Giving Japanese quails food with a little bit of paprika or marigold extract makes their egg yolks more colorful, which people usually like better.

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Improvement in the Coloration and Quality of Japanese Quail Eggs Through Supplementation with Natural Pigments

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The study gave quails food with paprika, marigold, or both and found their egg yolks became more colorful, just like the claim says.

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Improvement in the Coloration and Quality of Japanese Quail Eggs Through Supplementation with Natural Pigments

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DOI: 10.3390/poultry4020025

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