DANAG was founded on 25 February, 1895 under the name of Dansk Andels agexport, primarily in order to co-ordinate egg, but also to improve and control the quality of eggs to Great Britain. Later on exports increased to include Germany, the Middle East, Venezuela and other countries. For a period of time, Dansk Andels agexport was one of the biggest egg exporting companies in the world.
DANaG has always been very focused on customers and quality, as it appears from the first paragraph in the company's mission: "The company's main purpose is to collect and market the members' production of eggs, under such conditions as to guarantee the buyers that the eggs distributed from the company are fresh eggs of first quality"