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I add it here, because at your more inner post there's no reply link. If you think Chicken McNuggets have a lot to do with chicken, think again. From http://e

I add it here, because at your more inner post there's no reply link. If you think Chicken McNuggets have a lot to do with chicken, think again. From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_McNuggets http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_McNuggets "As of October 9, 2010, the ingredients are as follows: Chicken, water, salt, sodium phosphates. Battered and breaded with: bleached wheat flour, water, wheat flour, food starch-modified, salt, spices, wheat gluten, paprika, dextrose, yeast, garlic powder, rosemary, partially hydrogenated soybean oil and cottonseed oil with mono -and diglycerides, leavening (sodium acid pyrophosphate, baking soda, ammonium bicarbonate, monocalcium phosphate), natural flavor (plant source) with extractives of paprika. Prepared in vegetable oil (Canola oil, corn oil, soybean oil, hydrogenated soybean oil with TBHQ and citric acid added to preserve freshness). Dimethylpolysiloxane made of silicone[4] is added as an antifoaming agent.[5] The list may be slightly different outside of the United States." Chicken McNuggets are pure crap with much too much fat and very low nutritional value. It's your problem in the end, but as some fellow HNers already pointed out you're in for a very bad surprise not too far from now. Another tip would be to replace the soda with water. So much better for you and you get the hang of it pretty quickly.

palish 15y ago
Keep in mind I said "McChicken", not "McNuggets". It's a sandwich with mayo and lettuce. But I'm sure it's similarly "bad" for me.
- redthrowaway 15y ago
  It's made with the same "chicken", which is blended, has fillers added, then pressed into breast-like shapes. It's not at all healthy: http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/foods-from-mcdonalds/6232/2 http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/foods-from-mcdonalds/623... An 8 oz can of coke has 142 calories, all from sugar. That means you're consuming 1562, or 75% of your daily recommended caloric intake from sugar alone. That's fucking terrible, man. Stop doing that.
roel_v 15y ago
Your post does not in any way prove that there isn't a lot of chicken in a McNugget (I don't know anything about them, so not claiming there is or isn't). Just because there are a lot of added ingredients, if the overall mass of the chicken is 95% (some made up number, again I don't know anything about this), it's not true that McNuggets 'don't have a lot to do with chicken'.
- CaptainZapp 15y ago
  Sigh! From http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/195157/exposing_mcdonalds_chicken_nuggets.html http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/195157/exposing_mcd... Here's a fun fact: their "chicken" is actually, at most, 44 percent chicken. The rest is mostly corn, salt, preservatives, and a few other interesting nasties. If you can come up with a better source I'm happy to consider it.
  - roel_v 15y ago
    Yes, at least that post has numbers - with 44% I guess it's fair to say that McNuggets are not very chicken-like. My point was that the GP didn't offer content that supported that conclusion, but instead only gave the illusion by listing a bunch of ingredients without providing proportions.

palish 15y ago

Keep in mind I said "McChicken", not "McNuggets". It's a sandwich with mayo and lettuce. But I'm sure it's similarly "bad" for me.

redthrowaway 15y ago
It's made with the same "chicken", which is blended, has fillers added, then pressed into breast-like shapes. It's not at all healthy: http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/foods-from-mcdonalds/6232/2 http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/foods-from-mcdonalds/623... An 8 oz can of coke has 142 calories, all from sugar. That means you're consuming 1562, or 75% of your daily recommended caloric intake from sugar alone. That's fucking terrible, man. Stop doing that.

roel_v 15y ago

Your post does not in any way prove that there isn't a lot of chicken in a McNugget (I don't know anything about them, so not claiming there is or isn't). Just because there are a lot of added ingredients, if the overall mass of the chicken is 95% (some made up number, again I don't know anything about this), it's not true that McNuggets 'don't have a lot to do with chicken'.

CaptainZapp 15y ago
Sigh! From http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/195157/exposing_mcdonalds_chicken_nuggets.html http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/195157/exposing_mcd... Here's a fun fact: their "chicken" is actually, at most, 44 percent chicken. The rest is mostly corn, salt, preservatives, and a few other interesting nasties. If you can come up with a better source I'm happy to consider it.
- roel_v 15y ago
  Yes, at least that post has numbers - with 44% I guess it's fair to say that McNuggets are not very chicken-like. My point was that the GP didn't offer content that supported that conclusion, but instead only gave the illusion by listing a bunch of ingredients without providing proportions.