What is the difference between Organic and Non-Organic eggs?

@sedel1027 (17846)
Cupertino, California
May 24, 2012 10:31pm CST
Today at the store once again I was faced with the egg dilemma lol I hate buying eggs because everyone is sooo picky and there is a huge difference in how eggs taste. There were 2 cartons by the same brand, price difference was $.75 Carton #1 Brown Eggs Free Range Vegetarian Fed Hormone Free Carton #2 Brown Eggs Free Range Vegetarian Fed Hormone Free Organic What makes #2 organic, is it just the actual feed?
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@peavey (16936)
• United States
7 Jun 12
Besides just the organic feed for chickens, they're not allowed to give them things like arsenic to make them lay more. Most organically produced eggs are from chickens that are treated quite a bit better than non-organic operations because of basic beliefs about our food supply. Organic eggs have been shown to be more nutritious than "conventional" eggs.
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@samson1967 (7414)
• India
25 May 12
You are right, Ornanic eggs are the eggs laid by chickens which are fed with organic feed, Organically grown products are naturally expensive.
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@carmelanirel (20942)
• United States
25 May 12
I have no idea and trust me, I have been reading a lot about organic/non-halal products for months now. Is it the same name brand? Maybe that is the difference???
@sedel1027 (17846)
• Cupertino, California
25 May 12
Yep, same brand. There are a few brand that offer: conventional, cage free, cage free organic, and organic. If you are lucky you can find free range. I'm pretty sure the person who answered above is correct. Te feed is still vegetarian, but organic in nature.
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• United States
25 May 12
Oh, so the difference is #2, the chickens feed is also organic??
@sedel1027 (17846)
• Cupertino, California
25 May 12
Yeah. The organic feed makes the eggs (and the chicken itself I assume) organic.
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@jambi462 (4576)
• United States
8 Jun 12
The difference between organic and nonorganic eggs is that organic eggs the chickens will be fed with food that isn't sprayed with pesticides or food that is genetically modified. They also probably aren't injected with antibiotics or anything like that. I'm assuming the only thing that makes it organic though is the feed that they are giving the chickens. I personally buy everything organic if I can find it.
@sedel1027 (17846)
• Cupertino, California
14 Jun 12
Actually, organic foods can be GMO.
@magtibaygom (4858)
• Philippines
25 May 12
We used to have a poultry house here in our farm. And we also own some native chickens. Those in the poultry house, we call them "45 days chickens" and "egg layer chickens". We fed them "feeds" from suppliers, which I think were formulated in laboratories. On the other hand, those native chickens that we have until now, they are usually left out there hunting for their own food, like insects and grains. I think they are the ones we can call "organic" because they eat foods that are natural and organic, while those grown in poultry houses, they are fed with laboratory formulated and often chemically fortified feeds.