Chicken McNuggets

Chicken McNuggets
Nutritional value per 10 pieces (162 g) No sauce
Energy440 kcal (1,800 kJ)
30 g (10%)
Sugars0 g
Dietary fiber2 g
30 g (44%)
Saturated5 g (25%)
22 g
Vitamins and minerals
VitaminsQuantity
%DV
Vitamin A equiv.
0%
0 μg
Vitamin C
2%
2 mg
MineralsQuantity
%DV
Calcium
2%
20 mg
Iron
6%
1 mg
Sodium
39%
900 mg
Other constituentsQuantity
Energy from fat270 kcal (1,100 kJ)
Cholesterol65 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.

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Popken, Ben (December 9, 2014). "McDonald's shows how McNuggets are really made". CNBC.com. CNBC. Retrieved March 9, 2017.
  4. ^ 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?