Why Americans Refrigerate Their Eggs But Europeans Don't

British supermarkets don't refrigerate eggs. You'll find them sitting alongside canned beans, boxes of dry cake mix, and other nonperishable foods.

This is different from the US, where eggs are found in the refrigerated dairy aisle alongside butter, cheese, and milk.

The different storage conditions are a result of the way that eggs are farmed and processed in the US compared with in the UK and other European nations.

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