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Apart from a biological point of view, eggs are also important because of nutritional properties, their wealth of essential nutrients and their high protein value combined with a low energetic content. …There is a series of letters and numbers printed on the eggshell: this alphanumeric code looks like this: X YY QQQ ZZ TTT; and each part of the code has a specific meaning. X identifies the farming system for laying hens and is a number: 0 refers to organic, 1 to free-range , 2 to barn, 3 to caged hens YY identifies the European Union country where the egg was laid, so for example eggs laid in Italy have the initials IT QQQ identifies the municipality of the production site ZZ identifies the abbreviation of the Province of the farm TTT identifies the farm DID YOU KNOW THAT… province of breeding farming system European Union country farm municipality of the production site EGGS: A SPECIAL FOOD LET’S LEARN TO EAT WELL 61