Are chicken nuggets actually made out of chicken?

McDonald's Canada made a video depicting this process from inside a Cargill factory that makes and freezes the nuggets before sending them to McDonald's restaurants for consumption. ... The chicken nuggets come out on the other side looking a bit like sugar cookies before they are sent into a fryer. read more

I can only answer for McDonald’s, where I was a purchasing director. In their case, it is all chicken. no emulsifier as in the other answer. Deboned chicken is lightly tumbled to extract the enzymes that will bind pieces together. read more