I have been on and off the South Beach diet in the past couple years, and eggs are a staple for breakfast. One downside was that my house smelled really weird after cooking eggs. Yes, I ran the fans, but it stilled smelled icky. The other day while in Whole Foods, I grabbed a box of eggs. An egg is an egg right? No. These eggs are wonderful. No funny smell at all. Why, well I'm guessing that the free range chickens were healthier but also the box says 'no animal fat added to feed'. No wonder my other eggs smelled funny! The yolks are a orangy yellow not pale yellow and the yolk doesn't fall apart instantly either. All in all a better egg. I'm really beginning to understand the whole organic culture. It really is worth paying a little bit more. I'm sure the longterm health benefits will be amazing.

True , i'ts all about the feed the poor hen was given, makes all the difference in the world. Sadly we are all accostomed to that deep orange coloured yolk.

We do not have Whole Foods here , but our supermarkets are venturing into "organic , all natural" departments , at the moment I am giving those the hairy eyeball until more is known about how organic the food really is. My knowledge of natural food is limited to visiting "home" , a place where there is very little mass market food to be had and where I swore steak, strawberries , butter , eggs , milk , chicken and bread all tasted different and better than the equivalents available here in the markets.

Yes indeed there's a difference. I was raised in central Pa. Our eggs came "From the Amishman down the road". BIg huge gigantic difference in eggs from him vs the supermarket.

That's why I like Trader Joe's. They have all sorts of options. Organic, free range, local farmers, Omega 3 enhanced and regular. I am wondering if part of the problem is using unfresh eggs. The higher they float in the water, the older they are. You do want slightly older eggs for hardboiled because they will peel easier.

We've had our own chickens in the past and hope to again in the future, lots of neighbors have them and we buy their fresh eggs. Believe me, there is a huge difference!

I agree - fresh, free range eggs collected straight for the chicken house in the backyard are the best ever! Don't have our own chooks anymore but get ours from friends living on a farm.

I notice, in terms of store bought eggs, the free range ones do taste better. This summer I started buying eggs from a farmer at my local farmer's market. The eggs are literally gathered from the chickens the same day as I buy them. Not sure what the chickens are fed but the eggs taste g o o d.

If they are free range, the chickens are eating bugs and greens instead of corn.

"Free-range" is not the same as "pastured." In the former, the door to the henhouse is open and the birds are free to wander outside into a very small open space. Only those nearest the door bother to stick their beaks out. In the latter, the birds actually walk around out of doors and forage for their own food (as a supplement to what the farmer feeds them) and have the chance to catch the insects that give their yolks the prized orange color. That color, btw, can be simulated by including marigold petals in "organic" feed. While it's true, I think, that the organic, free-range supermarket eggs are superior to the conventional suermarket eggs, in order to get truly good eggs, you must buy them directly from a farmer whose breeding and feeding methods you have verified. Your chances of getting a quality product are better at a farmers market than they are at the supermarket. The differences are tremendous.

The ones I buy are the pastel colored Aracuna eggs from the farmer's market. $7/dozen but the yolks are a deep orange and when you break the eggs into a bowl, I can't help notice that the yolks are domed like the Pantheon. I try to buy them whenever I can, but get organic, pastured eggs if I can't make it to the farmer's market.