Bell & Evans Chicken Breast Nuggest Ingredients: Chicken Breast Meat, Water, Sea Salt, Breaded with Rice Flour, Water Yellow Corn Flour Xantham gum, Evaporated Cane Juice, Sea Salt, Soybean oil, Yeast, Ascorbic Acid, Whole Egg, Spice Flash pan fried in soybean oil to set breading. Discuss.

A few things come to mind:

1. Why do they need sugar in chicken nuggets? 

2. Corn Flour- something like 80+% of US corn is GMO, and we get corn from too many sources.

3. Though Xantham gum is considered “natural” it is there to make it stick- but doesn’t the egg do that?   Plus for those with wheat or gluten allergies should be cautious of ingesting xantham gum.  Just another over-processed derivative.

4. Soybean oil- we’re overdoing soybeans like we overdo corn. More and more soybeans are GMO and they’re heavily subsidised.  Also another Omega-6 oil that can interfere with Omega-3’s. 

5. Citric Acid comes from citrus fruits but another thing that is a derivative instead of natural state.  It is used as a meat tenderizer and a preservative.  It can cause stomach upset (especially those with IBS).

6. It still is probably the “best” choice out there for non-homemade nuggets.  Backup for those days where you’ve got no time for thinking “What to cook?”

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