Eggs For The Brain

 Tucking into an egg just twice a week can reduce the risk of Alzheimers disease by at least 20 per cent.

 New research shows that the benefits are even greater for those enjoying eggs five times a week or more, with the risks lowered by more than a quarter.

Scientists think that nutrients in them may help to protect the brain against the ravages of the disease. Now they are recommending regular egg intake as part of a balanced diet to keep Alzheimer's and other types of dementia at bay.

For the new study, researchers at Loma Linda University in California tracked nearly 40,000 men and women over a 15-year period. They found those enjoying eggs once or twice a month were 17 per cent less likely to develop incurable dementia than those who never ate them.

Among volunteers indulging in eggs two to four times a week the reduction in risk was 20 per cent.

And five times a week or more pushed the figure up to 27 per cent, according to results in the Journal of Nutrition.

Eggs are packed with nutrients such as choline, a nutrient that produces the chemical acetylcholine - vital for healthy brain cells and good memory function.

There are an estimated one million people in the UK living with dementia - and by 2040 that figure is expected to climb to 1.4 million.

 But while the search for a cure continues, there is mounting evidence that prevention may be the best form of defence for now.

A major report in 2024 by The Lancet Commission on Dementia concluded that almost half of all cases globally could be prevented, or at least delayed for several years, if action was taken to address 14 risk factors - ranging from smoking and excess alcohol consumption, to loneliness and a sedentary lifestyle - that are driving up rates of illness.

Trading Standard Inspection

 We had a spot inspection from Norfolk Trading Standards team this week.

They came to inspect all aspect of how we keep our hens.
Very please to say that we passed with flying colours. All relevant records were available and the inspection of the hens proved that the way we manage our hens is A1.
Thank you to the Trading Standard Team.

The Avian Flu Effect

 Avian Influenza is having a serious impact on the supply of English eggs. Apart from many smaller outbreaks the loss of 1.4 million birds, on one site in Shropshire, is affecting supplies to all major supermarkets.

It will take many months to restock this site and there has also been an outbreak on a rearing site holding 209,000 11 week old pullets which will also affect supplies long into the future.

The wholesale trade is making up this shortage by importing eggs from The Ukraine and Poland as well as other European countries.

The USA is also looking worldwide for eggs as a result of over 20 million egg layers being lost in the last quarter.

CARD PAYMENTS

 We are happy to announce that we can now accept card payments for eggs collected from our farm,

FREE RANGE EGGS

We now have Free Range eggs available as our supplier has now let all his hens out. This does mean that we will no longer supply Barn Eggs.

Prices for Free Range eggs are the same as those previously charged for Barn Eggs.

 

FREE RANGE/BARN EGGS

Despite DEFRA lifting the mandatory housing order our Free Range/ Barn Egg supplier has decided that the risk of letting hens outside is too great and will continue to keep them housed.

This means that together with our Colony eggs we will be able to supply a limited number of Barn Eggs whilst Free Range are unobtainable.

 

  IMPORTANT CUSTOMER INFORMATION REGARDING FREE RANGE EGGS

From February 6th 2023 our free-range eggs will no longer be classed as ‘Free Range’ but as ‘Barn’ eggs. This is due to the Bird Flu housing order issued by DEFRA last November having exceeded 16 weeks.
The derogation, which covers the whole of England, has now expired so we must comply with marketing rules and regulations and market our eggs as ‘Barn’.
This means that we will continue to sell the eggs from our supplier in our existing pre-packs, but the number on the eggs will change from 1UK to 2UK, this indicates they are ‘barn’ and not ‘free-range’. A temporary label will be placed on the outside of each box.
Caterers will need to amend any reference to Free Range Eggs on their menus.
Our suppliers hens will not be allowed to range freely in the fields until DEFRA are satisfied that the disease is no longer a threat in the UK.
We fully support the efforts to keep the hens safe and free from Bird Flu and assure you that all free range producers must follow these new guidelines.
Because of the Avian Flu outbreak "Free Range" or "Barn Eggs" are in extremely short supply but our own Colony eggs are available. These bird are housed in ideal conditions to avoid Avian Flu.

Free Range Eggs Update

All back to normal for Free Range Eggs. The hens are now allowed outside but there is still a danger from Avian Flu.

Free Range Eggs

Only eggs laid on Monday 2nd May can be sold as Free Range, those laid at the end of last week and still in the supply chain will still be stamped with a 2 and have to be sold as "Barn". It will take a week to clear the back log.

Don't Be Fooled

"Free Range" hens must still be housed and their eggs sold as "Barn". We have to place stickers over the words "Free Range" but somehow the supermarkets do not have to do this. Don't be fooled, their "Free Range" are actually "Barn" from hens that are not "free to roam"

 

If there's and egg in the house

Never forget that if there's an egg in the house, there's a meal in the house.

Free Range Eggs change to Barn Eggs

 IMPORTANT CUSTOMER INFORMATION

From March 21st our free-range eggs will no longer be classed as ‘Free Range’ but as ‘Barn’ eggs. This is due to the Bird Flu housing order issued by DEFRA last November having exceeded 16 weeks.
The derogation, which covers the whole of England, has now expired so we must comply with marketing rules and regulations and market our eggs as ‘Barn’.
This means that we will continue to sell the eggs from our supplier in our existing pre-packs, but the number on the eggs will change from 1UK to 2UK, this indicates they are ‘barn’ and not ‘free-range’. A temporary label will be placed on the outside of each box.
Caterers will need to amend any reference to Free Range Eggs on their menus.
Our suppliers hens will not be allowed to range freely in the fields until DEFRA are satisfied that the disease is no longer a threat in the UK.
We fully support the efforts to keep the hens safe and free from Bird Flu and assure you that all free range producers must follow these new guidelines.
We hope that you keep supporting us by buying both our traditional Colony Eggs and our Free Range eggs during this difficult time.

Don't Forget Pancake Day

 

Best For Goodness

 

Egg Prices

Unfortunately due to unprecedented price increases, especially our poultry feed, it has been necessary to increase our wholesale egg prices. Retailers may or may not reflect these increases.

Poultry feed is now at its highest ever price and packaging, especially cardboard and pulp has also seen major price increase. The increase in online shopping has increased the use of cardboard creating a shortage.

We continue to feed our hens with the highest quality food rather than use a lower, less expensive, feed. We will not compromise on the quality of our eggs.

 The plastic prepacks that we were using have met with considerable buyer resistance forcing us to resort to a stock design fibre box. The fact that the plastic prepack was made from recycled plastic and was itself recyclable with our own label was not enough to persuade the public to buy Broadland Eggs.

We will have our original boxes back by the end of June. This problem has been caused by the continuing shortage of packaging. 

Telephone Outage

 We are experiencing an outage with our 01962 581962 telephone line today. Please ring 07979 300014 or 01692 581452.

Sorry for the inconvenience

 Broadland Eggs have had to switch to plastic prepacks for their Large eggs.

The severe shortage of both cardboard and paper pulp has made it very difficult to forward order. We needed to order replacement packaging in November 2020 and at that time only plastic was available so with the outlook for pulp unpredictable we had no choice.

The plastic prepacks are made from recycled plastic and in turn can be recycled as they are classed as PEP1, the same as drinks bottles.

Free Range Pre-Packs

More problems with pre-pack boxes for our eggs, this time Large Free Range. Despite placing an order in May delivery has been delayed until mid November.

We have managed to source some "stock design" fibre boxes to tide us over. Our details will be included with the "Best Before" date. Please note that the bar codes will be different

Looking forward, in September the factory, without telling us, stopped taking any orders. This means that we are now unable to plan for future orders as they have not told us when they will be opening their books.

As we must plan ahead to ensure our supplies we have had to resort back the the plastic boxes for our Colony Large eggs. We know that they were not universally popular but they will have our normal logo on the lids and there is no alternative as we cannot wait to see when the factory reopens for orders.

We have supplies of our Colony boxes until Christmas so this is just a advance warning.   

Fibre Boxes Back

After a six week wait we have our pulp boxes back for large eggs, albeit in white rather than yellow. The factory in Denmark has stopped producing pulp in any colour except white. That's OK until we have to change our medium box which is now green!!

The plastic box was a bit like Marmite, some liked it but most just wanted the pulp box back and some consumers wouldn't buy them because they were plastic.