Chick-fil-A® Nuggets
100% natural whole breast filet, seasoning (salt, monosodium glutamate, sugar, spices, paprika), seasoned coater (enriched bleached flour [bleached wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], sugar, salt, monosodium glutamate (msg), nonfat milk, leavening [baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate], spice, soybean oil, color [paprika]), milk wash (water, egg, nonfat milk), peanut oil (fully refined peanut oil with TBHQ and citric acid added to preserve freshness and Dimethylpolysiloxane an anti-foaming agent added).
These seem to be the better choice compared to McDonald's except the fact they are fried in peanut oil with TBHQ and Dimethylpolysiloxane added.
And if you don't recall what those ingredients are..
TBHQ: It is a derivative of petroleum and it is sprayed on the nugget directly or into the box to preserve freshness. It is also a form of butane, or you may know it as lighter fluid. They obviously don't use very much of it, because a single gram of TBHQ can cause "nausea, vomiting, ringing in the ears, delirium, a sense of suffocation, and collapse." Ingesting five grams of TBHQ can kill.
Dimethylpolysiloxane: Used as an "antifoaming agent" is a type of oil derived from silicon. It stops the McDonalds deep fryers from foaming up and boiling over. It's also put in shampoos and used in the manufacturing of contact lenses.
So now the decision is yours...choose wisely or make your own
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Saturday, February 4, 2012
Friday, February 3, 2012
Look What's In These Chicken Nuggets - Part 3 of 4 -Banquet Chicken Nuggets
Thirdly, we have Banquet chicken nuggets.
Chicken Thigh, Water, Breader (Wheat Flour, Salt, Dextrose, Spice, Soybean Oil, Yeast, Extractives of Paprika), Batter (Water, Yellow Corn Flour, Cornstarch, Dextrose, Salt, Spices, Sugar, Yeast Extract, Modified Food Starch, Garlic Powder, Guar Gum, Leavening [Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate, Monocalcium Phosphate]), Textured Soy Protein Concentrate, Soy Protein, Isolate, Contains 2% or Less of: Salt, Sodium Tripolyphosphate, Autolyzed Yeast Extract, Flavorings. Fried in Vegetable Oil with BHT.
Warnings
Contains: wheat, soy.
(taken from wegmans.com)
Guar gum: a fiber from the seed of the guar plant that used as a laxative.
It is also used for treating diarrhea, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), obesity, and diabetes; for reducing cholesterol; and for preventing “hardening of the arteries” (atherosclerosis).
In foods and beverages, guar gum is used as a thickening, stabilizing, suspending, and binding agent.
In manufacturing, guar gum is used as a binding agent in tablets, and as a thickening agent in lotions and creams.
BHT or Butylated Hydroxytoluene, is an anti-oxidant which reacts with oxygen free radicals to slow down the autoxidation rate of ingredients in a product that can cause changes in the taste or color. As such, it is primarily used to prevent fats in foods from becoming rancid – but it is also used in cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, jet fuels, rubber, petroleum products, electrical transformer oil, and embalming fluid.
Look what is found on the MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheet)
Do NOT let this chemical enter the environment.
Combustible.
Ingestion causes Abdominal pain. Confusion. Dizziness. Nausea. Vomiting.
The substance may have effects on the liver.
The substance is harmful to aquatic organisms.
Sodium tripolyphosphate (STPP) is a sodium salt of triphosphoric acid that has the appearance of white crystal powder. It is odorless and is water soluble. In a highly controlled environment, it is made by combining monosodium phosphate and disodium phosphate. Among its many uses, sodium tripolyphosphate generally is used as a builder and a preservative.
As a builder, sodium tripolyphosphate mainly is used in detergents and soaps. This includes dishwasher detergents as well as laundry detergents. It is used in most gel, liquid, tablet, and powder forms of each type of detergent. In the detergent, it helps strengthen the cleaning action.
Sodium tripolyphosphate is a strong cleaning ingredient that typically can rid dishes and fabrics of soil and spots. Its key function is that it allows surfactants to work at their full potential. Also, it prevents deposition of soil and acts as a pH buffer. It softens detergent water and can be used as a water treatment, as well. Many household cleaning products, including surface and toilet cleaners, contain STPP due to its cleaning component.
The uses of sodium tripolyphosphate also include using it as a preservative. It can be used to preserve foods such as red meats, poultry, and seafood, helping them to retain their tenderness and moisture. Pet food and animal feed have been known to be treated with STPP, serving the same general purpose as it does in human food. STPP also has been used in helping to preserve the quality of drinks such as milk and fruit juices.
There are many other uses of sodium tripolyphosphate, as well. It is used in paint as a pigment dispersant. Ceramics use it to help disperse clay, and paper mills use it as an oil-resistant agent when coating paper. It additionally has been used as a tanning agent in making leather, and the minerals in cement have been known to be treated with it. Sodium tripolyphosphate also has been used as an additive in toothpaste due to its cleaning action.
It generally is advised that sodium tripolyphosphate be stored in a cool and well-ventilated area. Direct sunlight and damp areas usually should be avoided. If STPP comes into contact with skin, the area should be thoroughly rinsed. If eye contact is made, it is important to immediately flush the eyes. STPP is not intended to be ingested or directly inhaled either by human beings or by animals.
Dextrose: Sugar
Autolyzed Yeast Extract: Is a substance that is formed when yeast is broken down into separate components and is a less expensive form of MSG. MSG has been reported to cause numerous health concerns such as severe allergies, cancer and heart disease.
Sodium bicarbonate: also known as baking soda, is a chemical salt that can found in things from baked goods to toothpaste to medication. When used in cooking, baking soda makes chicken skin crispy, keeps veggies crisp and is a major ingredient in bread. Soda bread is an Irish staple that relies on baking soda for leavening.
Sodium Aluminum Phosphate: as a leavening agent or acid for mixing baking powders, this is a new product in the baking industry. It has a different performance profile than other leavening agents; it reacts slowly with the Sodium Bicarbonate in the mixing stage, there is only a 20 to 30 % Carbon Dioxide delivery from available. The difference is released during the oven stage. It also has an excellent buffering action for flour mixes, enhancing the properties of the formula ingredients. When using it the product is crunchy and has fine texture. Its use is very generalized.
Chicken Thigh, Water, Breader (Wheat Flour, Salt, Dextrose, Spice, Soybean Oil, Yeast, Extractives of Paprika), Batter (Water, Yellow Corn Flour, Cornstarch, Dextrose, Salt, Spices, Sugar, Yeast Extract, Modified Food Starch, Garlic Powder, Guar Gum, Leavening [Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate, Monocalcium Phosphate]), Textured Soy Protein Concentrate, Soy Protein, Isolate, Contains 2% or Less of: Salt, Sodium Tripolyphosphate, Autolyzed Yeast Extract, Flavorings. Fried in Vegetable Oil with BHT.
Warnings
Contains: wheat, soy.
(taken from wegmans.com)
Guar gum: a fiber from the seed of the guar plant that used as a laxative.
It is also used for treating diarrhea, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), obesity, and diabetes; for reducing cholesterol; and for preventing “hardening of the arteries” (atherosclerosis).
In foods and beverages, guar gum is used as a thickening, stabilizing, suspending, and binding agent.
In manufacturing, guar gum is used as a binding agent in tablets, and as a thickening agent in lotions and creams.
BHT or Butylated Hydroxytoluene, is an anti-oxidant which reacts with oxygen free radicals to slow down the autoxidation rate of ingredients in a product that can cause changes in the taste or color. As such, it is primarily used to prevent fats in foods from becoming rancid – but it is also used in cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, jet fuels, rubber, petroleum products, electrical transformer oil, and embalming fluid.
Look what is found on the MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheet)
Do NOT let this chemical enter the environment.
Combustible.
Ingestion causes Abdominal pain. Confusion. Dizziness. Nausea. Vomiting.
The substance may have effects on the liver.
The substance is harmful to aquatic organisms.
Sodium tripolyphosphate (STPP) is a sodium salt of triphosphoric acid that has the appearance of white crystal powder. It is odorless and is water soluble. In a highly controlled environment, it is made by combining monosodium phosphate and disodium phosphate. Among its many uses, sodium tripolyphosphate generally is used as a builder and a preservative.
As a builder, sodium tripolyphosphate mainly is used in detergents and soaps. This includes dishwasher detergents as well as laundry detergents. It is used in most gel, liquid, tablet, and powder forms of each type of detergent. In the detergent, it helps strengthen the cleaning action.
Sodium tripolyphosphate is a strong cleaning ingredient that typically can rid dishes and fabrics of soil and spots. Its key function is that it allows surfactants to work at their full potential. Also, it prevents deposition of soil and acts as a pH buffer. It softens detergent water and can be used as a water treatment, as well. Many household cleaning products, including surface and toilet cleaners, contain STPP due to its cleaning component.
The uses of sodium tripolyphosphate also include using it as a preservative. It can be used to preserve foods such as red meats, poultry, and seafood, helping them to retain their tenderness and moisture. Pet food and animal feed have been known to be treated with STPP, serving the same general purpose as it does in human food. STPP also has been used in helping to preserve the quality of drinks such as milk and fruit juices.
There are many other uses of sodium tripolyphosphate, as well. It is used in paint as a pigment dispersant. Ceramics use it to help disperse clay, and paper mills use it as an oil-resistant agent when coating paper. It additionally has been used as a tanning agent in making leather, and the minerals in cement have been known to be treated with it. Sodium tripolyphosphate also has been used as an additive in toothpaste due to its cleaning action.
It generally is advised that sodium tripolyphosphate be stored in a cool and well-ventilated area. Direct sunlight and damp areas usually should be avoided. If STPP comes into contact with skin, the area should be thoroughly rinsed. If eye contact is made, it is important to immediately flush the eyes. STPP is not intended to be ingested or directly inhaled either by human beings or by animals.
Dextrose: Sugar
Autolyzed Yeast Extract: Is a substance that is formed when yeast is broken down into separate components and is a less expensive form of MSG. MSG has been reported to cause numerous health concerns such as severe allergies, cancer and heart disease.
Sodium bicarbonate: also known as baking soda, is a chemical salt that can found in things from baked goods to toothpaste to medication. When used in cooking, baking soda makes chicken skin crispy, keeps veggies crisp and is a major ingredient in bread. Soda bread is an Irish staple that relies on baking soda for leavening.
Sodium Aluminum Phosphate: as a leavening agent or acid for mixing baking powders, this is a new product in the baking industry. It has a different performance profile than other leavening agents; it reacts slowly with the Sodium Bicarbonate in the mixing stage, there is only a 20 to 30 % Carbon Dioxide delivery from available. The difference is released during the oven stage. It also has an excellent buffering action for flour mixes, enhancing the properties of the formula ingredients. When using it the product is crunchy and has fine texture. Its use is very generalized.
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Look What's In These Chicken Nuggets - Part 2 of 4 -Tyson's Chicken Nuggets
Secondly, let's look at Tyson's Chicken nuggets.
INGREDIENTS:
Boneless chicken breast with rib meat, water, salt and natural flavor. BREADED WITH: Wheat flour, water, wheat starch, white whole wheat flour, salt, yellow corn flour, corn starch, dried onion, dried garlic, dried yeast, brown sugar, extractives of paprika, and spices. Breading set in vegetable oil.
CONTAINS wheat
(taken from Tysons.com)
A much shorter ingredient list with ingredients you are familiar with and can
INGREDIENTS:
Boneless chicken breast with rib meat, water, salt and natural flavor. BREADED WITH: Wheat flour, water, wheat starch, white whole wheat flour, salt, yellow corn flour, corn starch, dried onion, dried garlic, dried yeast, brown sugar, extractives of paprika, and spices. Breading set in vegetable oil.
CONTAINS wheat
(taken from Tysons.com)
A much shorter ingredient list with ingredients you are familiar with and can
Look What's In These Chicken Nuggets - Part 1 Of 4 - Chicken McNuggets
Do you know what's in your kids Chicken Nuggets?
There has been so much talk about all the unknown items in the chicken nuggets we have been feeding our children. So I decided to take a little time and actually read the ingredients of a few different ones and then research any ingredients that I am not familiar with and then share all that information with you.
I will start with the famous McDonald's chicken nuggets.
Chicken McNuggets® (4 piece)
Allergens: WHEAT
White boneless chicken, water, food starch-modified, salt, seasoning [autolyzed yeast extract, salt, wheat starch, natural flavoring (botanical source), safflower oil, dextrose, citric acid], sodium phosphates, natural flavor (botanical source). Battered and breaded with: water, enriched flour (bleached wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), yellow corn flour, bleached wheat flour, food starch-modified, salt, leavening (baking soda, sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate, calcium lactate), spices, wheat starch, dextrose, corn starch.
CONTAINS: WHEAT.
Prepared in vegetable oil (Canola oil, corn oil, soybean oil, hydrogenated soybean oil with TBHQ and citric acid added to preserve freshness). Dimethylpolysiloxane added as an antifoaming agent.
*information taken from McDonalds.com
Wow, I never expected to find this many ingredients in chicken nuggets and so many that I can't even pronounce.
Here's a breakdown on some of these ingredients.
Modified Food Starch: This is cornstarch that has been chemically altered and added to the nugget to help glue everything together and as a bulking and filling agent to reduce the actual amount of chicken used in the nugget and consequently save McDonalds money.
Autolyzed Yeast Extract: Is a substance that is formed when yeast is broken down into separate components and is a less expensive form of MSG. MSG has been reported to cause numerous health concerns such as severe allergies, cancer and heart disease.
Dextrose: Sugar( why do you need sugar in chicken nuggets)
Sodium Phosphates: Used in some products as a laxative, but is mainly used as a texturizer and emulsifier which stops all the nasty oils from separating within the nugget.
Bleached Wheat Flour: Its essentially flour that has been bleached... yes bleached, often by using the same chemicals you use to clean your bathroom and get your white's so sparking white... to extend shelf life and stop pests and insects from eating it. If they won't go near it, what does that say?
Sodium Aluminum Phosphate: Is used for leveling, and hasn't been thoroughly tested. Although aluminum has been widely researched to cause Alzheimers and dementia. Oh, and sodium aluminum phosphate is also used in eye drops and pesticides.
Hydrogenated Soybean Oil: The oil is chemically altered and bleached to turn it into a solid to avoid it going rancid. The problem with this, well it turns out our body's have a hard time digesting and using this chemically altered oil, so it causes weight gain as well other degenerative diseases.
TBHQ: It is a derivative of petroleum and it is sprayed on the nugget directly or into the box to preserve freshness. It is also a form of butane, or you may know it as lighter fluid. They obviously don't use very much of it, because a single gram of TBHQ can cause "nausea, vomiting, ringing in the ears, delirium, a sense of suffocation, and collapse." Ingesting five grams of TBHQ can kill.
Dimethylpolysiloxane: Used as an "antifoaming agent" is a type of oil derived from silicon. It stops the McDonalds deep fryers from foaming up and boiling over. It's also put in shampoos and used in the manufacturing of contact lenses.
Do you really want your children eating these?
There has been so much talk about all the unknown items in the chicken nuggets we have been feeding our children. So I decided to take a little time and actually read the ingredients of a few different ones and then research any ingredients that I am not familiar with and then share all that information with you.
I will start with the famous McDonald's chicken nuggets.
Chicken McNuggets® (4 piece)
Allergens: WHEAT
White boneless chicken, water, food starch-modified, salt, seasoning [autolyzed yeast extract, salt, wheat starch, natural flavoring (botanical source), safflower oil, dextrose, citric acid], sodium phosphates, natural flavor (botanical source). Battered and breaded with: water, enriched flour (bleached wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), yellow corn flour, bleached wheat flour, food starch-modified, salt, leavening (baking soda, sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate, calcium lactate), spices, wheat starch, dextrose, corn starch.
CONTAINS: WHEAT.
Prepared in vegetable oil (Canola oil, corn oil, soybean oil, hydrogenated soybean oil with TBHQ and citric acid added to preserve freshness). Dimethylpolysiloxane added as an antifoaming agent.
*information taken from McDonalds.com
Wow, I never expected to find this many ingredients in chicken nuggets and so many that I can't even pronounce.
Here's a breakdown on some of these ingredients.
Modified Food Starch: This is cornstarch that has been chemically altered and added to the nugget to help glue everything together and as a bulking and filling agent to reduce the actual amount of chicken used in the nugget and consequently save McDonalds money.
Autolyzed Yeast Extract: Is a substance that is formed when yeast is broken down into separate components and is a less expensive form of MSG. MSG has been reported to cause numerous health concerns such as severe allergies, cancer and heart disease.
Dextrose: Sugar( why do you need sugar in chicken nuggets)
Sodium Phosphates: Used in some products as a laxative, but is mainly used as a texturizer and emulsifier which stops all the nasty oils from separating within the nugget.
Bleached Wheat Flour: Its essentially flour that has been bleached... yes bleached, often by using the same chemicals you use to clean your bathroom and get your white's so sparking white... to extend shelf life and stop pests and insects from eating it. If they won't go near it, what does that say?
Sodium Aluminum Phosphate: Is used for leveling, and hasn't been thoroughly tested. Although aluminum has been widely researched to cause Alzheimers and dementia. Oh, and sodium aluminum phosphate is also used in eye drops and pesticides.
Hydrogenated Soybean Oil: The oil is chemically altered and bleached to turn it into a solid to avoid it going rancid. The problem with this, well it turns out our body's have a hard time digesting and using this chemically altered oil, so it causes weight gain as well other degenerative diseases.
TBHQ: It is a derivative of petroleum and it is sprayed on the nugget directly or into the box to preserve freshness. It is also a form of butane, or you may know it as lighter fluid. They obviously don't use very much of it, because a single gram of TBHQ can cause "nausea, vomiting, ringing in the ears, delirium, a sense of suffocation, and collapse." Ingesting five grams of TBHQ can kill.
Dimethylpolysiloxane: Used as an "antifoaming agent" is a type of oil derived from silicon. It stops the McDonalds deep fryers from foaming up and boiling over. It's also put in shampoos and used in the manufacturing of contact lenses.
Do you really want your children eating these?
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