What Are Chicken McNuggets Made Of?
Chicken McNuggets® are a popular item on the McDonald’s menu. The recipe for these nuggets calls for more than 20 ingredients. Available internationally, these bite-sized chicken pieces contain different components depending on the region or country in which they are sold. Not all of the ingredients are immediately recognized as actual food products. McDonald’s United States (US)-based chains came under media fire in 2010 due to the company’s use of chemical preservatives and silicon-based polymers in its chicken McNuggets®. Introduced in the early 1980s, the recipe for McDonald’s chicken McNuggets® has stayed fairly consistent since. Since 2003, the nuggets have been made with all white meat. Before being breaded, the chicken is fortified with additional ingredients, including wheat starch, dextrose, autolyzed yeast extract, and sodium phosphates.
