Are you too chicken to find out what’s in a nugget? Read on if not.
According to a new study published online by the American Journal of Medicine, the name “chicken nugget” is a bit misleading because, when dissected, the nugget proved to be approximately half of what most people would call chicken meat.
The title of the study says it all “The Autopsy of Chicken Nuggets Reads ‘Chicken Little.’” Researchers preserved chicken nuggets from two fast food chains in Jackson, Mississippi. They then dissected and stained them before observing the content through a microscope.
The first nugget contained roughly 50 percent breast or thigh muscle tissues, which is typically what people consider chicken meat. However, fat, blood vessels and nerves made up the rest of the nugget.
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