Vital Farms Pasture Raised Eggs

A: Hi Mia, Thank you for reaching out to us with your question. As is the case for most in shell eggs, our raw in shell eggs are not pasteurized. If you have to crack one of our products open, it is not pasteurized. Our liquid whole egg and the cream used to make our butter is pasteurized. For additional information on safe food handling of shell eggs (raw and cooked), we recommend visiting this USDA site: https://tinyurl.com/yyvdn2cu

A: Vital Farms recommendation and the safest route is to always consume your eggs prior to the listed date on packaging. The USDA states that you can consume eggs for up to 3–5 weeks after purchase.

A: Hi there! While eggs can last past the date on the carton, our recommendation and the safest route is always to consume them prior to that expiration date listed on the carton to ensure you are getting the freshest eggs. We always defer to the USDA's suggestion for safe consumption of eggs, and they suggest you can consume eggs for up to 3-5 weeks after bringing them home and storing them properly, but remember to always trust your senses first and foremost. You can find more information on the safe handling of eggs on the USDA website here - https://ask.usda.gov/s/article/How-long-can-you-store-eggs-in-the-refrigerator Please email us at info@vitalfarms.com if you have any further questions.

A: Vital Farms hens spend their days foraging in the pastures but also recieve supplemental feed, consisting primarily of corn and unprocessed soybean meal.

A: Hi Alice, Our hens spend their days foraging in the pastures, seeking out native and seasonal grasses like clover, rye, and wild onion. They don’t stop with plants, though! You’ll often catch our girls munching on a grasshopper or snacking on a worm. Alongside the food they forage, our girls receive supplemental feed. The supplemental feed consists primarily of corn and soybean meal, which the hens need for protein, as well as additional natural ingredients including paprika and marigold, which, along with their outdoor snacks, help the hens produce eggs with deep orange yolks that our consumers prefer. Our supplemental feed is developed by an animal nutritionist, ensuring the girls receive all the nutrients they need to support their health, active lifestyles, and overall well-being. Please email us at info@vitalfarms.com if you have any other questions.

A: Vital Farms pasture-raised eggs carry the Certified Humane® seal, which is a certification from Humane Farm Animal Care, a non-profit organization.

A: Hi Lorrie, Yes, our eggs are Certified Humane. Certified Humane audits a batch of our farms once per year. Additionally, every one of our 350+ farms is audited by Whole Foods every 15 months. Furthermore, our team does internal compliance audits on every one of our farms at least annually. Finally, every one of our farms has a dedicated Vital Farms farmer support team member who regularly visits the farm to offer support and to monitor whether the farmer is upholding our high ethical standards. Please email us at info@vitalfarms.com if you have any additional questions.

A: They used to be but I am suspicious now that a ‘glitch’ took down their info. I looked at the photos too and didn’t see it.

A: Hi Jennifer! Thank you for reaching out to us. Yes, our eggs are Certified Humane. Certified Humane audits a batch of our farms once per year. Additionally, every one of our 350+ farms is audited by Whole Foods every 15 months. Furthermore, our team does internal compliance audits on every one of our farms at least annually. Finally, every one of our farms has a dedicated Vital Farms farmer support team member who regularly visits the farm to offer support and to monitor whether the farmer is upholding our high ethical standards. We hope this helps, but please feel free to email us at info@vitalfarms.com if you have any additional questions.

A: The USDA does not recommend eating raw shell eggs that are not cooked

A: The USDA does not recommend eating raw shell eggs that are not cooked.

A: They are Pasture raised

A: The Vital Farms eggs are not pasteurized.

A: Hi Babette. Thank you for your question! We do not import any of our eggs. We work with over 425 small family farms, all of which are located in the USA, and all our animals are born and raised here.

A: Hi Parker, thank you for reaching out to us! Our hens spend their days foraging in the pastures, seeking out native and seasonal grasses like clover, rye, and wild onion. They don’t stop with plants, though! You’ll often catch our girls munching on a grasshopper or snacking on a worm. Alongside the food they forage, our girls receive supplemental feed. The supplemental feed consists primarily of corn and soybean meal, which the hens need for protein, as well as additional natural ingredients including paprika and marigold, which, along with their outdoor snacks, help the hens produce eggs with deep orange yolks that our consumers prefer. Our supplemental feed is developed by an animal nutritionist, ensuring the girls receive all the nutrients they need to support their health, active lifestyles, and overall well-being. Hens are monogastric omnivores and are well adapted to a diet that contains grains and seeds - they love to forage and pick them out in the fields - and the main ingredients of the supplemental feed, corn and soybean, reflect that biological preference. They thrive on it, and without the carbs and very specific amino acids and proteins, they would not be able to lay eggs. The only chickens that will live solely off pasture are wild chickens. None of the hens our farmers raise are solely pasture-fed as they are not sheep or other ruminants. Pasture raised is not and cannot be the same as grass-fed (or even solely pasture-fed) as chickens only have one stomach like us. Sheep (and other ruminants) can survive off grass alone, but laying hens are a domesticated breed with only one stomach and this means that they need a quite precise combination of proteins, amino acids, and carbohydrates in order to lay consistently. They simply need more calories and protein than the pastures will themselves provide in order to lay. We hope this helps, and please feel free to email us at info@vitalfarms.com if you have any additional questions.

A: Hi there! All our small family farms are located in the USA and all our animals are born and raised here. While all our products are packaged here in America, some of our packaging does come from other countries, so we could not say that every part of our packaging is from the USA. Please shoot us an email to info@vitalfarms.com if you have any other questions.