The term ‘free range egg’ has been voted the most misleading food term of the year by visitors to the website of animal rights group Wakker Dier.

According to the official Dutch definition, free-range eggs are produced by chickens who share a square metre of barn with eight others and never go outside.
By contrast, free-range chicken, pork and beef comes from animals which have access to outdoor pens.
The foundation told Nos tv it believes free range eggs are so much more popular than organic and vrije uitloop (free run) eggs in the Netherlands because people believe the hens can go outdoors.