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!

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
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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)
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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%