By Maria Godoy, NPR
A fried, battered coating can hide a multitude of sins. (Everything tastes yummy when deep-fried, amiright?) So it’s not surprising, really, that allegations of “mystery meat” have dodged McDonald’s famous chicken McNuggets on and off for years.
McDonald’s new video answers that age-old question: What are McNuggets actually made of? Photo from McDonald’s Canada/YouTube.
Now, the company is taking a viral approach to dispelling the rumors — particularly, the urban myth that its crispy chunks of chicken are really made of this pink goop. In a new video, McDonald’s Canada takes a film crew behind the scenes to witness the birth of a McNugget.
We viewers go inside the Cargill plant in Ontario that makes the nuggets and see that — spoiler alert! — the process does indeed start with real chicken carcasses. The breast meat is removed, then put through a grinder, where it’s mixed with chicken skin and seasoning.
Then, it’s shaped into McNuggets, which apparently come in four distinct patterns — the bell, the ball, the bow tie and the boot. (Am I the only one who never noticed this?)
Read the full story from Maria Godoy from NPR.
