The Market by EGGcellence!
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Amazing egg facts beautifully illustrated. ...a trillion eggs are produced every year in the world. If we put all the eggs in a row one after the other, there would be enough for 154 trips to the moon...see more!
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The Market by EGGcellence!
- 1. The market by Eggcellence! Top ten leading countries in egg production in 2009 (FAO) Production volume (1000 t) 37.6% share 23634 8.5% share A trillion eggs are produced every year in the world If we put all the eggs in a row one after the other, there’d be enough for 154 trips to the moon 4% share 3.8% share 3.5% share ...plenty of room for improvement 3200 2505 2360 Hens eat 128M tons of feed annually (33% of the total poultry feed) 1.7% share 1.5% share 1.5% share 10 70.1% countries share 100% share The champions of feed prices for layers are Switzerland and Japan 1059 For every 100 eggs produced... 9 5 We fed 2.8 billion hens annually top consumers of eggs Ratio of brown to white hens by country Enough to cover the entire country of Austria three times over! are from USA In Mexico, the ratio of people to hens is 1:1 China USA India Japan Mexico Russia Brazil France Austria South Africa 70 : 30 8 : 92 8 : 92 40 : 60 5 : 95 50 : 50 25 : 75 85 : 15 90 : 10 30 : 70 From 2000 to 2009, Eggs were the second fastest growing animal protein on the globe 35% 23% 38 are from China In the same period, Central and South America was the fastest growing continent 35% 37% on egg production 28% 18% 12% (at 110, 000 hens/Sq km) (more than 295 per capita) 913 HEALTH • NUTRITION • MATERIALS The largest omelette in the world used 145,000 eggs and was made in Portugal are from India 918 44055 62840 brain function, bile production and sex. More than double the entire corn production of Brazil 2195 1922 Eggs contain 185 mg of cholesterol (USDA) and cholesterol is an important nutrient. We need cholesterol for Vitamin D metabolism, (around 700 USD/ton) Mexico, Ukraine, Japan and China are the 3.1% share Two eggs a day keeps the Doctor away. Cholesterol is the precursor of pregnenolone and Pregnenolone can either be converted to progesterone or testosterone. You should limit your egg intake only if you follow a sedentary life style combined with a high caloric intake. 5349 5.1% share World In China, the price of premium egg could be eight times higher than the regular egg... For the price of one dozen eggs in Switzerland you can buy four dozen in Argentina, Brazil or the Netherlands (farm gate prize) In Austria, Germany, France and Switzerland, more than 95% of the layers are not kept in conventional cages; while in China, USA, Mexico, India, Japan, Canada, Russia, Brazil and Argentina, more than 95% of the hens are kept in conventional cages. Argentina and India offer the cheapest feed for layers 16% 14% 9%