It’s Not Really A Secret That Chicken Nuggets Are Not Entirely Meat

I was a bit surprised to see a study finding that many chicken nuggets are 50 percent or less chicken muscle tissue. Of course, I wasn’t surprised by what the study found. What surprised me was that this was news to people.

The study found that much of what goes into chicken nuggets isn’t breast or thigh meat. Instead, a lot was found to be fat, blood vessels, nerves, skin, and internal organs. Personally, this was exactly what I thought would be in the average chicken nugget. I wasn’t aware that anyone was expecting anything else.

I mean, there’s a reason that this stuff is shredded and pressed back together. It’s because it’s made of cheaper stuff than meat, things you wouldn’t normally consider eating processed so it can be eaten. It it a healthy thing to eat all the time? Probably not. Is it surprising? I don’t really see why.

Doesn’t anyone remember the pink goo that people made such a big fuss about a while back? Wasn’t that what went into chicken nuggets?

I can’t say that I am entirely thrilled about eating this sort of thing on a regular basis, but I also can’t say that I’m under the misapprehension that it’s all muscle tissue when I eat it. It may not be good, but it just doesn’t seem to be a real secret.