![]() ![]() Its ingredients include soy protein isolate, pea protein concentrate, wheat flour, canola oil, and sunflower oil. ![]() This particular product is breaded, frozen, pre-cooked, and formed into a natural-style chicken tender shape - with no sauce, although they sell it in different sauced versions. They've been marketing different product versions to the foodservice industry in unprepared (plain) forms and to retail as consumer products with seasonings and sauces. Gardein's products are more commonly used in culinary applications, such as vegan and vegetarian restaurants. Gardein, which is now part of ConAgra, has been in the meat analogue business since 2003 and was founded by a classically-trained French chef, Yves Potvin. Price: $6.98 per 15oz bag, or 9 tenders.Restaurants could definitely sell these successfully in large volumes, and I suspect that a larger-sized version for use on sandwiches would go over well.Īs an adult, I am unlikely to be a regular consumer of this product, as it has limited culinary applications beyond snack food. From a user acceptance perspective, I think they hit the mark. They paired well with the condiments, and I suspect if you fed these to a young child or even your average adult without disclosing their origin, they probably would not know the difference. The coating was more of a breading than the batter you might see in McDonald's products. Nevertheless, we were actually quite impressed with how these tasted, their overall texture (which closely mimicked a processed chicken nugget) and their "juiciness." The umami "chickeny-ness" was there along with the saltiness, instead of it being a pure salt bomb. Tyson's air fried nuggets are a bit better in terms of the fat and cholesterol content, but the sodium is a whopping 520mg. So they are better on a saturated fat and cholesterol perspective, but they are both very high in the sodium department. Additional vitamins and minerals are added, presumably to address the target market: children.įrom a macronutrient perspective, these are very close to a leading brand of real chicken nuggets, Tyson, which are 270 calories per serving, 14g protein, 17g fat, 4g of saturated fat, 0g fiber, 15g of carbs, 40mg of cholesterol, and 470mg of sodium. Main ingredients include soy protein concentrate, wheat flour (so not gluten-free), sunflower oil, soybean oil, and cornstarch. The product is frozen and already cooked. However, the product is expected to be sold at 10,000 locations by the end of the year, including Gelson's, Kroger, Albertsons, Giant Stores, ShopRite, and Safeway. ![]() The Impossible Chicken Nuggets were purchased at Walmart, one of the few retailers that are currently carrying them.
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