Chicken McNuggets (introduced in June 1980 at test markets, worldwide in January 1983) are a fast food product offered by the restaurant chain McDonald's and are one of the most popular trademarked items on the McDonald's menu.
 20-piece (1997 packaging) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nutritional value per 10 pieces (159 g) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Energy | 485 kcal (2,030 kJ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
27 g (9%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sugars | 0 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dietary fiber | 0 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||
29 g (44%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saturated | 5 g (25%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
24 g | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other constituents | Quantity | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Energy from fat | 260 kcal (1,100 kJ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cholesterol | 70 mg (23%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
May vary outside United States. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| †Percentages estimated using US recommendations for adults,[1] except for potassium, which is estimated based on expert recommendation from the National Academies.[2] Source: McDonald's | |||||||||||||||||||||||
McNuggets, as they are commonly known, are small pieces of chicken that have been battered and deep fried. They are sold in packages of 4, 6, 10 (9 in the United Kingdom, Italy, Netherlands, Germany, Singapore, Czech Republic and Russia) and 20. In New Zealand and Australia, they are also available in 3 packs in Happy Meals and Heart Foundation approved Tick healthy meals. They come with a choice of various flavors of dipping sauce. They have been lately introduced in India first as a part of its "Breakfast Meal" and then McDonald's introduced them in the Regular Menu in May 2009. A 50-piece McNuggets box was introduced in early 2010 in the United States. [1]
Product description
The Chicken McNugget is a small piece of white meat chicken held together with phosphate salts and chicken breast. The pieces are then coated with batter, lightly fried to set the batter, individually quick frozen, packaged, and sent to stores. At the McDonald's stores, the McNuggets are deep-fried and sold. According to McDonald's, Chicken McNuggets are made entirely of white meat chicken.
Controversies
The 2004 documentary Super Size Me states that "McDonald's Chicken McNuggets, originally made from old chickens no longer able to lay eggs, are now made from chickens with unusually large breasts. These chickens are stripped down to the bone, and then "ground up" into a chicken mash then combined with a variety of stabilizers and preservatives, pressed into familiar shapes, breaded and deep fried, freeze dried, and then shipped to a McDonald's near you." Super Size Me also alleged that they included chemicals such as tertiary butylhydroquinone (a phenolic antioxidant), polydimethylsiloxane (an anti-foaming agent) (recently proved by CNN - All McNuggets not created equal ), and other ingredients not used by a typical home cook.
As of 2007, these two ingredients were still listed as possible ingredients of the vegetable oil that is used to fry McNuggets. In a 2002 lawsuit against McDonald's, a judge commented that Chicken McNuggets are a "McFrankenstein" creation of various elements not used by the home cook.
Locations
- Local severed a Chicken McNuggets in United States, Canada, Mexico, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Germany, France, Puerto Rico, Australia, New Zealand, and Japan, French Pounder de McNuggets in Greece.
References
- McDonald's South Africa, "Nuggets" retrieved from http://www.mcdonalds.co.za/background.html on 09-02-2007.
- McDonald's United States corporate website, Get the Nutrition Facts for a McDonald's Menu Item retrieved from http://app.mcdonalds.com/bagamcmeal?process=menuitems on 9-02-2007.
- McDonald's UK Corporate Website, "Fries and Dips" retrieved from http://www.mcdonalds.co.uk/ on 09-02-2007.
- A metal McNugget mold as wall art in the Madrid International Airport McDonald's http://www.flickr.com/photos/jakeisbadman/3721610125/
External links
- ^ United States Food and Drug Administration (2024). "Daily Value on the Nutrition and Supplement Facts Labels". FDA. Archived from the original on 2024-03-27. Retrieved 2024-03-28.
- ^ National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Health and Medicine Division; Food and Nutrition Board; Committee to Review the Dietary Reference Intakes for Sodium and Potassium (2019). Oria, Maria; Harrison, Meghan; Stallings, Virginia A. (eds.). Dietary Reference Intakes for Sodium and Potassium. The National Academies Collection: Reports funded by National Institutes of Health. Washington, DC: National Academies Press (US). ISBN 978-0-309-48834-1. PMID 30844154. Archived from the original on 2024-05-09. Retrieved 2024-06-21.