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There are 116 questions about “Chicken McNuggets” in the “What's in the food?” topic.
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- 1. Do your chicken nuggets contain any egg product? Do your chicken selects contain any egg product?
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Yes, Chicken McNuggets do contain eggs in the coating. Whereas the Chicken Selects do not.
The ingredients for the Chicken McNuggets are as follows: 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, Flavour Enhancer (E508 Potassium Chloride), Vegetable Oil), Water, Natural Flavouring, Flavour Enhancer (E508 Potassium Chloride), Potato Starch, Vegetable Oil.
Details of all McDonald's ingredients are available online in the 'Ingredients List' which is in the 'Eat Smart' section of www.mcdonalds.co.uk. Also, there is comprehensive nutritional and allergen information available at www.mcdonaldsmenu.info.
(Feb 2010)
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 - 2. In your recipe for chicken nuggets you mention "chicken stock" what goes into this? Could i have quanities per 100 ml of finished product.
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Thank you for your question. There is no 'chicken stock' as such in McDonald’s UK Chicken McNuggets. The ingredient you may be referring to is the mixture used to bind and flavour the chicken breast meat. This is made of water, potato starch, rapeseed oil, natural chicken flavouring and potassium chloride and is 18% of the finished nugget. There is 45% chicken breast meat in the finished nugget; the other ingredient is the coating which is 37% of the finished nugget. For a full list of ingredients for all McDonald's UK menu items please visit the 'Food' section at www.mcdonalds.co.uk.
(Jan 2010)
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What are these? Delicious Digg Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon - 3. Why does the McDonalds commercial say that your chicken mcnuggets are made of 100% chicken, if there is barely any chicken? I just read online that there's is TBHQ sprayed in the boxes or on the "meat". Do you not like children? That is disgusting!!!!! I am never eating there again, unless it's for a Mcflurry, those i will never put down. But I will NEVER eat anything else from that restraunt!
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We can reassure you that this is not true. McDonald’s UK Chicken McNuggets are indeed made from carefully deboned chicken breast meat, which is coated in a specially seasoned batter. For a full list of ingredients please visit the ‘Food’ section at www.mcdonalds.co.uk.
(December 2009)
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What are these? Delicious Digg Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon - 4. In your "Making McNuggets" section on the McDonalds website you mentioned that "The meat is checked when it first arrives" and "If it passes it's allowed into the supplier for making into Chicken McNuggets" But you didn't specify what checks the chicken had to pass. So, what checks must the chicken pass?
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Before the chicken meat is made into McDonald’s Chicken McNuggets the meat must be from an approved supplier, which has been audited and accredited to meet all food safety, quality and hygiene and welfare standards. The meat must be fully traceable and the supplier must be able to demonstrate this. The meat is then checked to make sure that it has been correctly butchered and prepared to the specification laid down. It is thoroughly checked to make sure it is fresh and that it meets temperature and microbiological standards.
(September 2009)
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What are these? Delicious Digg Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon - 5. Yesterday afternoon I had some chicken nuggets, I was wondering what part of the chicken the nuggets are made with, and what type of chicken they get it from. Also the frozen coke doesn’t taste like coke, do you just freeze it or what?
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Thank you for your question. McDonald's UK Chicken McNuggets are made from carefully deboned chicken breast meat, which is coated in a specially seasoned batter. A full list of ingredients for all the menu items is available at www.mcdonalds.co.uk Just click on the 'Food' section and go to 'Ingredients' for more information. With regards to your second question, the carbonated soft drinks in the restaurants, such as Coca Cola, are all freshly made to order. The machines contain the constituent ingredients of syrup and carbonated water, which is blended once an order is taken. All the syrups for the carbonated drinks are supplied by Coca Cola including Coke, Diet Coke, Fanta and Sprite. All the drinks machines in McDonald’s are checked every week by the management teams to ensure the highest possible standard of product. The syrup is refilled frequently and the machines are regularly audited by Coca Cola.
(November 2009)
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What are these? Delicious Digg Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon - 6. Did you guys used to make two types of Nuggets, 1 dark and 1 white? Or was it 1 type of chicken nuggets that had dark meat in it? I remember looking for the darker ones for the dark meat. I love the dark meat!!
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Thank you for your question. 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 customers only wanted 100 percent breast meat in their nuggets. The only meat now used in McDonald’s Chicken McNuggets is carefully deboned chicken breast.
(October 2009)
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What are these? Delicious Digg Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon - 7. How do you get your chicken nuggets to taste so great?
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Thank you for your question. McDonald’s is pleased to hear that you are enjoying the Chicken McNuggets. McDonald's UK Chicken McNuggets are made from carefully deboned chicken breast meat, which is coated in a specially seasoned batter. A full list of ingredients for all the menu items is available at www.mcdonalds.co.uk. Just click on the 'Food' section and go to 'Ingredients' for more information.
(September 2009)
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What are these? Delicious Digg Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon - 8. I stopped eating chicken McNuggets because of the chewy tenden that randomly appears in some of your nuggets. After biting into one of these nuggets, my stomach immediately turns. What is McDonald's doing to ensure that this will no longer occur?
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Thank you for your question. 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.
(June 2009)
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What are these? Delicious Digg Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon - 9. I am a university student and the tests are coming. I have heard from my friends that the Chicken McNugget is made from mutated chicken brain and it would make me pass my tests with flying colours. Can you confirm this? If this is true, then I would like to pre-order 1000 nuggets.
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No mutated brains of chickens, just carefully deboned 100 per cent chicken breast meat, coated in a specially seasoned batter. If you would like to reassure yourself further about how Chicken McNuggets are made, please take a look at the recent independent Quality Scout report. Just click on the 'Quality Scout' link on this site to find out more.
(July 2008)
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What are these? Delicious Digg Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon - 10. what is disodium diphosphate?
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Thank you for your question. Disodium diphosphate is a raising agent, which is used as an ingredient in the coating for our famously delicious Chicken McNuggets. McDonald’s Chicken McNuggets are made from carefully deboned chicken breast meat that is formed then coated in a specially seasoned batter. The chicken meat is delivered to the factory where it is minced and stock is added before being shaped into the iconic shapes that make up Chicken McNuggets. For more information on the ingredients contained in all our food as well as our Chicken McNuggets please visit the ‘Nutrition’ section at www.mcdonalds.co.uk.
(June 2009)
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What are these? Delicious Digg Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon - 11. In Charlotte Haile's Chicken McNugget report, she states: "...there are four designs: the ball, the boot, the bone and the bell. Although one shape is called 'the bone', this is ironic because every effort is made that no chicken bones are at all likely to turn up in a McNugget)." This is all well and good, but it says nothing about boots, balls and bells turning up in a McNugget. Am I to assume that there's a chance of finding one or all of these in an average McNugget?
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Thank you for your question. We can reassure you that McDonald’s Chicken McNuggets only contain carefully deboned chicken breast meat, which is coated in a specially seasoned batter.
(May 2009)
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What are these? Delicious Digg Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon - 12. I believe your chicken nuggets have 40% filler (Flour, Maltodextrin, Cornstarch, etc) is this accurate? Also what percentage of the coating does this product carry?! Thanks
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Thank you for your question. The Chicken McNuggets contain 45% carefully deboned chicken breast meat. Approximately 35% of the nugget will be the coating. A full list of all the ingredients can be found in the ‘Food’ section at www.mcdonalds.co.uk.
(May 2009)
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What are these? Delicious Digg Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon - 13. I once ate a chicken nugget from mcdonalds and it had what I think was a chickens eye ball, I ate it all the same but was it there for seasoning???
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You can rest assured that McDonald’s Chicken McNuggets are made of 100% white chicken breast meat. High standards are maintained within the factory and a number of quality checks are conducted on both the chicken breast meat and the Chicken McNuggets themselves. McDonald's trusts that you advised the restaurant manager at the time of purchase and that the item was replaced immediately. If you would like some further assurance, please take a look at the recent independent Quality Scout report on the making of McNuggets.
(May 2009)
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What are these? Delicious Digg Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon - 14. i have tasted your lovely chicken nuggets and i woundered what part of the chicken they are actually made out of. ??
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Thank you for your question. McDonald’s is pleased to hear that you enjoy its Chicken McNuggets. McDonald's UK Chicken McNuggets are made from carefully deboned chicken breast meat, which is coated in a specially seasoned batter. A full list of ingredients for all the menu items is available at www.mcdonalds.co.uk. Just click on the 'Food' section and go to 'Ingredients' for more information.
(April 2009)
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What are these? Delicious Digg Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon - 15. Will you ever bring back the original Chicken McNuggets?
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McDonald's is always keen to hear the views of its customers, and some asked if the company could make changes to the recipe for Chicken McNuggets. Originally, the nuggets were made from 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 meal at home. After extensive research and feedback from customers, it was clear that they only wanted 100 per cent breast meat in the nuggets, and McDonald's changed the recipe to accommodate this.
McDonald's has also lowered the salt content of the nuggets by 30 per cent.
A full ingredients list for all McDonald’s food items can be found in the 'Ingredient List' which is in the 'Eat Smart' section at www.mcdonalds.co.uk.
(March 09)
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