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> I ate some chicken nuggets made out of rice

Do other people not see how ridiculous this is?

I partially agree with Italy's decision, at least to the naming of food.

You didn't eat chicken nuggets made out of rice. You ate deep-fried rice balls trying to simulate the taste of chicken nuggets, and they might have tasted similar to chicken nuggets, but that is an incredibly low bar to set in terms of taste (mostly spices) and texture (terrible).

The nutrient profile wouldn't have had nearly the amount of protein, vitamins or other nutrients an actual chicken nugget would have had, either.

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On the other hand, chicken nuggets made out of rice explains exactly what they were eating and what the food might have tasted like and how it might have been cooked. You didn't explain what's wrong with that beyond it sounding funny to you.

Quorn makes chik'n nuggets made of mycoprotein with similar nutrients to a chicken nugget, but with the added benefit of fiber and less saturated fat.

Including chicken nuggets in the name is useful for the exact purpose of helping the consumer scratch their itch for a food with something that approximates that food. Maybe they care about animal ethics, maybe they're allergic to chicken, maybe they want to reduce saturated fat despite eating something that tastes 95% like a chicken nugget.

Requiring them to label it "fried mushroom protein" doesn't help anyone and seems to be coming from an emotional/reactionary place rather than a place of helping consumers.

It's coming from a place of realism and facts. A place seemingly lost in the current zeitgeist.

> Quorn makes chik'n nuggets made of mycoprotein with similar nutrients to a chicken nugget,

Wrong again.

https://www.checkyourfood.com/ingredients/ingredient/1916/qu... https://www.checkyourfood.com/ingredients/ingredient/220/chi...

Half the protein, the nutrient profile is completely different (because it's mushroom and not chicken). No B12.

Where you getting your facts from man? It takes me actual time to refute your bullshit, the least you could do is provide evidence yourself.

Finally, Quorn is not rice is it, which is the original argument, so stop moving the goalposts and argue my original point if that's what you want to argue. If not, then you are contributing nothing of value and wasting everyone's time.

Lets not pretend that McDonald's chicken nuggets are some natural unprocessed thing that humans have been eating for centuries. If I want a chicken mcnugget, I'm expecting a frankenfood. And if I can get them without needing to subject actual chickens to the horrors usually involved in factory farming, then so much the better.

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