Mississippi researchers examined chicken nuggets from national fast-food chains to see what they were made of.
October 4/Jackson, Miss./University of Mississippi -- In a recent study, Mississippi researchers examined two chicken nuggets from national fast-food chains to see what they were made of.
The researchers chose one nugget from a box of nuggets at each restaurant. They then preserved and dissected the nuggets. The first nugget was made up of about 50% muscle, with the rest being a mixture of fat, blood vessels and nerves. Some of the cells in this nugget came from the skin and internal organs of a chicken. The second nugget that the group tested was about 40% meat, with the other 60% being made up of fat, cartilage and pieces of bone. The researchers decided not to disclose which fast-food chains the nuggets came from, reports Reuters.