Abstract: An egg carton of synthetic plastic material has a bottom portion and a cover portion positionable on the top of the bottom portion to close the carton. The bottom portion has a plurality of compartments each dimensioned to contain the bottom portion of an egg in spaced relationship to an adjacent egg, and the cover is dimensioned to receive the top portion of an egg when the egg is located in one of the compartments and the carton is closed. The compartments are shaped to cause eggs positioned therein to tilt with their longitudinal axes inclined to the vertical by an angle in the range of from about 4 to about 6 degrees.