What's Really In Chicken McNuggets? (Scary)


by Mike Adams, NaturalNews.Com

Ever wonder what's really found in Chicken McNuggets? Some of the ingredients, it turns out, seem to belong more to an industrial factory of some kind, not a food retailer. According to the McDonald's Corporation, its famous Chicken McNuggets are made with ingredients including:
  • Autolyzed yeast extract (which contain free glutamate, similar to MSG),
  • Sodium phosphates and
  • Sodium aluminum phosphate.
But that's not the freaky part. According to McDonald's own website, Chicken McNuggets are also made with:
  • "hydrogenated soybean oil with TBHQ and
  • citric acid added to preserve freshness" and
  • "Dimethylpolysiloxane added as an antifoaming agent."

At least two of these ingredients are artificially synthesized industrial chemicals. TBHQ, a petroleum derivative, is used as a stabilizer in perfumes, resins, varnishes and oil field chemicals. Laboratory studies have linked it to stomach tumors. "At higher doses, it has negative health effects on lab animals, such as producing precursors to stomach tumors and damage to DNA. A number of studies have shown that prolonged exposure to high doses of TBHQ may be carcinogenic, especially for stomach tumors." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TBHQ)

Dimethylpolysiloxane, a type of silicone, is used in caulks and sealants, as a filler for breast implants, and as key ingredient in Silly Putty. Says Wikipedia:

"PDMS is also used as a component in silicone grease and other silicone based lubricants, as well as in defoaming agents, mold release agents, damping fluids, heat transfer fluids, polishes, cosmetics, hair conditioners and other applications. PDMS has also been used as a filler fluid in breast implants, although this practice has decreased somewhat, due to safety concerns. PDMS is used variously in the cosmetic and consumer product industry as well. For example, PDMS can be used in the treatment of head lice..."

Not that the other ingredients are any better. Because cotton is not regulated as a food crop, cottonseed oil may contain chemical pesticides that are banned in food production. It is also almost always genetically modified. Hydrogenated oils, of course, typically contain trans fats, the artificially produced fats that are unusable by the body and that studies have linked to a number of detrimental health problems. And autolyzed yeast extract is a chemical taste-enhancing ingredient containing free glutamate that manufacturers use as a friendlier-looking replacement for MSG.

And what about the chicken in Chicken McNuggets? It's factory-farmed chicken, not free-range chicken. So it's the kind of chicken that's typically treated with vaccines and hormones while being fed conventional feed products that are medicated with pharmaceuticals and grown with pesticides.

Yum!! Don't forget to ask for extra dipping sauce. We haven't even talked about what you'll find in there...

Source: 25 Amazing Facts About Food, authored by Mike Adams and David Guiterrez - www.naturalnews.com/032820...
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jan tane commented on 06-Aug-2011 10:52 AM5 out of 5 stars
Chicken Nuggets.. ate them twice, no wonder they taste like plastic.
Anonymous commented on 06-Aug-2011 10:59 AM5 out of 5 stars
So you think these ingredients are toxic or something? You don't have much science education.
Brenda G commented on 06-Aug-2011 11:07 AM5 out of 5 stars
McDonald's sells marketing, not nutrition. It's fast, it's cheap and you get what you pay for. They only stay in business because people buy it. If people stopped buying the chemicals they pass off as "food", then they wouldn't be in business. It's simple
supply and demand. As I used to tell my son - why do you think they give you toys? Because they don't sell real food, so they have to get you in there somehow.
Christy commented on 06-Aug-2011 11:08 AM5 out of 5 stars
Absolute poison. I just read this to my son and husband. Thank-you for the information.
Kyle commented on 06-Aug-2011 11:31 AM5 out of 5 stars
Considering Mrs. Obama's deep concern regarding what children eat, WHY DOESN'T SHE make a national statement regarding the UNHEALTHY NON-FOOD additives in McDonalds Food, that millions of children are eating....AND CHALLENGE McDonalds TO REALLY CLEAN UP
THEIR ACT/FOOD!!!!
Anonymous commented on 06-Aug-2011 11:38 AM5 out of 5 stars
I can't believe the FDA , and our government not being more responsible for the care and correct information of good nutrition. Yes it is our choice, however when you give a small child the choice between healthy food or Mc nuggets ( And yes parents we
are responsible ) but common there are ways to serve healthy fast foods.
Anonymous commented on 06-Aug-2011 12:22 PM5 out of 5 stars
So now maybe you can give us a little more education on "meat glue" Check it out online. Just google meat glue and read up.
Karen commented on 06-Aug-2011 12:26 PM5 out of 5 stars
Well, what better to feed our children to prepare for a future where one must adapt to a toxic environment in order to survive? Perhaps if we poison them young enough and often enough they will develop some capacity to digest petroleum products and transform
man-made chemicals into valuable nutrients.
Chris Slater commented on 06-Aug-2011 12:49 PM5 out of 5 stars
Want to experience what that food went through before you put it in your or your loved ones mouth? You've got to see Earthlings: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ce4DJh-L7Ys
Joee commented on 06-Aug-2011 01:33 PM5 out of 5 stars
MCdees has to be the first food company to step forward to create an healthy food thats appealing to all ..I stopped going to McDees over a year ago ..because of the info I learned about their food does not rot ...thats very scary !!!
Anonymous commented on 06-Aug-2011 01:34 PM5 out of 5 stars
No, it has to be real chicken. They have been sued because someone found a beak in their meal lol. Besides, why would McDonalds ever lie to us? They really care about us and our health *rolls eyes*
Karen Robert commented on 06-Aug-2011 02:19 PM5 out of 5 stars
I knew they were not real chicken and often guilty of feeding them to my kids as a treat in the past and saying to them wonder what is really in those nuggets boys? I feel so stupid that I used this crap as a treat, here you go good boy have some poison
for your good behaviour! Not doing our kids any favours are we?
Anonymous commented on 06-Aug-2011 02:29 PM5 out of 5 stars
Won't eat at McDonald's anyway!!!!
Anonymous commented on 06-Aug-2011 04:13 PM5 out of 5 stars
Great comments everyone need to get more of this information out. I'm trying to do my part our family are slowly converting to organic fresh local produce.
Anonymous commented on 06-Aug-2011 05:16 PM5 out of 5 stars
Wow - scientists have really perfected the McNugget, to the point where it is not made from food, nor does it represent food of any kind.
Sarah commented on 06-Aug-2011 11:08 PM5 out of 5 stars
So sad that those who "create" these foods do so knowing they are poisoning our children!!
Anonymous commented on 06-Aug-2011 11:52 PM5 out of 5 stars
How could you put that in your food! Shame on you McDonalds! That's disgusting! I'm sure you could find a better recipe that doesn't involve chemicals!
Shauna Brown commented on 07-Aug-2011 12:36 AM5 out of 5 stars
OMGOSH! how sick is this world we live in! i think mcd's is disgusting anyways....
SRFHolladay commented on 07-Aug-2011 02:29 AM5 out of 5 stars
Too bad that most of us seeing this are already eating healthier. We need larger campaigns to reach the masses....And another problem is many are so poor that this is the only "food" they can afford, and the only thing that is available in their neighborhoods.
There are many issues that need addressing.
JoiLin Johnson commented on 07-Aug-2011 05:17 AM5 out of 5 stars
I haven't darkened the doors of MacDonald's for over five years,and never will again. I also help as many others, as I can, understand WHY I don't!
Tina commented on 07-Aug-2011 08:10 AM5 out of 5 stars
McDonald's is forbidden in my house hold! I looked into this and it disgust me to know that its ok to use these products! We also have done our own study and a McDonald's cheeseburg happy meal was bought thrown in the garage (in Florida ..major heat)..it
was a year June 5th and the meal looks the same. Alittle shrunken and the bun is hard but NO mold! And nothing tried to eat it....yukkkk
Cathy commented on 07-Aug-2011 08:19 AM5 out of 5 stars
You have to watch "The Immortal Burger" on Youtube. Apparently there are enough chemicals in McDonald's burgers to make them last years and years without changing. You must also check out the ingredients list in Burger King's Strawberry milkshakes. NO
STRAWBERRIES.
Anonymous commented on 08-Aug-2011 03:14 AM5 out of 5 stars
How can we get the FDA to enforce safe ingredients in food products to protect human health?
Jim Hirt commented on 08-Aug-2011 04:08 AM5 out of 5 stars
Like the great Jack Lalanne said, "If man made it, don't eat it".
Chris commented on 08-Aug-2011 08:53 AM5 out of 5 stars
I am horrified and sad that I have let my children eat this for years. They are teenagers now and we have not had McDonalds for over a year now because we bought a cheesebuger and decided to see what would happen to it if we left it on the kitchen bench
(unrefridgerated) for a month. We had heard someone else had done this but we thought it was an urban myth. The terrible result was that the burger looked as good as it did on the day we bought it and it smelled the same. If it were normal food it should have
changed in appearance and meat should have a rotting stench. We continued for six months and still the burger looked and smelled the same as the day we bought it. The only change was that the bun was hard. What is McDonalds putting in their meat? How can they
say that it is 100 per cent beef when obviously it can't be as it doesn't rot?
garry burrows.aldershot.qld commented on 08-Aug-2011 12:42 PM5 out of 5 stars
the biggest problem is the average person wont pay the money for a "junk free" product and that is why macdonalds and the other foodcompanies will continue to prosper.
Jason commented on 08-Aug-2011 10:52 PM5 out of 5 stars
Just say no to McDonalds, BK, Taco Bell, etc. It's all of us who have done this, now it's going to take all of us to undo it. Spread the word about this poor excuse for food...
Peter commented on 09-Aug-2011 08:43 AM5 out of 5 stars
It isnt 100% beef that they use for their burgers. I was informed by a guy who use to be a truck driver for them, that 100% USDA Beef was the name of the company where they got the "meat" from. Its a play on words. So sad, and pathetic...
Anonymous commented on 09-Aug-2011 10:58 AM5 out of 5 stars
Is there ANYPLACE safe we can take the children/grandchildren for a quick treat??
Dandaman commented on 09-Aug-2011 01:48 PM5 out of 5 stars
Maybe they should put similar warnings onto MacDonalds packets as they do with cigarettes?
Angie commented on 11-Aug-2011 02:12 AM5 out of 5 stars
If you belong to Foodwatch in Germany, you know it and all the other trash that is being produced as well.....they call it food, I call it trash - processed food is mainly harmfull !
Chris Collette commented on 14-Aug-2011 06:29 AM5 out of 5 stars
Hey McD's ... we're NOT lovin' it !
Turok commented on 14-Aug-2011 08:52 PM5 out of 5 stars
I cant believe that I used to love these when I was a teen... It just shows that ignorance is not bliss, its sickness!
Anonymous commented on 18-Aug-2011 12:36 PM5 out of 5 stars
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Rick of ashadowman Music commented on 23-Aug-2011 05:19 AM5 out of 5 stars
pure garbage ... like most of the menu items
Cheryl commented on 08-Sep-2011 02:40 PM5 out of 5 stars
Wow!! so very pleased my kids were never big fans of chicken nuggests, when they were little. All teenages now.
Tony commented on 17-Jan-2012 05:10 PM5 out of 5 stars
Now i know that parents will buy those UNhappy meals for there kids, AHAHAH
Anonymous commented on 29-Jan-2012 02:59 AM5 out of 5 stars
did anyone check the claims of this post? I did, and Dimethylpolysiloxane is an ingredient in the Canola cooking oil, NOT the nuggets!! anyone ready to believe a post without checking into it is naive. I'm not a fan of McDonald's, just annoyed at the ignorance
of some people. Matter of fact I haven't eaten at a fast food restaurant in over 2 years. All fast food is bad, get it out of your life and eat better. Healthy eating tastes way better than any prepared food in a fast food restaurant in my humble opinion.
Anonymous commented on 02-Feb-2012 03:34 AM5 out of 5 stars
i looked on the Mickey D's web site and the fries also have all the Dimethylpolysiloxane and TBHQ
Aaron commented on 14-Feb-2012 12:18 AM5 out of 5 stars
IN response to the BK Strawberry Milkshake comment...our new milkshakes DO in fact have strawberries in them, along with our ice cream sundaes. Not condoning anything BK puts in their food, but it does at least have some sort of actual fruit in it. When
it comes to fast food, the food is obivously no good for you...nothing it is made of can be quite as healthy as food made from home and grown in our own back yard. Take the initiative to make dinner, save a few years (and pounds).
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