Chicken McNuggets
Chicken McNuggets
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| Nutritional value per 10 pieces (162 g) No sauce | |
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| Energy | 440 kcal (1,800 kJ) |
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30 g (10%)
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| Sugars | 0 g |
| Dietary fiber | 2 g |
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30 g (44%)
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| Saturated | 5 g (25%) |
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22 g
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| Vitamins | |
| Vitamin A equiv. |
(0%)
0 μg |
| Vitamin C |
(2%)
2 mg |
| Minerals | |
| Calcium |
(2%)
20 mg |
| Iron |
(8%)
1 mg |
| Sodium |
(60%)
900 mg |
| Other constituents | |
| Energy from fat | 270 kcal (1,100 kJ) |
| Cholesterol | 65 mg (22%) |
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May vary outside United States.
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| Percentages are roughly approximated using US recommendations for adults. Source: McDonald's Meal Builder |
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Chicken McNuggets are a type of chicken product offered by international fast-food restaurant chain McDonald's, which they introduced in 1983. They consist of small pieces of processed chicken meat that have been battered and deep fried.
The Chicken McNugget is a small piece of processed chicken meat that is fried in batter and flash-frozen, then shipped out and sold at McDonald's restaurants. It was conceived by Keystone Foods founder Herb Lotman in the late 1970s.
McDonald's first executive chef, René Arend, created the Chicken McNuggets recipe in 1979. "The McNuggets were so well-received that every franchise wanted them", said Arend in a 2009 interview. "There wasn't a system to supply enough chicken". Supply problems were solved by 1983, and Chicken McNuggets became available nationwide.
According to McDonald's, the nuggets come in four shapes: the bell, the bow-tie, the ball and the boot.
As of August 1, 2016, the ingredients within the United States are as follows: White boneless chicken, water, salt, seasoning (yeast extract, salt, wheat starch, natural flavoring, safflower oil, lemon juice solids, dextrose, citric acid), sodium phosphates. Battered and breaded with water, enriched flour (bleached wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), yellow corn flour, bleached wheat flour, salt, leavening (baking soda, sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate, calcium lactate), spices, wheat starch, dextrose, corn starch. Prepared in vegetable oil (canola oil, corn oil, soybean oil, hydrogenated soybean oil) with TBHQ and citric acid as preservatives and dimethylpolysiloxane as an anti-foaming agent. McDonald's ingredients can vary outside of the US. McDonald's announced that its Chicken McNuggets are now free of artificial preservatives, a change that the fast food giant has been working on for about a year.
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