GetCracking | Your Egg Questions

Your egg questions answered,
from farm to table.

How do eggs get to my grocery store?

How many eggs does a hen lay in a day?

What is the nutritional value of an egg?

What is an Omega-3 egg?

How much fat is in an egg?

Are hens ever given steroids or hormones?

Can I freeze egg yolks, if so how and for how long?

Ray K.

Cambridge

What’s the difference between white and brown eggs?

How much protein is in an egg?

Why is there sometimes a spot of blood in the egg? And is this okay to eat?

Janina S.

How are eggs stamped?

Ron K.

What is the difference between a brown egg and a white egg?

Yvonne O.

Innisfil

What are hens fed?

Are hens ever given antibiotics?

Where can I buy double yolk eggs?

Is there an egg recall in Ontario?

Helene E M.

Arnprior

Do eggs come from different types of hens?

How long can I leave egg dishes out when serving them?

Sarah C.

Guelph

How to make hard boiled eggs?

Leigh C.

Norwich

What determines the thickness of the egg shell?

My are are floating, are they still good?

E.Sophie S.

How do you cook an over easy egg?

Should I keep my eggs refrigerated?

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.

Thunder Bay

How do eggs get to my grocery store?

What is the nutritional value of an egg?

Why are eggs sized differently?

Can raw eggs be used in a non-cooked recipe?

Rosemarie S.

Tiverton

What causes yolks to be different colours?

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

How many eggs does a hen lay in a day?

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

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

Pauline H.

Belleville

What does the stamp on an egg mean?

How do you peel a hard-boiled egg?

How are eggs graded?

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

Barry T.

Elliot Lake

How long do I boil an egg for soft boil?

Norma T.

Richmond Hill

Can I freeze eggs?

How many eggs are needed to make French Toast?

Nate

Hamilton

Why am I seeing American eggs in the grocery store?

How soon can I feed my baby eggs?

Why am I seeing eggs stamped with a code?

What makes an egg organic?

Are soft boiled eggs safe?

John I.

Toronto

Where can I buy farm fresh eggs?

Does yolk colour matter?

Julie H.

Toronto

How much Sodium in hard boiled eggs?

Roni L.

Welland

Do you have local duck eggs?

Eleanor S.

Toronto

Are Canadian eggs pasteurized?

Rod M.

Ottawa

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.

Waterdown