FOXNews.com: Chicken nuggets contain blood vessels, organ parts, study finds

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Chicken nuggets contain blood vessels, organ parts, study finds Oct 8th 2013, 15:38 What really goes into your favorite chicken nuggets?  You may not want to know. In a new study published in The American Journal of Medicine, researchers at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson dissected two chicken nuggets and discovered they contained 50 percent or less chicken meat, with the rest consisting of fat, blood vessels, nerve, cartilage or pieces of bone, according to Reuters. Dr. Richard D. deShazo-- lead author of  "The Autopsy of Chicken Nuggets Reads 'Chicken Little'"-- had his team buy a box of chicken nuggets from two national food chains, the names of which they won't disclose.  The researchers picked one chicken nugget from each box to be preserved, dissected and stained, then examined under a microscope. They discovered that nugget number one was about 50 percent muscle tissue such as from the breast or thigh. The rest of it was made from fat, blood vessels and nerves, specifically the cells that line the skin and internal organs of the chicken. Nugget number two was 40 percent muscle. The rest was fat, cartilage and bone. "It is really a chicken by-product high in calories, salt, sugar and fat that is a very unhealthy choice. Even worse, it tastes great and kids love it and it is marketed to them," DeShazo told Reuters. National Chicken Council (NCC), a non-profit trade group representing the U.S. chicken industry, told Reuters that the study only looked at two chicken nuggets –which is a tiny sample –and insisted that chicken nuggets are a great source of protein.  The NCC also said that if you really wanted to find out what was in a chicken nugget, most companies post the ingredients and nutritional information. We took a look at the websites of some major fast food chains, and while some do list ingredients, it is hard to determine what is really inside. Burger King, on its website, says its chicken nuggets are made with "premium white meat."  The KFC website says each bite contains "100% breast meat," while Wendy's Chicken Nuggets claims "our nuggets are made with all white-meat chicken." McDonald's Chicken McNuggets, according to its website, says the nuggets "are made with USDA-inspected white meat." Fast food chains are increasingly trying to present a health conscious image.  Burger King recently introduced its Satisfries, with about 20 percent fewer calories and 30 percent less fat than regular fries.  And last year, McDonald's initiated a transparency campaign to try and debunk negative myths about the chain's food quality.

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