The Claim

Most commercially available pasture-raised egg brands utilize corn and soy-based feed due to cost-efficiency and scalability, which results in negligible nutritional differences from conventional eggs despite being marketed at a premium price.

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In plain English

Most pasture-raised eggs you buy at the store are actually not much healthier than regular eggs because they're fed cheap corn and soy—so you might be paying more for something that's not really better.

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Most commercially available pasture-raised egg brands use corn and soy-based feed due to low cost and scalability, resulting in minimal nutritional differentiation from conventional eggs despite premium pricing.

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