Love Chicken Nuggets? You May Change Your Mind After You See How They’re Made

Pink Slime

how chicken nuggets are made
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This concoction is called “ammonia-treated lean beef trimmings,” aka “pink slime.” It comes from an industrial process by which meat parts stuck to bones are recovered with a little help from machines. And the resulting pink slime is just perfect for plumping chicken products right up.

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