Eggs-perts are weighing in on the color of your egg yolk. As Americans down an average of nearly 300 eggs a year, you’ve likely cracked open an egg to see a yolk slightly different than what you ...

The composition of the hen’s feed: The amount of yellow-orange carotenoids [plant pigments], like lutein from alfalfa meal and zeaxanthin from marigold flower extract, “significantly affects yolk ...

Poultry experts and farmers even keep track of yolk color. The DSM Yolk Color Fan is a 16-scale color index that distinguishes yolk color and is widely used in the poultry industry.

Fox News Digital spoke to an egg expert based in Maine to find out why egg yolks come in different colors — and if these different colors mean anything significant in terms of nutrition.

Different egg yolk colours explained, from nutrition to taste, ... Unexpected egg yolks aren’t just in the pages of Dr. Seuss books. ... from marigold flowers can result in darker yolks.