The incredible, edible...

I picked up a bunch of brochures from commodity groups at the North Dakota Farm Bureau YF&R Leadership Conference back in late January.

Because I'm quite fond of eggs, I thought I would share some of the facts from the incredibleegg.org brochure I got at the conference.

Myth: Added hormones are used to increase egg production
Fact: Added hormones are NOT fed to poultry in the United States.

Myth: Egg yolks are high in fat and contribute little else to the diet.
Fact: Egg yolks contain 45 percent of the egg's protein, numerous minerals the majority of the egg's vitamins. They provide all of this for 59 calories (a whole egg has 75 calories). So unless your doctor has prescribed a special egg-free diet, you can enjoy nutrient-dense eggs.

Myth: Brown-shelled eggs are more nutritious than white.
Fact: Shell color is determined by the breed of the hen and does not affect quality, nutrients, flavor or cooking characteristics. However, since brown-egg layers are slightly larger birds and require more food, their eggs are usually more expensive than white.

Myth: Eggs are often infected with the Salmonella bacteria.
Fact: On average across the United States, only one out of every 20,000 commercially-produced eggs might contain the Salmonella bacteria. This means an average consumer will encounter an infected egg once every 84 years. Purchasing eggs from a refrigerated dairy case and properly refrigerating at home reduce the risk of food-borne illness.

And those are just some of the fact about the incredible, edible.....Man I'm hungry!

Dawn