was outside in the rain.

+1. Barn eggs are the cheapest I will go, but will more often than not get free range. Unless you eat a huge amount of eggs, over a year the extra expense of free range is not that great, and worth it knowing that you are contributing to caged farms turning over to barn or free range.

[Furyous]

Buy ours from the farm that's opposite tesco's main entrance.


Taste way better, and cakes made with them are lighter too.

[okgo]

Pints said:

I buy barn eggs. Can't imagine the chicken is any worse off than if it was outside in the rain.

You ever seen a chicken shed?

[Plotloss]

Furyous said:

Buy ours from the farm that's opposite tesco's main entrance.


Taste way better, and cakes made with them are lighter too.

10/10 for procurement choice.

Bonus 10,000,000 points for the fact that it's opposite SatanCo.

Tea and medals all round.

[HRG.]

Supermarket free range or proper free range though? I've started buying mine from a little village shop near here and they are even nicer than the supermarket ones.

Couldn't give a stuff about chicken welfare, I just love the taste

[okgo]

HRG. said:

Supermarket free range or proper free range though? I've started buying mine from a little village shop near here and they are even nicer than the supermarket ones.

Couldn't give a stuff about chicken welfare, I just love the taste

And as I have found they are still cheaper than the crap peddled out by Waitrose..

[HRG.]

okgo said:

HRG. said:

Supermarket free range or proper free range though? I've started buying mine from a little village shop near here and they are even nicer than the supermarket ones.

Couldn't give a stuff about chicken welfare, I just love the taste

And as I have found they are still cheaper than the crap peddled out by Waitrose..

Just 90p where buy them and they're absolutely delicious

[okgo]

HRG. said:

okgo said:

HRG. said:

Supermarket free range or proper free range though? I've started buying mine from a little village shop near here and they are even nicer than the supermarket ones.

Couldn't give a stuff about chicken welfare, I just love the taste

And as I have found they are still cheaper than the crap peddled out by Waitrose..

Just 90p where buy them and they're absolutely delicious

Whereas 6 top class eggs in our local Waitrose is going on £2..

[HRG.]

okgo said:

HRG. said:

okgo said:

HRG. said:

Supermarket free range or proper free range though? I've started buying mine from a little village shop near here and they are even nicer than the supermarket ones.

Couldn't give a stuff about chicken welfare, I just love the taste

And as I have found they are still cheaper than the crap peddled out by Waitrose..

Just 90p where buy them and they're absolutely delicious

Whereas 6 top class eggs in our local Waitrose is going on £2..

And just how yellow is the yolk in a true free range egg.

[okgo]

HRG. said:

okgo said:

HRG. said:

okgo said:

HRG. said:

Supermarket free range or proper free range though? I've started buying mine from a little village shop near here and they are even nicer than the supermarket ones.

Couldn't give a stuff about chicken welfare, I just love the taste

And as I have found they are still cheaper than the crap peddled out by Waitrose..

Just 90p where buy them and they're absolutely delicious

Whereas 6 top class eggs in our local Waitrose is going on £2..

And just how yellow is the yolk in a true free range egg.

Yes, and more often than not the Waitrose ones are full of blood too. Rank.

[Agrilla]

McD's do use UK sourced, Lion Quality FREE RANGE eggs in their breakfasts

And Hellmans only use Free range eggs in their mayo. I think some time back Marks & Spencer changed that all eggs that were used in any of it's products would all be free range.

As for me, I have organic (free range) eggs, meat & milk delivered by a veggie box scheme (although I don't have the veggie box any more!)

I made that choice after seeing not only the piss poor animal welfare of battery hens (I'm not naive enough to think that supermarket free range are skipping in the sunshine, but it's better at least) but I'm concerned about the chemicals, hormones & colours which are put into the food chain

[OzzyR1]

Yeah, always buy free-range if I'm not passing the local farm in the next few days when I will buy theirs instead.

After that programme on pigs I also now buy the British bacon rather than the Danish stuff as the programme revealed that there are some horrific practices still going on over there which are illegal in this country, can't remember what - think it was a type of farrowing crate/stall.

Have to be careful when buying and look for the kitemark though - some crafty folks called a product "Somerset Bacon" or similar and have a pic of a ruddy-faced English farmer on the pack but in the small print on the back it reveals its origins in Denmark.

Costs a fair bit more but is generally of much better quality and I'd prefer that if I'm going to eat something that it had a half-decent life beforehand.

[AndyAudi]

Agrilla said:

(I'm not naive enough to think that supermarket free range are skipping in the sunshine,

Mine do. I have several thousand Free Range Hens with the ultimate destination of their eggs being the supermakets. It is obvious they do love being outside, when the doors are opened in the morning they just run out to the grass.

I was suprised at the amount of grass they do eat, which, combined with insects etc darkens the colour of the yolk naturally.

Every egg I eat is only a day or two old which taste fantastic, one of the possible differences between supermarket free range eggs and those from folks own hens is that the time scale from farm to shelf may be heading on for a week.

I've read some of the replies with genuine interest, as I believe there is a place for both cage & free range. The welfare of Caged Hens is increasing significantly with the introduction of "Enriched cages" and phasing out of the traditional Battery Cages. Organic Eggs, in my opinion are a waste of time, and not sustainable. I've yet to figure out the point of Barn Egg's

Edited by AndyAudi on Friday 24th July 17:44

[loltolhurst]

miniman said:

digimeistter said:

so who still buys battery farmed eggs

Primarily all the food manufacturers and low-end "restaurants" and fast food joints. For example the frankly delicious Sausage and Egg McMuffin is unlikely to contain free-range goodness, nor are the fried delights within the ubiquitous Olympic down at the Little Chef. Ditto pretty much all ready-made desserts, supermarket ready-meals, I could go on.

McDonald's crowned Food Business of the Year by British Free Range Egg Producers Association
McDonald's has been awarded the Food Business of the Year Award for the second year running at the British Free Range Egg Producers Association (BFREPA) annual conference.

Praised for the quantity of free range eggs that McDonald's uses each year, and the way it communicates that fact to its millions of customers, McDonald's was named leader in the Food Services Sector and was presented with its award on Thursday evening.


http://www.makeupyourownmind.co.uk/egg-awards.html

[LilCat]

The majority of the retail pasta salad dishes we supply has to be free range egg pasta.

[MrOnTheRopes]

Burford Brown are the king of eggs