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| Nutritional value per 10 pieces (162 g) No sauce | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Energy | 440 kcal (1,800 kJ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
30 g (10%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sugars | 0 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dietary fiber | 2 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||
30 g (44%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saturated | 5 g (25%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
22 g | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Other constituents | Quantity | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Energy from fat | 270 kcal (1,100 kJ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cholesterol | 65 mg (22%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
May vary outside United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| †Percentages estimated using US recommendations for adults,[1] except for potassium, which is estimated based on expert recommendation from the National Academies.[2] Source: McDonald's Meal Builder | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Chicken McNuggets are a type of chicken nuggets sold by the international fast food restaurant chain McDonald's. They consist of small pieces of reconstituted boneless chicken meat that have been battered and deep fried.[3] Chicken McNuggets were conceived by Keystone Foods in the late 1970s and introduced in select markets in 1981.[4] The nuggets were made available worldwide by 1983 after correcting a supply issue. The formula was changed in 2016 to remove artificial preservatives and improve the nutritional value.
- ^ United States Food and Drug Administration (2024). "Daily Value on the Nutrition and Supplement Facts Labels". FDA. Archived from the original on March 27, 2024. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
- ^ National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Health and Medicine Division; Food and Nutrition Board; Committee to Review the Dietary Reference Intakes for Sodium and Potassium (2019). Oria, Maria; Harrison, Meghan; Stallings, Virginia A. (eds.). Dietary Reference Intakes for Sodium and Potassium. The National Academies Collection: Reports funded by National Institutes of Health. Washington, DC: National Academies Press (US). ISBN 978-0-309-48834-1. PMID 30844154. Archived from the original on May 9, 2024. Retrieved June 21, 2024.
- ^ Popken, Ben (December 9, 2014). "McDonald's shows how McNuggets are really made". CNBC.com. CNBC. Retrieved March 9, 2017.
- ^ Letterman, David (June 4, 1981). "The Tonight Show". YouTube. Retrieved August 12, 2017.
It's June 1981 and the year is just about half over and I believe that, regardless of what happens from here on out, historians will recount 1981 as the year McDonald's introduced Chicken McNuggets. Now, I think so. Let's assume for a minute that there is a portion of the chicken anatomy that can accurately be described as nuggets. Is this something you want to eat, huh?