More choox

Less puffery in the Herald today, with articles on what's really in chicken nuggets, and useful info on the difference between cage, barn and freerange conditions for layers.

Yet more choox

For those of you wondering what is in a McNugget, here's the ingredients list from Micky D's Web site:

Boneless chicken breast, water, modified cornstarch, salt, chicken flavor (yeast extract, salt, wheat starch, natural flavoring (animal source), safflower oil, dextrose, citric acid, rosemary), sodium phosphates, seasoning (natural extractives of rosemary, canola and/or soybean oil, mono-and diglycerides, and lecithin). Battered and Breaded with: Water, enriched bleached wheat flour (flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), yellow corn flour, bleached wheat flour, modified corn starch, salt, leavening (baking soda, sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate, calcium lactate), spices, wheat starch, whey, corn starch. Breading set in vegetable oil. Cooked in partially hydrogenated vegetable oils, (may contain partially hydrogenated soybean oil and/or partially hydrogenated corn oil and/or partially hydrogenated canola oil and/or cottonseed oil and/or sunflower oil and/or corn oil). TBHQ and citric acid added to help preserve freshness. Dimethylpolysiloxane added as an anti-foaming agent.

Eye of Newt

Thought that list could bear some translating:

Dextrose is a sweetener. Sodium phosphates improve the texture of processed meat. Monoglycerides, diglycerides, and lecithin are emulsifiers which help break up fats. TBHQ is a preservative. The leavening is basically baking powder. The flour is enriched with B vitamins and folic acid (put back after being removed during the refining process).

Any questions?