Patent ID: 7572475

Claim:
An egg laid by a domesticated bird, wherein the bird is an egg-layer, having a lipid fraction balanced in ω6 and ω3 fatty acids according to the ratio of C18:2 and C20:4 ω6 fatty acids/C18:3, C20:5, C22:5, and C22:6 ω3 fatty acids=1:1±10% and having a lipid fraction balanced between polyunsaturated and saturated fatty acids according to the ratio of C18:2, C18:3, C20:4, C20:5, C22:5, and C22:6 polyunsaturated/C16:0 and C18:0 saturated fatty acids =1:1±10%; and characterized in that its phospholipid fraction is balanced according to the ratio of animal-derived ω6 fatty acids/animal-derived ω3 fatty acids=1:3 +/− 10%.