lord_casek Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 So What Really Is In A McDonald's Chicken McNugget? The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan is a fascinating book that details the changing eating habits of Americans. I can't recommend it highly enough. It explains how, over the last 30 years, we have become a nation that eats vast quantities of corn – much more so than Mexicans, the original "corn people." Most folks assume that a chicken nugget is just a piece of fried chicken, right? Wrong! Did you know, for example, that a McDonald’s Chicken McNugget is 56% corn? What else is in a McDonald's Chicken McNugget? Besides corn, and to a lesser extent, chicken, The Omnivore's Dilemma describes all of the thirty-eight ingredients that make up a McNugget – one of which I'll bet you'll never guess. During this part of the book, the author has just ordered a meal from McDonald’s with his family and taken one of the flyers available at McDonald’s called "A Full Serving of Nutrition Facts: Choose the Best Meal for You." These two paragraphs are taken directly from The Omnivore’s Dilemma: “The ingredients listed in the flyer suggest a lot of thought goes into a nugget, that and a lot of corn. Of the thirty-eight ingredients it takes to make a McNugget, I counted thirteen that can be derived from corn: the corn-fed chicken itself; modified cornstarch (to bind the pulverized chicken meat); mono-, tri-, and diglycerides (emulsifiers, which keep the fats and water from separating); dextrose; lecithin (another emulsifier); chicken broth (to restore some of the flavor that processing leeches out); yellow corn flour and more modified cornstarch (for the batter); cornstarch (a filler); vegetable shortening; partially hydrogenated corn oil; and citric acid as a preservative. A couple of other plants take part in the nugget: There's some wheat in the batter, and on any given day the hydrogenated oil could come from soybeans, canola, or cotton rather than corn, depending on the market price and availability. According to the handout, McNuggets also contain several completely synthetic ingredients, quasiedible substances that ultimately come not from a corn or soybean field but form a petroleum refinery or chemical plant. These chemicals are what make modern processed food possible, by keeping the organic materials in them from going bad or looking strange after months in the freezer or on the road. Listed first are the "leavening agents": sodium aluminum phosphate, mono-calcium phosphate, sodium acid pyrophosphate, and calcium lactate. These are antioxidants added to keep the various animal and vegetable fats involved in a nugget from turning rancid. Then there are "anti-foaming agents" like dimethylpolysiloxene, added to the cooking oil to keep the starches from binding to air molecules, so as to produce foam during the fry. The problem is evidently grave enough to warrant adding a toxic chemical to the food: According to the Handbook of Food Additives, dimethylpolysiloxene is a suspected carcinogen and an established mutagen, tumorigen, and reproductive effector; it's also flammable. But perhaps the most alarming ingredient in a Chicken McNugget is tertiary butylhydroquinone, or TBHQ, an antioxidant derived from petroleum that is either sprayed directly on the nugget or the inside of the box it comes in to "help preserve freshness." According to A Consumer's Dictionary of Food Additives, TBHQ is a form of butane (i.e. lighter fluid) the FDA allows processors to use sparingly in our food: It can comprise no more than 0.02 percent of the oil in a nugget. Which is probably just as well, considering that ingesting a single gram of TBHQ can cause "nausea, vomiting, ringing in the ears, delirium, a sense of suffocation, and collapse." Ingesting five grams of TBHQ can kill.” Bet you never thought that was in your chicken McNuggets! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUR X3 Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 I still eat 20 of them every time I feel the McDonalds urge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
correct Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 mc donalds is nasty. people still eat there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PUMPKIN ESCOBAR Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 McD's nuggets are nastty. Burger Kings are so much better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iloveboxcars Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 i haven't had mc donalds in over 7 years. it feels great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deterrent Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 Let's call them fantastagreat rounds! Dem shyts is delieshious! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iloveboxcars Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 fantastagreat rounds. hilarious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishCarBombs Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 I haven't had it since new yeas, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2NevaRespectKlownWeakToyz Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 i prefer wendy's chicken nuggets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Mamerro Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 Chicken McNuggets are fucking delicious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X22 Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 McNuggets=NASTY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_casek Posted March 25, 2007 Author Share Posted March 25, 2007 i'd name them "vomit mcnasty's" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abracadabra Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 quasiedible sounds like mcdonalds to me. mmm-mmm good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_casek Posted March 25, 2007 Author Share Posted March 25, 2007 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abracadabra Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 what the crap is that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abracadabra Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 mcdonalds new 1/3 angus burger coming soon link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_casek Posted March 25, 2007 Author Share Posted March 25, 2007 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_casek Posted March 25, 2007 Author Share Posted March 25, 2007 abc: i dont' knwo what kid of sammich that is. found it on google "i'm lovin' it" search. that angus burger looks all kinds of nasty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodKlot Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 Do you have it in a McChiken Tikka? McGobi Aloo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eatyourpaint Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 chicken McFuckers is more like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Issac Brock Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 Talk about mystery meat, huh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeBee Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 McDonalds is delicous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodKlot Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 oh no. AyeBee has been brainwashed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abracadabra Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 but mcdonalds is delicious. it's really fuckin bad for you, but it tastes awesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodKlot Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 Not you too ABC!! oh noooooooooz! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theo Huxtable. Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 gross Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeBee Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 but mcdonalds is delicious. it's really fuckin bad for you, but it tastes awesome Exactly....and where else can I get double cheeseburgers for $1? Fuck the haters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iloveboxcars Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 trendy place to eat? you mean.. like the supermarket yeah, fuck going to trendy ass places like the supermarket son, too many people go there, its way too in right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r3ader Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 seriously... think for yourself... cook for yourself... clean your damn house... lazy ass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILOTSMYBRAIN Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 trendy place to eat? you mean.. like the supermarket yeah, fuck going to trendy ass places like the supermarket son, too many people go there, its way too in right now. bahahaha who doesn't know how bad this shit is for you? it's just fast, and cheap, which sometimes mean alot more to someone then they're health. not mine of course, i try to only eat shit like this once a week. usually it's 2-3 times more then that tho ;/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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