[QUOTE="On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 09:32:02 +0200, Ace"] [QUOTE] OK, you've convinced me - if it's just marketing nonsense I'll go back to buying battery eggs. Ta.[/QUOTE] Free range are worth paying the difference for, IMO. Quite apart from any of the animal-welfare nonsense[1] the chances of salmonella and the like are much reduced, and the flavour[2] is noticeablybetter.[/QUOTE] That's true. My local "local produce" grocer sells lots of free range eggs, including Cotswold Legbars which I love. I'd stopped buying them as they were so much more expensive than "standard" free range but he's selling 20/30p a dozen cheaper at the mo.