Monday, April 4, 2011

Feel like chicken tonight?


Did you know that the chicken nuggets from McDonald's contain only 50% chicken?

The other 50% includes sugar, corn derivatives, leavening agents (a substance used in doughs and batters that causes a foaming action which softens and lightens the product) and other synthetic ingredients.

Check out these scary chemicals (ahem - ingredients) you'll also find in there:
  • dimethylpolysiloxane - an anti-foaming agent made of silicone. You will also find this in silly putty (a kind of play-dough like stuff for us Aussies)...
  • tertiary butylhydroquinone - a chemical preservative that is documented as 'harmful if swallowed, inhaled or absorbed through the skin. Skin, eye and respiratory irritant'
Not sure if I could ever look a nugget in the eye again...

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