Although omega-3 fatty acids have beneficial effects on human health, due to double bond in its structure, it can be easily oxidized and this oxidation bad effect shelf life of the products that are rich in omega-3.
Eggs are enriched with vitamins that have antioxidant property such as A,C and E. The aim is providing oxidative stability of omega-3 enriched egg and supplying antioxidant requirement of body relation to increased omega-3 consumption. The vitamin content of the egg easily be increased by adding vitamin as a premix in feed. Also according researches, the poultry that eat natural feed’s eggs are richer in omega-3 fatty acids and α-tocopherol if compare with artificially feed poultry’s.
Another vitamin in egg is choline Choline is essential vitamin that has a big role in brain development in early stages. The daily necessity of choline for man is 550 mg and for woman 425 mg. Egg includes 250 mg / 100 g choline and is a good source of it.
During recent years, there have been several studies about vitamin D enriched eggs to regulation and improvement of bone development of children who can’t benefit from sun shine enough.
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