The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has approved its 20 billionth Eggland's Best egg, which are now sold in the supermarkets of all 50 US states.
Are they really the best? Unlike organic food, there is a lot of inspecting going on. Eggland's Best utilizes more than 50 USDA-approved inspectors a year to certify their eggs and conducts more than 35,000 tests a year to back up the claim that its eggs have lower saturated fat than ordinary eggs while being higher in vitamins and nutrients.
"At Eggland's Best, we follow the motto 'Better taste. Better nutrition. Better eggs.' in order to deliver a better tasting egg to consumers that is also better for them," says Charlie Lanktree, President and CEO of Eggland's Best. "We hold our eggs to the highest of standards and actually reject more than 600,000 eggs a day because they do not meet our strict requirements to receive the EB stamp."
Eggland's Best eggs contain 25 percent less saturated fat, four times the vitamin D, 10 times the vitamin E and twice the amount of omega-3 fatty acids. They contain 38 percent more lutein and provide a good source of vitamins B2 (riboflavin), B5 and B12.
They also note that they stay fresher longer. They highlight a recent study from the Journal of Applied Poultry Research, which found that Eggland's Best was the leader in egg freshness and that its proprietary hen feed and enhanced production processes played a crucial role in creating and maintaining fresh eggs. The findings were supported by the USDA's own study that looked at eggs from more than 5,000 supermarkets across the United States.
SOURCE Eggland's Best