GetCracking | Your Egg Questions

Your egg questions answered,
from farm to table.

What’s the difference between white and brown eggs?

What causes yolks to be different colours?

How many eggs does a hen lay in a day?

How much fat is in an egg?

How do you make perfect boiled eggs and remove shells easier?

Pauline H.

Belleville

Are soft boiled eggs safe?

John I.

Toronto

How soon can I feed my baby eggs?

How are eggs graded?

Can I freeze eggs?

What is the nutritional value of an egg?

What’s the difference between white and brown eggs?

Are hens ever given antibiotics?

Are Canadian eggs pasteurized?

Rod M.

Ottawa

What is the weight of a dozen Grade A large eggs?

Barry T.

What causes yolks to be different colours?

Is the date stamped on my egg carton a "best before" or an "expiry" date? Can I still use eggs for baking past a best before date??

Danielle S.

How to make hard boiled eggs?

Leigh C.

How do you cook an over easy egg?

What does the stamp on an egg mean?

What is an Omega-3 egg?

How do you peel a hard-boiled egg?

Canada A on the cartons doesn't guarantee Canadian eggs. Some cartons are not marked Product of Canada. How do I know they're from Ontario?

Paula M.

Hamilton

Do you have local duck eggs?

Eleanor S.

Toronto

What determines the thickness of the egg shell?

What makes an egg organic?

I’ve heard people say that eggs have a lot of cholesterol. Are they safe to eat?

How much Sodium in hard boiled eggs?

Roni L.

Welland

How do eggs get to my grocery store?

Does yolk colour matter?

Julie H.

Why am I seeing American eggs in the grocery store?

How much protein is in an egg?

How long do I boil an egg for soft boil?

Norma T.

Do eggs come from different types of hens?

Is there an egg recall in Ontario?

Helene E M.

Arnprior

Where can I buy farm fresh eggs?

Where can I buy double yolk eggs?

How many eggs does a hen lay in a day?

Should I keep my eggs refrigerated?

How many eggs are needed to make French Toast?

Nate

Hamilton

Why am I seeing eggs stamped with a code?

Are hens ever given steroids or hormones?

Why are eggs sized differently?

Can you tell me why some eggs in the carton, are stamped , and some are not ? Is it safe to eat the eggs that are not stamped ?

Linda W.

What are hens fed?