There Are 40 Ingredients In Mcdonald’s Chicken Nuggets – About 30 Will Shock You

By Michael Avery in Facts On 5th November 2015
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When it comes to making McDonald's chicken nuggets there's a whole lot more that goes into making the best selling crispy finger food. For some of you this may make you never want to eat at the fast food chain and for others well, you still just may not be able to resist. According to the Mirror, the list below are all the ingredients that go into making McDonald's Chicken Nuggets.

White boneless chicken

Water

Food starch-modified

Salt

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Seasoning:

Autolyzed yeast

Salt

Wheat starch

Natural flavor (botanical source)

Safflower oil

Dextrose

Citric acid

Sodium phosphates

Natural flavor (botanical source)

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Battered and breaded with:

Water

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Enriched flour:

Bleached wheat flour

Niacin

Reduced iron

Thiamine mononitrate

Riboflavin

Folic acid

Yellow corn flour

Bleached wheat flour

Food starch-modified

Salt

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Leavening:

Baking soda

Sodium acid pyrophosphate

Sodium aluminum phosphate

Monocalcium phosphate

Calcium lactate

Spices

Wheat starch

Dextrose

Corn starch

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Prepared in Vegetable Oil:

Canola oil

Corn oil

Soybean oil

Hydrogenated soybean oil

TBHQ

Citric Acid to preserve freshness of the oil

Dimethylpolysiloxane to reduce oil splatter when cooking