ABSTRACT
Egg weight (g) Average (%) Average (g/egg)
Yolk 27.5 16.9 Egg yolk lipids 31.6 5.34 Palmitic acid (C16:0) 27.30 1.45 Palmitoleic acid (C16:1) 3.59 0.19 Stearic acid (C18:0) 8.64 0.22 Oleic acid (C18:1) 37.2 1.99 Linoleic acid (C18:2) 14.2 0.760 Linolenic acid (C18:3) 5.61 0.299 Arachidonic acid (C20:4) 0.90 0.048 DPA (C22:5) 0.21 0.011 DHA (C22:6) 1.85 0.099 Total ω-6 808 mg Total ω-3 409 mg ω-6:ω-3 Ratio 2:1
purchase a ω-3 fatty acid enriched egg and of these, 71 percent were willing to pay an additional $US0.50 per dozen. There is a growing number of designer eggs enriched with ω-3 fatty acids available in the commercial marketplace in the USA and Canada. These would include Omega Eggs, by PDI/Hy-Vee, Ankeny, Iowa; Eggs Plus, by Pilgrims Pride, Dallas, Texas; Gold Circle Farms, Omegatech, Boulder, Colorado; Golden Premium Eggs – Rose Acre Farms, Seymour, Indiana and Born-3 Eggs, Born-3 Marketing Corporation, Abottsford, British Columbia, Canada and Sumas, Washington, USA.
