Since 2008

Where are your eggs from?

Every UK shop egg carries a code that names its farming method and its producer. Type yours in and we'll tell you roughly how far it travelled to reach you — and what kind of egg it is.

EggTracker started life as part of FoodMiles.com. We keep farm locations deliberately vague — postcode-area only — because not every producer wants to be pinpointed.

Tracking real UK eggs since 2008

Egg Tracker

Egg code First digit + country + producer ID -- see our egg code guide

Your postcode We need this to work out the distance

Where did you get it? Helps us spot codes that need updating

How did you find us? Optional -- helps us understand where people find the site

How it works

Find the code

Every commercially farmed UK egg has to carry a code naming its farming method and origin farm. See our Egg Code Explainer for an example.

Enter the code

Add your postcode and where you bought it, and we'll do the rest. In seconds you'll get the egg's rough origin and the food miles it travelled to reach your kitchen.

So what?

Now you know! Is it nearer or further than you expected? Some of the eggs we've tracked have travelled over 1,000 miles to reach the plate they ended up on.

Why track your eggs?

Support local farmers

Knowing where your eggs really come from helps you make better decisions. Eggs that seem local sometimes travel many miles.

Understand food miles

The shorter the distance your food travels, the fresher it's likely to be. Tracking food miles helps you reduce your carbon footprint.

Transparency and trust

In a world where food origins can be obscure, EggTracker offers a little bit of transparency — so you can trust where your eggs are coming from.

Did you know? Brown and white eggshells come purely down to the breed of hen that laid them -- the colour has no effect on taste, nutrition, or how the egg was farmed.