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Why are brown eggs more expensive?

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There's no real difference in the taste of brown eggs v. white eggs, though I always use brown eggs simply b/c the yolks seem to be harder to break and I prefer my eggs over-easy.

Brown eggs are simply preferred by restaurants because they can find bits of egg shell faster in dishes being made...the brown shell shows up better when lost in the mix.

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Because the seller is taking advantage of people's ignorance.

In general, chicken breeds with white ear lobes lay white eggs, whereas chickens with red ear lobes lay brown eggs.

Just like brown people have brown offspring and white people have white offspring.

As long as people don't know this and believe the lies that they are richer in flavor/nutrition that you can see by the brighter color, others will take advantage. Humans are animals when it comes time to consider those who don't know.

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NO the color of the eggshell makes no nutritional difference.

Egg marketing boards found that the consumer believed white = pure/clean

and traditional brown shelled egg sales dropped in stores. Restaurants/chefs often prefer brown shelled eggs since the brown shell is easier to spot when a piece of shell is accidentally dropped in the food when cooking.

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To the contrary, many people believe brown eggs have the better flavour than white. In reality there is no affect on taste from the colour of the egg shell.

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