Former mythbusters host grant imahara visits tyson food processing plant to investigate what mcdonald s chicken mcnuggets are actually made from.
Chicken nugget pink goo.
Pink slime and mechanically separated chicken.
To get down to the bottom of what s really in your chicken nuggets we did some digging to demystify these urban myths.
I personally imagined some kind of cookie cutter shaped blade on a big machine.
Apparently this is what chicken nuggets look like before they re cooked.
6 2014 7 38 pm utc.
While drumsticks wings thighs and even feet are recognizable parts of a fried chicken a nugget leaves an air of obscurity.
The chicken is mechanically separated and de.
We sent cameras around the globe to capture behind the scenes footage of how chicken nuggets are really made.
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Like many a mystery meat chicken nuggets are a questionable delicacy.
Casey owens associate professor in the department of food science and member of the center of excellence for poultry science at the university of arkansas for some clarification she maintains that this is not the process used to make nuggets.
It s what all fast food chicken is made from things like chicken nuggets and patties.
Poultry beaks and feet.
We have the answer.
The internet is infested with countless horror stories surrounding how the drive thru staple is made most notably claims of pink slime and animal bones usurping the ingredient list.
Also the processed frozen chicken in the stores is.
Processed meats chicken nuggets especially get a bad rap for their manufacturing process.
Have you ever seen one of those dinosaur shaped chicken nuggets and wondered how do they do that.
Made from pink goo.
6 2014 7 29 pm utc updated feb.
After an inquiry regarding pink slime or mechanically separated chicken in chicken nuggets we asked dr.