Editing Chicken nugget (section)

== Vegan nuggets ==
[[File:Vegan "chicken" nugget.jpg|thumb|upright|A vegan "ChickUn" nugget from Odd Burger in [[Ontario]], Canada]]
Vegan "chicken" nuggets are made with [[Plant-based diet|plant-based]] ingredients entered the market in recent years. They are sold by major retailers as vegan chicken nuggets and made from ingredients that include pea protein, soy protein, textured vegetable protein, and wheat gluten.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rauwerda |first=Annie |date=October 6, 2021 |title=What is a vegan chicken nugget? |url=http://www.michigandaily.com/statement/hooked-on-vegan-nuggets/ |access-date=September 22, 2022 |website=The Michigan Daily |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Developing alt-chicken from the Hatchery, Next Gen Foods becomes latest entrant to Chicago's growing plant-based protein market |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-next-gen-foods-plant-based-meat-20220921-2w5zshwos5aotoj6wpehhvgquy-story.html |access-date=September 22, 2022 |website=Chicago Tribune|date=September 21, 2022 }}</ref> Companies such as [[Beyond Meat]], [[Impossible Foods]], [[Morningstar Farms]], and [[Simulate (company)|Simulate]] sell vegan chicken nuggets. In 2019, [[McDonald's]] trialed vegan McNuggets made of chickpeas and potatoes in Norway.<ref>{{Cite news |last2=Amis |first1=Laura |last1=Hampson |first2=Saffron |date=March 20, 2019 |title=McDonald's has just launched vegan chicken nuggets |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/reveller/foodanddrink/vegan-mcnuggets-mcdonalds-a4095776.html |access-date=September 22, 2022 |newspaper=[[Evening Standard]] |language=en }}</ref> Swedish fast food restaurant [[Max Hamburgers|Max Hamburgare]] offers a dish containing nuggets made of [[falafel]]. [[Quorn]] also supplies vegetarian chicken-like nuggets derived from fungus.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/14/science/what-s-in-those-nuggets-meat-substitute-stirs-debate.html What's in Those Nuggets? Meat Substitute Stirs Debate]</ref><ref>[http://www.quorn.co.uk/food/snacks/#/food/snacks/chicken-style-nuggets/ Quorn Meat Free Chicken Nuggets]</ref> In 2022, KFC began serving vegan chicken nuggets at its 4,000 U.S. locations.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Torrella |first=Kenny |date=January 4, 2022 |title=The biggest fast food rollout of meatless fried chicken is happening in January |url=https://www.vox.com/22850410/kfc-beyond-meat-fried-chicken-plant-based-vegan-poultry |access-date=September 23, 2022 |website=Vox |language=en}}</ref>

In 2022, [[Michele Simon]] wrote in ''[[Forbes]]'' that there were more than 20 brands selling vegan chicken nuggets.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Simon |first=Michele |date=April 19, 2022 |title=Have We Reached Peak Vegan Chicken Nugget? |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/michelesimon/2022/04/19/have-we-reached-peak-vegan-chicken-nugget/ |access-date=September 23, 2022 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref> In 2022, [[Avery Yale Kamila]] said in the ''[[Portland Press Herald]]'' that because young people are the most interested in vegan food, it was not surprising that "vegan foods associated with childhood, such as hot dogs and chicken nuggets, would be the first to partner with youth-oriented TV shows and movies."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kamila |first=Avery Yale |date=August 7, 2022 |title=Vegan Kitchen: More plant-based foods partner with pop culture icons |url=https://www.pressherald.com/2022/08/07/vegan-kitchen-more-plant-based-foods-partner-with-pop-culture-icons/ |access-date=September 23, 2022 |website=Press Herald |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220807092338/https://www.pressherald.com/2022/08/07/vegan-kitchen-more-plant-based-foods-partner-with-pop-culture-icons/ |archive-date=August 7, 2022}}{{Subscription required|s}}</ref> Vegan "chicken" nuggets have been taste-tested, for example in 2021 by ''Culture Map Dallas''<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 15, 2021 |title=Dallas taste-off: Vegan chicken tenders and nuggets in the supermarket |url=https://dallas.culturemap.com/news/restaurants-bars/11-15-21-vegan-chicken-tenders-impossible-beyond-gardein/ |access-date=September 23, 2022 |website=CultureMap Dallas |language=en}}</ref> and in 2022 by ''[[Bon Appétit]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sinha |first=Antara |date=August 5, 2022 |title=A Blind Taste Test of Mostly Bad (but 1 Excellent) Vegan Chicken Nuggets |url=https://www.bonappetit.com/story/vegan-chicken-nugget-taste-test |access-date=September 22, 2022 |website=Bon Appétit |language=en-US}}</ref>