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- 1. wat sort of chicken is in the nuggets as it cant be real chicken breast wat part of the body does it come from n wat part of the body is the pork in the deli
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The only meat used in McDonald’s Chicken McNuggets is carefully deboned chicken breast. There are no extra nasty bits. Once made, they are coated with a specially seasoned batter. Originally the Chicken McNuggets were made from both dark and white meat. The dark meat consisted of the thighs, skin and drumstick as well as the breast, the same composition as if you were to have a roast chicken for a meal at home. However, after extensive research and feedback from customers, it was clear that they only wanted 100 percent breast meat in the nuggets, and McDonald's have been doing so since. If you would like to reassure yourself about how the Chicken McNuggets are made then take a look at the recent independent Quality Scout report. Just click on the 'Quality Scout' link on this site to find out more. In the case of the pork, McDonald’s uses prime cuts of trimmed, cured and sliced pork belly for its pork food items.
(August 2008)
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What are these? Delicious Digg Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon - 2. You have said your McNuggets are minced chicken breast and marinade. What is in said marinade, and what is the ratio (in grams) of chicken to marinade?
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The Chicken McNuggets contain 45 per cent chicken breast meat. The marinade used in the nuggets contains water, natural flavourings, potassium chloride, potato starch and vegetable oil and is about 18% of the uncooked nugget.
(March 2008)
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What are these? Delicious Digg Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon - 3. what is your chicken nuggets made off?
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Chicken McNuggets are made from deboned chicken breast meat, which is then minced. A flavoured marinade is then added and mixed in. The minced chicken meat is shaped into McNuggets and coated with the specially seasoned batter, flash fried and frozen. The McNuggets are supplied to the restaurants frozen, and then cooked from frozen in a new non-hydrogenated blend of sunflower and rapeseed oil.
FEBRUARY '08 UPDATE: McDonald’s UK now do not use any hydrogenated oil in any food items across the entire menu
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What are these? Delicious Digg Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon - 4. Hello - what do you use in the coating of the new Chicken Selects? It's REALLY crunchy and I'm hooked on them, they're so nice!
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Glad to hear that you are enjoying the new Chicken Selects. Here is a list of the ingredients: Chicken (58%), flour (wheat, rice), water, vegetable oil, modified starch, salt, potato starch, stabilisers (E451, E452, E407), ground pepper, flavourings, yeast extract, wheat gluten, raising agents (E500, E450), hydrogenated vegetable oil, spices (garlic, onion, red pepper, ground celery) and dextrose.
FEBRUARY '08 UPDATE: McDonald’s UK now do not use any hydrogenated oil in any food items across the entire menu
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What are these? Delicious Digg Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon - 5. wen i was eating a chicken nugget ther was lots of bright pink stuff in it wot is it because it does not look natural?
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There is nothing in the ingredient list that should account for ‘bright pink stuff’. McDonald’s Chicken McNuggets are made with chicken (45%), coating (hydrogenated vegetable oil, wheat flour, maize flour, raising agents (E450 disodium diphosphate, E500 sodium bicarbonate, E341 monocalcium phosphate)), dried egg albumen, pepper, salt, wheat starch, whey powder, ground celery, favour enhancer (E508 potassium chloride), vegetable oil), water, natural flavouring, flavour enhancer (E508 potassium chloride), potato starch, vegetable oil. Unfortunately, without seeing the nugget in question, McDonald’s is unable to say what it is. If you do see this in the future, please hand the product back to the restaurant manager. You will get a refund, and then they will send it to the supplier for investigation.
FEBRUARY '08 UPDATE: McDonald’s UK now do not use any hydrogenated oil in any food items across the entire menu
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What are these? Delicious Digg Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon - 6. how we can make a chicken nugget?in factory and exactly ingreadiant(material) thank s alot
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Well, to make your own nuggets should not be too difficult. However, there are a few things you need to get right. Like McDonald's, you have to source the best ingredients that you can find. You also need careful preparation and attention to detail. Get all this right, and you are on your way to making some tasty nuggets. For a good insight to McDonald's Chicken McNuggets, check out the Quality Scouts page on this site, and click on 'Charlotte Haile'. Charlotte is an Independent Quality Scout who went behind the scenes to find out the exact process of how McDonald's Chicken McNuggets are made. You can read and watch her interviews and reports, and you may get some tips on making your own nuggets.
(December 2007)
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What are these? Delicious Digg Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon - 7. What are the 4 different Nugget shapes?
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The four shapes of the Chicken McNuggets represent a ball, bell, bone and a boot.
(November 2007)
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What are these? Delicious Digg Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon - 8. Do you seriously think that this way of preparing chicken is preferable to 'real' chicken? Have we moved so far from decent normal farming practices? 4 shapes of nugget? What's wrong with 'chicken leg' or 'chicken wing'?
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Chicken McNuggets are 'real' chicken. The only reason why they're shaped as Nuggets rather than chicken breast is that this is how they have been traditionally shaped since the 1950s and many customers, including a lot of children, enjoy them that way. The chicken breast meat is simply minced in the same way as beef for a burger, stock is added and then they are formed into the four iconic shapes. If you would like to see and hear more about this, then please click on the 'Meet the Scouts' link and then on 'Charlotte Haile' for her Quality Scout report on a recent visit to the McNuggets' factory.
(October 2007)
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What are these? Delicious Digg Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon - 9. I have to say i like yoour food, but when jamie oliver did that show on channel four and showed us how you made your chicken nuggets and said you added loads of chemicals and fat to them was he just lying? and trying to put you out of buniness?
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Jamie Oliver used the term 'nugget' as a generic rather than a specific reference to McDonald's Chicken McNuggets. The chicken meat used in McDonald's McNuggets is 100 per cent chicken breast meat from chickens and the batter is made from good quality ingredients. The chicken meat is also traceable right back to the farms on which the birds were raised and the standards and procedures strictly monitored. So you can continue to enjoy McDonald's food should you choose to, safe in the knowledge that it's made from good quality ingredients and produced with thorough care and attention.
(June 2007)
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What are these? Delicious Digg Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon - 10. in what year were chicken nuggets added to the mcdonalds menu in the UK?
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Chicken McNuggets have been on the menu since 1984.
(June 2007)
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What are these? Delicious Digg Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon - 11. Do you bleach the 'chicken' used in the chicken patties or McNuggets?
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Chicken McNuggets are only made of carefully deboned chicken breast meat which is naturally white when cooked. The meat is not bleached. Find out more about McDonald's Food and ingredients at www.mcdonalds.co.uk.
(June 2006)
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What are these? Delicious Digg Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon - 12. Is the meat in mc chicken nuggets and your beef burgers have any pesticise or and anti- biotics residues in .
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Antibiotic growth promoters are not permitted in the rearing of chickens or cattle and the use of pesticides is very strictly controlled. Government food safety officers regularly test all food to ensure that all standards are adhered to. (May 2007)
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What are these? Delicious Digg Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon - 13. how do you get the chicken into your nuggets?
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McDonald's Chicken McNuggets are made from carefully deboned chicken breast meat, which is coated in a specially seasoned batter. The full ingredients list for the Chicken McNuggets including the batter is available in the ‘Our Food’ booklet, which is available for download in the 'Eat Smart' section of www.mcdonalds.co.uk under 'Ingredients list'.
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What are these? Delicious Digg Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon - 14. Since your chicken nuggets are made from breast meat, what happens to the rest of the perfectly edible parts of the bird (legs etc)? I am wondering about the level of waste invloved in preparation.
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Nothing goes to waste. Chicken meat not used by McDonald's will be used in other capacities by other retailers. For instance, the drumsticks and chicken wings are popular barbecue items and will most likely end up in supermarkets.
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What are these? Delicious Digg Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon - 15. What quantities are Chicken McNuggets available in?
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Chicken McNuggets come in portions of four, six or nine pieces. (June 2007)
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