Comments on: I Thought Egg Yolks Were Yellow

By: Lilia

Lilia — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 10:38:27 +0000

You will John if you come to Ghana, I came to Ghana after many years in Europe where I though the egg yolk were too pale as comapared the organic eggs which was the norm as all chickens were corn fed, I was very much looking forward to some decent eggs, so you can imagine my horror when I first cracked open an egg and found this white yolk instead of the deep yellow yolk I was expecting not to mention the disapointment, i too thought it was a one off, but every single egg i have opened has white yolk, it seems to be the norm now the yellow yolk is the one off phenomenon if you are lucky. I have refused to eat them, I love my eggs so I did not give up so I searched and found a local “organic” farm, where i found some yellow yolk eggs but even this is a lottery out of every 4 white yolks i find a yellow one. It might take a while for me to accept this white yolk thing and to get over my disappointment. but at least now i know it is safe to eat, my though when I first saw it was “is this some kind of alien invasion?”

By: Connie

Connie — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 10:17:54 +0000

I GOT MY WHITE EGG YOLK IN A PACKAGE OF EGGLAND’S BEST! REALLY NEAT!

By: Andy

Andy — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:33:12 +0000

I’m from Tasmania (Australia)and to my surprise after cutting open a hard boiled egg the yolk was completely white. I didn’t eat it though. This was the only thread I have found about white yolk’s and I too didn’t realise how uncommon they were.

By: Jo Ellyn

Jo Ellyn — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:57:31 +0000

I just hard boiled seven eggs and five had white yokes. Googled “white yokes” and ended up here. Very weird phenomenon, but from all the comments, evidently not a health issue.

By: mads

mads — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 21:03:48 +0000

I found one today when I was making my breakfast! It was probably ok but freaked me out I wondered if it’d make me ill so I dumped it… and here I am having googled it! Came from a free-range box in Brighton, UK…

By: John Conners

John Conners — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 20:14:51 +0000

That’s one explanation, although it doesn’t explain the random ‘white egg yolk in a batch of yellow yolk eggs’. Fortunately that’s also explained in the comments on this post!

By: Lee Vyater

Lee Vyater — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 03:18:57 +0000

I just hard boiled a dozen eggs and they all had white yolks – this is what I found… Yolk color is dependent on the diet of the hen; if the diet contains yellow/orange plant pigments known as xanthophylls, then they are deposited in the yolk, coloring it. A colorless diet can produce an almost colorless yolk. Farmers may enhance yolk color with artificial pigments, or with natural supplements rich in lutein (marigold petals are a popular choice), but, in most locations, this activity is forbidden.

By: Ron in New Mexico

Ron in New Mexico — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 23:50:22 +0000

Hi, Yesterday for breakfast I had a white yolk. I didn’t give it much thought and prepared two dishes of fried eggs, hashbrowns, bacon, and buttered toast. Sadly, today I am so sick, my stomach began hurting me later in the day yesterday and now I am having body aches. I have slept for half the day and my eyes became dry to the point it felt like sand in them. I feel like I have the flu! The white yolk got me!

By: Skinny

Skinny — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 11:43:01 +0000

Found White egg yolk this morning (in Dublin). It’s in date and since no one on this blog has mentioned death to be a side effect, I’m gonna eat it anyways.

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:31:57 +0000

I found one too, im from Dublin Ireland. I ate it before checking it was safe…. HARDCORE

I feel so lucky im off to do the lotto