buttercup wrote:

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Now, you know I have to jump in here.

Personally, I do not eat a lot of fast food and haven't been to a McDonald's in ages, but here's the ingredient statement for Chicken McNuggets. Ingredients must be listed in order of predominance, so saying that it's 56% corn seems to be an urban myth - if it were 56% corn, or even if all of the non-chicken ingredients added up to 56%, chicken would not be the first item on the ingredient statement. Think about it - if you were to make a meatloaf or cook buffalo wings from scratch and had to list all of your ingredients in order, what would that list look like?


Chicken McNuggets®:
White boneless chicken, water, food starch-modified, salt, chicken flavor (autolyzed yeast extract, salt, wheat starch, natural flavoring (botanical source), safflower oil, dextrose, citric acid, rosemary), sodium phosphates, seasoning (canola oil, mono- and diglycerides, natural extractives of rosemary).

Battered and breaded with: water, enriched flour (bleached wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), yellow corn flour, food starch-modified, salt, leavening (baking soda, sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate, calcium lactate), spices, wheat starch, whey, corn starch.

Prepared in vegetable oil ((may contain one of the following: Canola oil, corn oil, soybean oil, hydrogenated soybean oil, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, partially hydrogenated corn oil with TBHQ and citric acid added to preserve freshness), dimethylpolysiloxane added as an antifoaming agent). CONTAINS: WHEAT AND MILK


The starch in the nugget is either wheat or corn, and its used to hold the meat together - much like using oatmeal or bread crumbs, etc., to hold the meat together when you make a meatloaf. In fact, it's very easy to make your own chicken nuggets.

I'm not by any means saying that McNuggets are the healthiest food for you, it's just that I try to correct nonfactual information when I can, especially when it's exaggerated and in this case preys on people who really don't know specific details about food ingredients and scare tactics are used. That article was on a site maintained by a lawyer, and we all know how ethical lawyers can be. Whenever you read something like that article, whether it's food or anything else, it's always a good idea to do a little research yourself if you're really interested.

As with anything else - when eaten in moderation, fast food isn't going to kill you.




-- Edited by buttercup at 08:44, 2007-05-20

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Moldy wrote:

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Is the meat in McDonalds burgers beef or beef by product? All McDonalds food just taste the same except for the salads...is it because they use the same grease over and over....EWWWWWWWWWWW

 

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entre wrote:

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I used to work at a livestock auction.  All the infected, deformed, sick-looking animals were usually purchased by a big cold cut company.  Just a heads up for those who enjoy cold cuts.

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