Farmer Reveals What Numbers On Supermarket Eggs Actually Mean

The truth behind the dates on egg cartons is actually rather shocking.

One Of Life’s Simplest Pleasures

Breakfasts are incomplete without perfectly cooked, velvety smooth scrambled eggs because it’s one of everyone’s favorites.

Fresh Eggs Are The Best Eggs

People have tasted the best-cooked eggs and they naturally know that the secret behind the best eggs is their freshness.

The J&J Acres

A farmer from J&J Acres created a video on how to properly read the expiration date on the egg packages to figure out just how “fresh” supermarket eggs really are.

Keeping An Eye On The Numbers

There are confusing numbers on every egg carton, and more often than not, we tend to ignore them and go for the first eggs we see, assuming that they are really the freshest ones.

Computing The Numbers

The farmer revealed the meaning of these confusing numbers and illustrated an example from a grocery store where eggs have actually been sitting in the carton for 41 days.

Same Goes For The Other Stores

To prove a point, the farmer went to other grocery stores as well and found that all egg cartons have the same format in the indication of the freshness of the eggs.

The Freshest Ones

The freshest ones he’s found have been in the carton for 9 days, which is still a week old, while the others have been there for more than 20 days.

How To Have The Best Eggs

At the end of the video, he pointed out that the best way to be sure that you are getting really fresh eggs is to buy from a local egg producer or a family farm. If not, why not raise your own chicken to make sure you’re getting eggs that are only 45 minutes old or less.

Check out the video below and learn how to be a wise egg-buyer on your next grocery adventure.

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