Patent ID: 9664662
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: G01N

Claim:
1. A method for separating caged chicken eggs, barn chicken eggs, and free range chicken eggs from organic chicken eggs, the method comprising: a) measuring yolk scyllo-inositol and yolk myo-inositol concentrations of a chicken egg from an egg pool, or yolk scyllo-inositol and yolk myo-inositol concentration-related signals or values of a chicken egg from an egg pool; b) calculating a ratio between said scyllo-inositol concentration or concentration-related signal or value and said myo-inositol concentration or concentration-related signal or value; and c) physically coding the egg pool as an organic egg pool if the ratio is at least 0.046, or coding the egg pool as a free range, barn, or caged egg pool if the ratio is less than 0.046 where coding makes the class of the eggs known to retailers and consumers.