For some unknown reason, the kids were addicted to lumps of chicken, I myself was with the youngsters. Unfortunately, many parents choose frozen chicken nuggets full of additives. Trader Joe’s now offers soy nuggets (new to our store) as a healthy alternative to frozen chicken nuggets.
Unlike traditional chicken nuggets, soy nuggets are all natural and contain no preservatives. Soy nuggets can be safely served to your children unlike chicken nuggets. It is known that, if it is not well cooked or chilled, the chicken can become an infectious disease. This raises questions in my mind about how healthy frozen and pre-heated nuggets have been sitting in a hot locker for nearly four or more hours…
Why choose SOY over chicken nuggets?
1. Soy bacteria does not have the growth potential of chicken nuggets.
2. SOY does not contain additives such as hormones or antibiotics that are fed to chicks.
3. SOY does not have additives such as VUL or sodium erythorbate, which are used to preserve chicken.
4. Soy has no potential for salmonella infections like chicken nuggets did a few years ago.
5. Soy has no power to contain beef waste like chicken nuggets did in 2003.
6. SOY is vegetarian and vegan.
7. SOY has fewer calories than chicken.
Joe Mercator’s is not the first SOY MASSA to try my family. With other brands we sometimes enjoy, we sometimes decide to test this new frozen product for under $5.00. It’s the same price as a serving of chicken nuggets at McDonald’s.
The main ingredients include textured soy protein, rice starch, spices, cooked onions, sea salt, dehydrated celery, and yellow corn. flour and canola oil.
The nutrition facts are:
Servants Location: 4 nuggets
Rating: 120
Sodium: 490 mg
Sugar: 0mg
In the packing states, soy pellets can either be warmed in a microwave or a conventional oven. We chose to cook the frozen slices in a toaster oven for the same duration and temperature as a conventional oven. When whole, they were a lovely golden brown and slightly crisp on the outside.
Because breading nuggets smell like chicken nuggets, kids are easily fooled by their appearance, as long as you don’t tell them. Until it is not passed. Unlike other soy nuggets that taste like chicken nuggets, these gems don’t taste stupid. In addition, the texture cuts out slightly and makes the experience a little less than pleasant. Inside the chicken nugget, the chicken meat looks and feels more like oatmeal. The texture is hard to pass up and it feels like a bad substitute for a real chicken nugget.
All in all, the price is reasonable and what can be found at Trader Joe’s is more than nice. Unfortunately, the texture rather spoils the whole experience when eating plain without any condiments. Trader Joe’s Soy Nuggets are healthy if you eat your nuggets with ketchup, mustard or any other condiment. For my family, we were not so keen to do second service but the healthy substitutions idea was promising.
