# Chicken McNugget Ingredients Revealed **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 20, 2011, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-mcnugget-ingredients-revealed/568343 "2011-01-20T16:49:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-mcnugget-ingredients-revealed/568343/1 "2011-01-20T16:49:55Z")
Finally, someone with some common sense has decided to reveal what is actually contained in McDonald’s Chicken McNuggets. [Story here](http://ca.news.yahoo.com/mcdonalds-chicken-nuggets-really-contain-20110114-160000-596.html) Will this bring an end to the fearmongering “health experts”, the e-mail chain letters, and frivolous law suits? Sadly…No! ---
**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-mcnugget-ingredients-revealed/568343/2 "2011-01-20T17:45:12Z")
Do I want to actually find out what’s in these delicious morsels? \ … My God, it’s full of stars! ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-mcnugget-ingredients-revealed/568343/3 "2011-01-20T17:52:24Z")
I prefer Chicken Fingers. At least they are made from a fillet piece of breast. We make them at home sometimes. McNuggets are a mixture of dark & white meat pressed together. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-mcnugget-ingredients-revealed/568343/4 "2011-01-20T18:00:58Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > McNuggets are a mixture of dark & white meat pressed together. Not according to the article linked in the OP. It says: > [@](#): > > McNuggets may conjure up an image of breaded pieces of sliced chicken breast, but they are hardly that. More like deboned breast ground into a paste held together with sodium phosphate. To make nuggets, salt, ice and sodium phosphate are churned together with ground white meat. The phosphate solubilizes some of the protein in the meat, which then forms a matrix that traps fat and glues the meat together. Do you have a counter-cite? ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-mcnugget-ingredients-revealed/568343/5 "2011-01-20T18:05:44Z")
But the burgers still contain worms, right? ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-mcnugget-ingredients-revealed/568343/6 "2011-01-20T18:09:32Z")
It kinda bothers me that the article mentions Latreasa Goodman as it does. From what I read, what really set her off was the dumb cluck inside took her money, then told her they didn’t have them, then refused to giver her a refund. While I don’t really agree with the approach, I can see her frustration. ---
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-mcnugget-ingredients-revealed/568343/7 "2011-01-20T18:21:54Z")
Somewhere on the 'net I saw a joke diagram that depicted Mcnuggets as actually being bio-engineered creatures grown on a farm (complete with adult male and female, and larval stage). Unfortunately, I can’t find it. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-mcnugget-ingredients-revealed/568343/8 "2011-01-20T18:22:59Z")
I’m not sure why the author chose to preface his article with the two relatively unrelated news stories. It pertained more to the NY state teenagers’ lawsuit metioned briefly later. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-mcnugget-ingredients-revealed/568343/9 "2011-01-20T18:25:35Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > But the burgers still contain worms, right? I thought it was cardboard filler. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Hamsandwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4bbf92/32.png) [@Darth\_Hamsandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Hamsandwich)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-mcnugget-ingredients-revealed/568343/10 "2011-01-20T18:26:39Z")
Jaime Oliver demonstrates how the McNuggets are produced. Not for the weak constitution! [Linky.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKSoiDtdi9s) ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-mcnugget-ingredients-revealed/568343/11 "2011-01-20T18:39:16Z")
> [@Darth\_Hamsandwich](#): > > Jaime Oliver demonstrates how the McNuggets are produced. Not for the weak constitution! > > [Linky.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKSoiDtdi9s) He did the same thing [here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9B7im8aQjo&NR=1), except with kids in the US. The difference is hilarious. Kinda makes me proud to be an American. We ain’t disgusted by nuthin’ ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-mcnugget-ingredients-revealed/568343/12 "2011-01-20T18:47:13Z")
That’s not how they’re made. He even admits it in the second video. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-mcnugget-ingredients-revealed/568343/13 "2011-01-20T18:53:44Z")
Only my taste buds. 😃 It looks like there is dark meat in there and even some veins. I don’t like dark meat. Veins gross me out. I’ll accept what the article says. But, I’m sticking with chicken fingers made with unprocessed breast fillet. [quote=“Gary “Wombat” Robson, post:4, topic:568343”] Not according to the article linked in the OP. It says: Do you have a counter-cite? [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-mcnugget-ingredients-revealed/568343/14 "2011-01-20T18:57:12Z")
Go with your taste buds, **aceplace57**! Taste is subjective and we all have different preferences. I rarely eat Chicken McNuggets because I prefer dark meat. When we have fried chicken at home, I’m the one grabbing the dark meat and letting everyone else squabble over the breasts. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-mcnugget-ingredients-revealed/568343/15 "2011-01-20T18:59:36Z")
Jamie Oliver made chicken nuggets by basically running chicken (bones and all) through a food processor, then straining the resultant mush through a sieve\*. He’d then bread them and fry them. The kids were disgusted by the mush, but once fried, they loved them. McDonalds adds some bleach to the recipe to make it look like white meat. \*To prove the point that the raw ingredients were very unappetizing. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-mcnugget-ingredients-revealed/568343/16 "2011-01-20T19:03:35Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I prefer Chicken Fingers. At least they are made from a fillet piece of breast. We make them at home sometimes. > > McNuggets are a mixture of dark & white meat pressed together. Even if they were, is this a bad thing? 😕 If they had an all dark-meat chicken nugget, I’d be right on it. ---
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-mcnugget-ingredients-revealed/568343/17 "2011-01-20T19:05:21Z")
Ahhh… here we [go](http://news.foodfacts.info/2009/05/anatomy-of-mcnugget-humor.html). Clicking the link [Anatomy of a Chicken McNugget](http://www.mikethepod.com/mcnugget.jpg) will illustrate how they’re _really_ made. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-mcnugget-ingredients-revealed/568343/18 "2011-01-20T19:08:56Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Only my taste buds. 😃 It looks like there is dark meat in there and even some veins. I don’t like dark meat Then can I have your share of dark meat? Because that’s the stuff I prefer. It’s quite frustrating how American food culture seems obsessed with white meat chicken. Though I’m with you - I prefer minimal processing. I much prefer using chicken thighs and drumstick that are recognizable as such and not re-engineered. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-mcnugget-ingredients-revealed/568343/19 "2011-01-20T19:20:17Z")
> [@A Monkey With a Gun](#): > > … Kinda makes me proud to be an American. … Me too! Though to be fair, it ain’t like we invented it (see; [forcemeat](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forcemeat) and [pressed duck](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pressed_duck) for starts). We learned it from you Europe! CMC fnord! ---
**Author:** ![Claude\_Remains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@Claude\_Remains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claude_Remains)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-mcnugget-ingredients-revealed/568343/20 "2011-01-20T19:25:37Z")
> [@sparky\_1](#): > > Ahhh… here we [go](http://news.foodfacts.info/2009/05/anatomy-of-mcnugget-humor.html). Clicking the link [Anatomy of a Chicken McNugget](http://www.mikethepod.com/mcnugget.jpg) will illustrate how they’re _really_ made. Good stuff **Sparky!** “Stubborn yet easy to capture, the male fertilizes his mate with a yellow ichor (reffered to by McDonalds Corp as “Hot Mustard”).” 😃 LMAO [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-mcnugget-ingredients-revealed/568343.md?page=2)