Photos of eggs with white yolks have gone viral on Japanese social media, with thousands of people asking whether they’re real or have been digitally altered. It all started with a social media post by Tsuda Junko, Editor-in-Chief of the online magazine Design no Hikidashi, featuring a photo of a boiled egg cut in half. It doesn’t sound like the most exciting post, but it ended up going viral because the egg yolk was white. The eggs are known as “Shirotama” and they come from the Nakamura Horticultural Farm in Itoman City, Okinawa. As for the unusual yolk color, it comes from supplementing the chicken’s regular feed with white rice, which causes the yolk to turn white when cooked. The eggs are most often used to make white Omurice and white tamajoyaki (both omelets). The white-yolk eggs are sold regularly in the egg section of the Itoman Farmer’s Market.
Japanese Rice-Fed Chickens Lay White-Yolk Eggs
Photos of eggs with white yolks have gone viral on Japanese social media, with thousands of people asking whether they’re real or have been digitally altered. It all started with a social media post by Tsuda Junko, Editor-in-Chief of the online magazine Design no Hikidashi, featuring a photo of a boiled egg cut in half. It doesn’t sound like the most exciting post, but it ended up going viral because the egg yolk was white. The eggs are known as “Shirotama” and they come from the Nakamura Horticultural Farm in Itoman City, Okinawa. As for the unusual yolk color, it comes from supplementing the chicken’s regular feed with white rice, which causes the yolk to turn white when cooked. The eggs are most often used to make white Omurice and white tamajoyaki (both omelets). The white-yolk eggs are sold regularly in the egg section of the Itoman Farmer’s Market.