The American Vegetarian Association Awards Eggland's Best Certification For Its Superior Products

CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J., Nov. 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- For the tenth year in a row the American Vegetarian Association (AVA) has awarded Eggland's Best their certification.

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The AVA certification acknowledges Eggland's Best as a part of the American Vegetarian Association's Global Certification program, which recognizes the standards of vegetarian assurance and enables vegetarian-minded people to make the best food choices. Eggland's Best's 2014 AVA certification assures vegetarians that by selecting Eggland's Best products, they are receiving the very best vegetarian foods.

"We are honored that Eggland's Best's eggs are the only eggs to be certified and recommended by the American Vegetarian Association," says Charles Lanktree, President and CEO of Eggland's Best, LLC. "We are proud to be a part of AVA's growing family of quality, certified products, which allows consumers to trust our product with the highest vegetarian certification." 

The Eggland's Best hen feed consists of a proprietary all-vegetarian feed of healthy grains, which gives EB eggs significantly better nutrition compared to ordinary eggs. As a result, Eggland's Best eggs contain 10 times the vitamin E, four times the vitamin D and twice the amount of omega-3 fatty acids than ordinary eggs.  Eggland's Best eggs also contain 25 percent less saturated fat and only 70 calories per egg.

For more information on Eggland's Best eggs, please visit www.egglandsbest.com.

About Eggland's Best Eggs
Eggland's Best is the No. 1 branded egg in the U.S. and is an excellent source of Vitamin D, E, and B12 and a good source of riboflavin. EB eggs have 25 percent less saturated fat and more than two times Omega-3 than ordinary eggs. Eggland's Best eggs are the recipients of many awards including the Gold Medal for superior taste, appearance and freshness from The American Masters of Taste; one of the "Best Packaged Foods" by Prevention magazine  (2012-2013); a "Best Kid Breakfast Food" by KIWI magazine (2013); a Women's Health "Supermarket Star" (2013), a Progressive Grocer "Editors' Pick" (2012); a "2012 Category Captain" by Progressive Grocer (2012); "Best Grab-and-Go Breakfast Food" by Health magazine (2011); one of the "Top 125 Foods for Men" in the Men's

Health annual nutrition awards for eight consecutive years (2005-2012); a top five "superfood" picks according to American Baby magazine (2010); and the National Health & Wellness Club Stamp of Approval for flavor, quality and nutrition.

The distinctive "EB" stamp on the shell assures consumers that the eggs meet the highest standards of taste, nutrition and quality. Eggland's Best hens are fed a strictly controlled, high-quality, all-natural, all-vegetarian diet without added hormones, antibiotics or steroids of any kind. EB eggs are available in large, extra large, jumbo, cage free, organic, hard-cooked, liquid egg whites, and are certified as Kosher. For more information, visit www.egglandsbest.com.

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