Taco Bell's "Premium" Chicken Nuggets Compete with McDonald's

When craving chicken nuggets, you may head to McDonald's. However, Taco Bell may be your last choice.

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However, Taco Bell's "premium" chicken nuggets and other new menu items this year may change that.

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Taco Bell will offer Crispy Chicken Nuggets on October 12. The hitch is that you must reside near one of the 83 Minneapolis locations that

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will test them for a limited period. At Taco Bell's Irvine headquarters' media event, brand marketing representative Jessica Perri said,

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Perri probably meant McDonald's. According to Taco Bell's food innovation team member Chef Brett Pluskalowski, customers have

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been asking for more chicken-based items on the menu. He also announced that the nuggets will be made with all-white meat. Genuine chicken."

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While McDonald's website says their Chicken McNuggets "are made with all white meat chicken and no artificial colors, flavors or preservatives,"

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some believe they include "what some people call 'pink slime' or 'pink goop.'" The chain clarified that this is not a depiction of how they make

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Chicken McNuggets or any other menu item. All Chicken McNuggets use USDA-inspected boneless white-meat chicken."

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New Taco Bell nuggets feature "real" white chicken meat, jalapeño buttermilk marinade, and one of two dipping sauces.

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