Egg Color, Size and Grading
Are white eggs better than brown eggs?
No. "Egg color is a distinction not of quality, but of chicken variety," according to chefs Gayle Pirie and John Clark, authors of Country Egg, City Egg.
Brown eggs are produced by reddish-brown hens and white eggs by white hens. The older the hen, the larger the eggs it lays. Large Grade AA eggs are usually produced by hens at least a year old.
Eggs are graded on the thickness of their egg white. Grade A eggs have slightly thinner egg whites than Grade AA. Grade B are substandard in egg white thickness and rarely found in grocery stores.
