Chick-Fil-A chicken nuggets low carb? page

[Artimus71]

I LOVE the nuggest from Chick-Fil-A... 15 - 17 carbs for 12 nuggets doesn't sound too bad.

These are from two different websites, but close enough.

Chicken Nuggets (Chick-fil-A)

Serving Size: 12 nuggets/6 oz/170g;
Calories: 400,
Total Fat: 19g,
Carbs: 15g,
Protein: 40g


Serving Size: 12 pieces (170g),
Calories: 400,
Fat: 18g,
Carbs: 17g,
Protein: 42g

[O_O]

Have you read the ingredient list:

Ingredients: 100% natural chicken breast, seasoning (salt, monosodium glutamate, sugar, spices, paprika), seasoned coater (enriched bleached flour [with malted barley flour, niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], sugar, salt, monosodium glutamate, nonfat milk, leavening [baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate], spice, soybean oil, color [paprika]), milk wash (water, whole powdered egg and nonfat milk solids), peanut oil (fully refined peanut oil with TBHQ and citric acid added to preserve freshness and Dimethylpolysiloxane an anti-foaming agent added).

[O_O]

I would be more concerned with what is in the food like substance rather than the macronutrient numbers.

Gluten, soy, msg, chemicals etc...

[spakesneaker]

How often are you eating these? Are they regular meals or once-in-a-while type of thing?

PB isn't a low-carb diet... food quality is important. Cooking for yourself is important... fast food and dining out in general are discouraged because of the use of industrial vegetable oils, like the soybean oil in these nuggets... that's quite possibly the worst of them.

[DFH]

Unhealthy Frankenfood. Stay as far away from that garbage as you can get.

Just about all restaurants like that need to be "Don't even think about it" zones.

[Artimus71]

I'd say I go there once every couple of months. The family was going there last week, and was searching for the best option whilst there. I had the nuggets and water. nothing else.

In light of the ingredients list, I may be reconsidering the nuggets in the future, however. . AGH!

[cavemanj]

I would eat 10 potatoes over that...

[MamaGrok]

ChickfilA is crack. It took me decades to realize the reason I loved them was because of the breading. And for some reason, the breading they use in the strips is *sweeter* than the breading in the sandwich meat. I can definitely taste the sweetness. Crack. I'm avoiding it entirely.

[Digby]

Grilled chicken = zero carbs

[Balance]

That ingredient list looks scary. I generally try to stay away from anything with an ingredient list.