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In Mississipi, the fattest US state, some chicken nuggets contain less than 50% chicken
    #18932015 - 10/04/13 04:30 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

I'm willing to bet one of the places they tested it from was McDonalds. What say you?

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Recently, Mississippi researchers found out why: two nuggets they examined consisted of 50 percent or less chicken muscle tissue, the breast or thigh meat that comes to mind when a customer thinks of "chicken."

The nuggets came from two national fast food chains in Jackson. The three researchers selected one nugget from each box, preserved, dissected and stained the nuggets, then looked at them under a microscope.

The first nugget was about half muscle, with the rest a mix of fat, blood vessels and nerves. Close inspection revealed cells that line the skin and internal organs of the bird, the authors write in the American Journal of Medicine.

The second nugget was only 40 percent muscle, and the remainder was fat, cartilage and pieces of bone.

"We all know white chicken meat to be one of the best sources of lean protein available and encourage our patients to eat it," lead author Dr. Richard D. deShazo of the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, said.

"What has happened is that some companies have chosen to use an artificial mixture of chicken parts rather than low-fat chicken white meat, batter it up and fry it and still call it chicken," deShazo told Reuters Health.

"It is really a chicken by-product high in calories, salt, sugar and fat that is a very unhealthy choice. Even worse, it tastes great and kids love it and it is marketed to them."

The nuggets he examined would be okay to eat occasionally, but he worries that since they are cheap, convenient and taste good, kids eat them often. His own grandchildren "beg" for chicken nuggets all the time, and he compromises by making them at home by pan-frying chicken breasts with a small amount of oil, deShazo said.

"Chicken nuggets are an excellent source of protein, especially for kids who might be picky eaters," said Ashley Peterson, vice president of scientific and regulatory affairs for the National Chicken Council (NCC), a non-profit trade group representing the U.S. chicken industry.

According to the NCC, its member producers and processors account for about 95 percent of the chicken produced in the U.S.

"This study evaluates only two chicken nugget samples out of the billions of chicken nuggets that are made every year," Peterson said. A sample size of two nuggets is simply too small to generalize to an entire category of food, she told Reuters Health.

Two nuggets is a small sample size, deShazo acknowledged, and some chains have begun to use primarily white meat in their nuggets - just not the particular restaurants he visited.

"Chicken nuggets tend to have an elevated fat content because they are breaded and fried. But it's no secret what is in a chicken nugget - most quick service restaurants have nutritional information posted in the store or on their website," Peterson said.

"And every package of chicken nuggets in the grocery store by law contains an ingredient list and a complete nutritional profile, including fat content," she said.

The brief chicken nugget exploration was not meant to be an exposé of the chicken industry or fast food generally, but to remind consumers that "not everything that tastes good is good for you," deShazo said.

He and his colleagues chose not to reveal which chain restaurants they visited.

Consumers aren't necessarily being misled, since much of the nutritional information they need is readily available, he said.

"We just don't take the time to understand basic nutritional facts."

SOURCE: bit.ly/16Inpg8 American Journal of Medicine, online September 13, 2013.


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Re: In Mississipi, the fattest US state, some chicken nuggets contain less than 50% chicken [Re: Synthe] * 2
    #18932061 - 10/04/13 04:41 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

This article is just down right horrible.  They tested 2 random nuggets, proves nothing at all.  Also, the nuggets contained 100% chicken, just different parts of the chicken. 

I never get why people are surprised when they find out fast food industries aren't following regulations and have 'crazy/odd' ingredients in their food.  I would be more surprised if half the things they sold were 80% what they say they are.


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Re: In Mississipi, the fattest US state, some chicken nuggets contain less than 50% chicken [Re: Synthe]
    #18932088 - 10/04/13 04:46 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

Eh, people eat much weirder stuff all over the world. I always assumed it was random chicken parts anyway.

The nerve tissue is a little weird, like maybe you're eating chicken brain, but fuck some people eat the beating hearts of snakes. :shrug:


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Re: In Mississipi, the fattest US state, some chicken nuggets contain less than 50% chicken [Re: Synthe]
    #18932129 - 10/04/13 04:54 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)



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Re: In Mississipi, the fattest US state, some chicken nuggets contain less than 50% chicken [Re: Shroomism]
    #18932168 - 10/04/13 05:05 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

fuckin fat people :lol:


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Re: In Mississipi, the fattest US state, some chicken nuggets contain less than 50% chicken [Re: Shroomism]
    #18932176 - 10/04/13 05:08 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

Anyone who eats fast food is a dumb ass. Me included... rarely... like once a year rare.


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Re: In Mississipi, the fattest US state, some chicken nuggets contain less than 50% chicken [Re: dark3st]
    #18932181 - 10/04/13 05:10 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

its damn good tho. too bad im vegetarian :snub:


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Re: In Mississipi, the fattest US state, some chicken nuggets contain less than 50% chicken [Re: g00ru]
    #18932199 - 10/04/13 05:17 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

McDonald's is very good... it's like IV morphine they both give me that warm come up followed by throwing up.


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Re: In Mississipi, the fattest US state, some chicken nuggets contain less than 50% chicken [Re: dark3st]
    #18932215 - 10/04/13 05:22 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

Pringles are <50% potato


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Re: In Mississipi, the fattest US state, some chicken nuggets contain less than 50% chicken [Re: abltsandwich]
    #18932224 - 10/04/13 05:24 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

Its fucking white shredded poultry with purple veins on the inside of course it's not fucking breast meat:lol:


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Re: In Mississipi, the fattest US state, some chicken nuggets contain less than 50% chicken [Re: abltsandwich]
    #18932226 - 10/04/13 05:25 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

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Pringles are <50% potato



:lol: I wouldn't be surprised if that was true - I ate a can of those fuckers and it made me puke. Never again... never again!


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Re: In Mississipi, the fattest US state, some chicken nuggets contain less than 50% chicken [Re: Synthe]
    #18932254 - 10/04/13 05:29 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

Yeah but no one is outraged over Pringles being <50% potato (a fact known for a long time)
But if McDonald's is involved that shit is on headlines and people are in an uproar.
Hidden agendas, yo.  Gotta jump on that McDonald's hate bandwagon because it's so progressive and, like, anti-corporation, maaaan.


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Re: In Mississipi, the fattest US state, some chicken nuggets contain less than 50% chicken [Re: abltsandwich]
    #18932279 - 10/04/13 05:34 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

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Yeah but no one is outraged over Pringles being <50% potato (a fact known for a long time)
But if McDonald's is involved that shit is on headlines and people are in an uproar.
Hidden agendas, yo.  Gotta jump on that McDonald's hate bandwagon because it's so progressive and, like, anti-corporation, maaaan.



Naw, but out of all fast food joints I dislike McDonalds the most (or maybe 2nd-most), not because of the bandwagon but because they market to kids specifically.
The company is especially hypocritical, and the food tastes of lower quality than Wendey's, WC, BK, TB, KFC... i could go on. Only... fuckin' Arby's is nearly as cheap as McD's.


Now, that doesn't mean I wouldn't go there if I had no other choice, but I'd prefer any other fast food joint over McD's and any REAL restaurant over any fast food joint


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Re: In Mississipi, the fattest US state, some chicken nuggets contain less than 50% chicken [Re: abltsandwich]
    #18932377 - 10/04/13 05:53 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

Quote:

abltsandwich said:
Yeah but no one is outraged over Pringles being <50% potato (a fact known for a long time)
But if McDonald's is involved that shit is on headlines and people are in an uproar.
Hidden agendas, yo.  Gotta jump on that McDonald's hate bandwagon because it's so progressive and, like, anti-corporation, maaaan.




i am, i first noticed some chips had low amount of vitimin c, and realized that if the bag of chips has less than 15% vitmin c, the ingredients confirms its not real potatoes

i almost never buy the "fake" potato chips now


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Re: In Mississipi, the fattest US state, some chicken nuggets contain less than 50% chicken [Re: hidenseek1]
    #18932388 - 10/04/13 05:55 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

I didn't know about fake potato chips until today, now I'm as :paranoid: as ever about eating shitty food


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Re: In Mississipi, the fattest US state, some chicken nuggets contain less than 50% chicken [Re: dodgem]
    #18932904 - 10/04/13 07:51 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)



I agree with this guy.  Why are you people surprised?  Think about the amount of product one fast food restaurant has to produce alone.  Multiply this by hundreds of thousands of chains...it's mind-blowing.  Of course lobbyists are going to find a way to mass produce their product in the most efficient manner to generate the most profit, and here in the states, most people wouldn't believe how much the food industries still get away with. I wouldn't be surprised if I was eating 50% chicken beaks in my KFC.  Still better than getting salmonella and 15 other foodborne illnesses from gnawing on a chicken leg in Guatemala, though.  However, salmonella builds character.


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Re: In Mississipi, the fattest US state, some chicken nuggets contain less than 50% chicken [Re: Konichiwaffle]
    #18933410 - 10/04/13 09:52 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

what is the v part of her dress attached to?  does that go in between her legs to the back?


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Re: In Mississipi, the fattest US state, some chicken nuggets contain less than 50% chicken [Re: Synthe]
    #18933499 - 10/04/13 10:12 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

i stopped reading after:
 
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The first nugget was about half muscle, with the rest a mix of fat, blood vessels and nerves. Close inspection revealed cells that line the skin and internal organs of the bird, the authors write in the American Journal of Medicine.




the last time i ate fast food, it made me sick.
i'll try to remember this when i'm trashed and nuggets 'sound good'


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Re: In Mississipi, the fattest US state, some chicken nuggets contain less than 50% chicken [Re: broken]
    #18933508 - 10/04/13 10:15 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

You won't remember this next time you're stoned and hungry.
Sorry bro.

by the way, eating the 'icky' parts of an animal isn't going to hurt you.


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