If these terms confuse you, you’re not alone.
Food labeling is generally clear as mud.
(Do you know whatsell-by, use-by, and best-by dateson food itemsreallymean?)
Credit:Caitlin Bensel; Food Stylist: Torie Coxe
Cage-free systems vary from farm-to-farm, and can include multi-tier aviaries.
Sounds like a good life, huh?
The hens are fed an organic diet of feed produced without conventional pesticides or fertilizers.
It’s not a ton of room, but certainly more space than caged chickens get.
Plus, eggs by definition are a naturally occurring food product.
This term is often conflated with organic, but simply means nothing was added to the eggs.
Anything labeled vegetarian-fed means the chickens diet does not contain these by products.
Hormone-Free: This term is a bit of a misnomer as all living creatures have naturally occurring hormones.
This term is really referring to added hormones.
So all eggs meet this criteria, rendering the label meaningless.
No Added Antibiotics:This term means antibiotics were not used on the hens.
