100% Natural? Think Again. The Untruth behind Tyon’s Chicken Nuggets Cute, But Deceptive Ad Campaign

A bunch of cute kids innocently talking about how they hate vegetables and other foods. A little one in a green shirt, not a big fan of spinach.  Mushrooms: look like aliens. Yuck! With all these different types of foods bombarding a growing child’s palate, what’s a mom that cares about her kids supposed to feed them? Good thing Tyson’s chicken nuggets are 100% natural, right?

Mom, the reality is the FDA is not doing a very good job in policing Tyson.  Although there are some regulations according to this FDA docket that apply particularly to meat and poultry being free of any ingredients that do not occur naturally in food, I’d like you to take a look at them nuggets’ ingredients and tell me what you think. . .

INGREDIENTS: Chicken, water, salt, and sodium phosphates. BREADED WITH: Bleached wheat flour, water, yellow corn flour, modified food starch, calcium carbonate, wheat flour, salt, dextrose, spice, leavening (sodium aluminum phosphate, sodium bicarbonate), extractives of paprika and turmeric, and natural flavor. Breading set in vegetable oil.

Last time I checked, bleach wasn’t natural. . . And here’s the clincher: with the EXCEPTION of meat and poultry, the natural label is not regulated any differently than other foods.  So the BREADING on these chicken nuggets is NOT 100% natural.  Not even close.  But they can sell it to you as all-natural.  That’s an ugly loophole, don’t you think?

Tyson chicken is not only shamelessly taking advantage of the lack of regulation, they’re actually encouraging you to skip feeding your child poo-poo icky vegetables.  Why feed your child real food when they can have “100% natural” chicken nuggets with highly unnatural breading? Nevermind that these chickens come from factory farms.  The ingredient statement alone proves that they aren’t 100% natural ANYTHING.

Isn’t there a better way to market a food product to children than to tell them to stop eating their vegetables and then downplay your conscience by deceptively telling you their chicken nuggest are all-natural?

Here’s one of the commercials so you can judge for your self.

And another video just to remind you how chicken nuggets are made: