colors found in foods such as carrots, squash, corn, peppers, and leafy greens.
When laying hens consume diets containing different amounts and types of these pigments, some of those compounds can make their way into the yolk.
That’s one reason yolk color can vary so dramatically.
Does a Dark Orange Yolk Mean More Nutrition?
This is where I had to pump the brakes on my original assumption.
It is tempting to look at that deep orange yolk and think:
More color = more nutrition.
But it isn’t that simple.
Yolk color
