Mcd tries to make consumers think chicken mcnuggets are low calorie

[Liberal_in_LA]

No, 50 chicken McNuggets are not 470 calories (how I wish). Look closely, and you'll notice some fine print stating that the calorie count is based on a single serving, and 50 McNuggets should serve 5 adults. So, we're actually talking about a 2,350-calorie box of food product. Now, in person, the text is definitely large enough to read if you stop and look. It's just dwarfed by all the text around it, so someone giving the sign a passing glance might miss it entirely. I doubt McDonald's really expects anybody to believe that more than 4 dozen fried chicken nubs contain fewer calories than a Big Mac. But the company is clearly obfuscating some of the real nutrition info through the power of graphic design.
http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2015/01/02/mcdonald_s_chicken_mcnuggets_check_out_the_absurd_calorie_label.html

[drm604]

1. Notice the small print on the other side.

It says "Includes 10 sauces 30-110 cal. each". That's another 300 calories minimum.

[Liberal_in_LA]

2. whoa!

[Fred Sanders]

3. 20 cents per nugget of 47 calories.....half a penny per calorie...that is some cheap chicken. It is

chicken, right? Is there some even finer print saying "contains no actual chicken"?

[jmowreader]

13. I've eaten them. They contain actual chicken.

They contain little chicken shards from the plants where they make boneless, skinless chicken parts, but it's real chicken.

Y'know, I've been thinking: The very tastiest part of poultry is the skin. The famous Peking Duck is eaten specifically for the skin. At Thanksgiving you peel off the skin after the turkey's done roasting and everyone chows down on it before the turkey gets sliced. And if you were to lay chicken skin on a cookie sheet, season it up good and bake it for a few minutes - it wouldn't take long - then serve it with dipping sauces...it'd be the ultimate bar snack. So...where can I get about a hundred pounds of chicken skin to experiment with?

[Taitertots]

18. Use compressed air to make your skin crispier

It was in last month's Saveur.

[jmowreader]

19. They do that with peking duck, so it should work great

[Taitertots]

20. Now we just need hundreds of chicken skins, herbs, spices, a huge smoker, an air compressor

Call them Uncle Taiter's Chicken Chips.

[Ms. Toad]

4. For anyone who pays attention to calories,

10 of pretty much anything which is deep fried and breaded for 470 calories is low calorie (for that kind of food).

Again, anyone who pays attention to calories, knows that calories are designated by serving, and that 50 pieces of anything is not a single serving.

Without commenting at all about the nutritional value of McDonald's food - or the wisdom of a diet of fried foods, I have long been impressed about the relatively low calorie cost for their fried foods. I.e. if you are going to eat fried foods anyway, McDonalds is a lower calorie cost for your fried food fix than most. http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/features/fast-food-french-fries-which-are-healthiest

[Kalidurga]

5. I am sure there are people who could eat 50 McNuggets at one sitting

I am not one of them. I would be ill after 10, if I was determined to still keep going for whatever reason there would be severe consequences.

[evirus]

6. I could probably do 25ish

Then again I have a physically demanding job so I can down a lot of food in one sitting without gaining wait

[Kalidurga]

10. Yeah maybe in my youth I could do that

I will never know now though because I never tried it when I had a very physically demanding job. I preferred the Taco Bell 10 pack.

[jmowreader]

8. The "pro wrestler and NHL enforcer" demographic is small and selective

The average person wouldn't consider the 50-piece box to be the single-serving size.

[Kalidurga]

9. Yep

And I wouldn't worry about them eating 50 McNuggets they would probably burn that in just one training session perhaps more.

[sir pball]

12. I could have probably done 100 after the NYC marathon..

50 would be tempting after a good 18-20 mile training run for sure...they say you should treat your body like a temple; I treat mine like a fast-moving dumpster.

[Kalidurga]

14. Well I think that is wise

If your body is behaving like a fast moving dumpster!

[sir pball]

15. I'd probably be even faster if I ate right..

But I'm already "local competitive" per the NYRR and all the right diet and training won't make me elite...plus I enjoy eating tasty food be it McNuggets (yes, I like them!) up to $30 dry-aged hamburgers. Kale, quinoa and farro salad is so unrewarding.

[Kalidurga]

16. I don't think anyone knows what is "right"

It turns out low fat diets might in fact be very dangerous to a certain segment of people, that includes me. People who are prone to getting diabetes do very poorly on low fat diets. Some people need more protein than average I might be in that group as well a diet with what looks like enough protein has left me protein deficient. I got even more fatigued than usual (I have CFS) and my nails got to be very ridged and my skin became very dry and well the rest of that is kinda TMI anyway I had symptoms of protein deficiency even though I had what looked to be an adequate amount of protein.

On the other hand some people don't do well with low carb diets they get a form of depression.

I think the best thing is to tinker around and find out what is best for your individual self and forget what "experts" say. It appears you already have a pretty good idea of what you actually need even if it isn't in line with what "experts" say. A nutritionist pretty much said the same thing to me. That if you are an athlete you probably can and should eat whatever you want.

[AngryAmish]

7. No one can eat 50 mcnuggets

15 would be quite at meal, and relatively lo cal and high protein. As Usain Bolt.

[Ramses]

11. chicken mc nuggets are nasty

All exactly the same few shapes..exact taste..exact texture..exact smell.

Normal chicken is NOT like that, even the gmo corn fed chickens.

Im glad i live near a farmers market where i get to meet the people that grow and butcher my food.

Too bad gmo labeling will never become federal law. Most fast food places would go out of business quickly

[Odin2005]

17. This shit works, sadly.

The average person is an easily manipulated moron who doesn't read fine print.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

21. don't forget the 1000 cals from the sauces that go along

i don't think they're trying to hide anything or trick anyone... the words per serving are almost always tiny... look in the product details for anything packaged...

sP

[Archae]

22. I seriously doubt McD's is known for the calorie counters...

Munch munch...

[hobbit709]

23. McD tries to convince people that chicken mcnuggets are actually made of chicken.