The Top Cage Free Egg Brands | The Farmer's Hen

Ask your grocery to carry these great Cage Free Egg brands...

When you consider what makes a great cage free egg, you may take into account nutrition, taste and price. Here we’ll examine a few of the top cage free and free range egg farmers around. You can get these brands at your local grocery store or specialty grocer.

The Farmer’s Hen

A private brand label from CMC Food, these eggs are USDA Certified Organic, 100% non-GMO and 100% cage free, Certified Humane Raised and Handled. These vegetarian-fed chickens are raised in the USA by organic farmers who tend chemical-free soil resulting in high-yield crops for hens.

Backyard Eggs

Backyard Eggs produces pasture-raised hens with a minimum of 108 square feet of pasture per bird, with plenty of outdoor access to green grass, bugs, and worms. That natural diet is why the yolks are such a vibrant yellow, by the way. These eggs win high marks in taste and nutrition, thanks to their status as certified humane, non-GMO-verified. You’ll pay about 5.99 per dozen.

Vital Farms

Hailing from the same company as Backyard Eggs, Vital Farms eggs are Certified Organic, costing $6.99 per dozen. For this price, you get eggs that are guaranteed to come from hens that have never consumed pesticides or antibiotics. This is because they are raised on a pasture but eat only organic feed.

The Happy Egg Co.

At $4.99 per dozen, you get eggs that come from free-range chickens with at least 14 square feet per bird. They’re provided wooden perching towers for resting and sand pits for dust bathing to encourage natural behaviors, plus they have easy access to feeding troughs and clean water. This treatment is rare in the farming business, so you know they’re doing something right.

The Happy Egg Co. products are found in your local grocery store so there’s no need to run all over trying to find them.

Making the Right Choice

It can be daunting selecting the right eggs at the market when faced with all those options: cage free…free range…organic…private brands vs. store brands. Consumers who take the time to do research on cage free eggs beforehand know what to expect by all the labels.

Fortunately, farmers today are treating their chickens more humanely within cage-free barns these days. Terms often used interchangeably, free range and cage free chickens have more freedom of movement, yet are still protected from the elements and predators via some type of shelter. For extra peace of mind, look for labels that say Certified Humane in addition to cage free, as these organic eggs are produced by free range chickens that only graze in organic grass fields.

So the next time you’re at the market wondering what the best cage free eggs are, take a moment to think about what the label really means and which brands give you the best value.

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