Canada's biggest egg producer building huge local plant: 'Thrilled'

As a healthy food, the humble egg has had something of a redemption story in recent years.

High-cholesterol fears of the 1970s have given way to it now being seen as a healthy, high-protein, low-calorie darling of fitness lovers and, yes, it’s heart-healthy, too.

That redemption is taking root in Strathroy as the largest egg producer in Canada, Burnbrae Farms, will build a 100,000-square-foot egg grading processing plant to address growing demand for the food darling.