There\u2019s been a picture circulating on the Internet for years that McDonald\u2019s Chicken Nuggets are comprised of some mysterious type of pink goop. Here\u2019s that image if you\u2019ve never seen it:<\/p>\n
The color pink is due to use of\u00a0ammonium hydroxide used to kill any germs within the meat. After this, McDonald\u2019s\u00a0did admit\u00a0they stopped using this\u00a0potentially harmful chemical.<\/p>\n
A few days ago in response, McDonald\u2019s Canada released a video to show that, in fact, their Chicken McNuggets are no longer this pink color. The video is embedded below, but before you watch it or we get into any other points \u2014 is this really that much more appetizing?<\/p>\n
I am torn if it\u2019s a good idea for McDonald\u2019s to share this. First of all, it\u2019s McDonald\u2019s Canada sharing the video \u2014 but what about McDonald\u2019s America? Are they using the same process? How about the rest of the world? It\u2019s never stated.<\/p>\n
Also, the person giving us the tour of the factory\u00a0is introduced as a scientist<\/strong>. It would have been so much smarter of McDonald\u2019s to have a nutritionist or professional of similar title (does McDonald\u2019s have a chief nutrition officer?) giving the tour. Scientist does not \u00a0inspire confidence that the food is fresh or even good for you, rather it suggests\u00a0this is manufactured in some sort of laboratory setting and perhaps even bioengineering goes into this food. The words \u201corganic\u201d or \u201cfresh\u201d are not mentioned here. They say \u201cthe process starts with whole chickens\u201d and no qualifier for the production of the chickens is used. Worrisome, indeed.<\/p>\n The mass-manufacturing of food is not a beautiful process. They\u2019re literally showing the sausage being made and it is in fact simply reinforcing the truth of\u00a0another ad\u00a0which poked fun at how McDonald\u2019s and other fast food chains make their food.<\/p>\n The target demographic of McDonald\u2019s is not likely to care to see their food being processed in a factory. If they\u2019ve been eating McDonald\u2019s all along it\u2019s a non-issue for them, it is highly unlikely they care what they put in their body.<\/p>\n The rest of us look on as mildly entertained a QSR (Quick Service Restaurant) would open their doors, but truth be told most of us who are conscious of nutrition would not consume food at a McDonald\u2019s anyhow. And as someone not in Canada I\u2019m simply left with more questions. Not to mention how long it actually took McDonald\u2019s to respond to this \u2014 the original story was circulating several years ago.<\/p>\n Overall I\u2019m left scratching my head why they would do this and simply reminded why I avoid fast food altogether.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There\u2019s been a picture circulating on the Internet for years that McDonald\u2019s Chicken Nuggets are comprised of some mysterious type … <\/p>\n