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Home / Farm Fresh Vs. Free Range Vs. Organic Eggs: What’s The Difference

Farm Fresh Vs. Free Range Vs. Organic Eggs: What’s The Difference

In the multi-billion dollar industry of eggs, you have a variety of choices: brown eggs, white eggs, grade A, farm fresh, free range, organic, etc. Whew! The list goes on and on and can be confusing. Before we get started as to what each label means, here are the labels to ignore at ALL TIMES simply because these labels mean nothing.

What To Ignore
Vegetarian-fed: “Chickens are omnivores, so vegetarian feed means they’re not being fed a natural diet,” says Jones. So instead of natural proteins from worms and insects, vegetarian fed chickens are most likely getting protein from soy or fortified corn.

No hormones or antibiotics: It’s illegal to inject hormones into poultry, and antibiotics are rarely used in the egg industry. So advertising as such isn’t really saying much.

The color of the egg: “The color of the egg only has to do with the chicken’s breed, and doesn’t reflect what the chicken eats or how it’s raised,” Jones says. So wheat bread vs. white bread isn’t the same as white eggs vs. brown eggs.

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So, now that we’ve gotten that out of the way, here’s the real difference in the types of eggs you see.

I. Farm Fresh Eggs

Doesn’t that sound appetizing? Eggs… fresh from the farm? Well, it would be if it was true, unfortunately, unless you are literally buying the eggs from a farm or a local super market that actually sells genuine eggs from a farm, the label “farm fresh” means nothing other than it is just eggs… picked from chickens in battery cages.

According to the Humane Society, “On average, each caged laying hen is afforded only 67 square inches of cage space—less space than a single sheet of letter-sized paper on which to live her entire life.” There’s a whole bunch of concerns about these chickens if you are in to animal welfare, but for me, to be totally honest, I just prefer my eggs to come from healthy chickens.

II. Cage Free Eggs

Now, that sounds better. Chickens that don’t spend their entire lives in battery cages! But, what does “cage free” really mean? Well, to start with, yes they are in a slightly better condition than “farm fresh eggs”. They literally are not confined in cages, but…(yes, there is a but).

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Before you get an imagery of a bunch of happy chickens taking a brisk walk outside in the sun and laying happy eggs, like this below:

You’ve got to realize that cage free only means cage free. Unless the packaging states that it is “free range” also, the eggs are most likely laid by chickens that don’t see the light of day as they spend their lives cramped up in hen houses, often in cramped conditions.

III. Free Range Eggs

“Free Range” actually means different things in different countries.

In the U.S., if the packaging says the eggs come from “free range” chickens, it means that the bird gets to spend…

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