Eggstravaganza
Is there a correct way to package eggs? Some would ask what difference does it make. Ibelieve it makes a big difference. Just before the egg is laid the eggshell is deposited around the egg in the lower part of the oviduct of the hen. During formation of the egg, the egg moves through the oviduct small end first and just before it is released it rotates
and comes out large end first.
There is an air cell in the large end of the egg, which if the egg were fertile and were to be used to incubate a chick, would be important for the chicks development. If the egg is placed large end down in the carton it will force the white or albumen to have to move because air will always rise. This movement of the albumen can loosen the yoke and white causing, I believe, a less structured egg.
An egg placed on its small end allows the air sac to stay at the top which allows the white to settle into the curved bottom cradling it a more natural manner and allowing the yokes to stay intact helping it when it is cracked.
In addition when you place all the eggs small end down it makes the contents of the carton look more uniform. Many producers don’t bother to package correctly and as a result have both small and large ends facing up with loos like you have all different size eggs. So when the customer opens the carton to check for cracks, to the eye, it is unsightly.
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