Which is healthier Plant-based Chicken Nuggets or Real Chicken Nuggets

In this article, besides all the information about subjects that are related to veganism, our main goal is to compare vegan chicken nuggets with real chicken nuggets in all categories too find out which one is healthier and tastier.

As we all know, the main theme of veganism is to put a stop to killing of innocent animals.

The term “veganism” wasn’t around until the 1940s but the concept of people avoiding the consumption and use of animal products can be traced back to 2000 years ago.

The vegan diet became increasingly mainstream in the 2010s that it gained so much popularity that The-Economist declared 2019 “the year of the vegan”.

Since then, most restaurants began marking vegan items on their menus and supermarkets improved their selection of vegan-processed food.

The numbers may not be completely accurate, but as of now about 88 million people in the world are vegan which equals 1.1% of the world.

Although, there are certain numbers about vegans of each country, we basically can’t come up with a result to detect the country with the most vegans, due to the difference of veganism and vegetarianism. Also, due to the fact that each country has different population. So that, the community of vegans of that country goes up with the population growth rate. However, based on the current numbers that we have, we can ensure that India is the number one country in that list for having the most vegans in a country, thanks to its population.

Percentage wise, besides India, the countries with higher rate of vegans in the country are Israel and UK which apparently for Israel is 5% of the population and for UK it is near 3% of the country, as of 2021.

Now let’s talk about the dark secrets and harsh realities of the ruthless chicken industry.

Most people don’t know anything about the cycle of chicken industry and have no idea that how badly it damages the environment and imbalances the nature.

Now we are going to reveal some of the undercover facts that people haven’t heard of.

For providing chicken meat, the first thing that the ruthless poultry companies do is that they throw whole lot of chickens in super small sheds.

The main problem isn’t the fact that they are locked up in overly crowded tiny sheds that leads to pain and suffering.

It’s all about hygiene!

They are all trapped in a dirty and unhygienic place which now isn’t just summed up as their health problem, it is problematic for our health too!

Mainly because of the environmental effect of dirty sheds like bacteria and other infections that can enter their bodies and that’s not the only threat of unhygienic sheds, dirty sheds are usually full of worms and ticks because they aren’t cleaned on a regular basis.

Worms and ticks are the most common causes of parasitic diseases.

If we eat the meat of a chicken that been hatched in an unhygienic place, bacteria and the diseases mentioned above, automatically enter our bodies and these cons that were mentioned, aren’t the only problems that insanitary poultry companies have.

There are certain unfair things that even the so-called hygienic chicken farms have too!

Furthermore, hygiene shouldn’t be our only concern.

There are certain policies that a lot of farms don’t follow like the fact that sheds mustn’t be crowded with lots of chickens because that can lead to cannibalism.

Cannibalism happens when chickens are stressed because they aren’t managed well and That’s not the only way, poor nutrition can also cause cannibalism.

Cannibalism is completely linked to malnutrition and it occurs when there are deficiencies in sodium, phosphorus and even protein.

The reason that protein plays an important role even for chickens, is that it increases egg production and impacts their health in a good way but you have to know that too much protein is dangerous for them too!

Mainly because it can lead to serious health problems like kidney failure.

Besides nutrition and hygiene factors, the ruthless part about poultry companies is that, some of them pluck all the chickens even before the time that they are slaughtered and that makes them suffer in an awkward way, which is known as feather removal.

Plus, there are other merciless acts that companies do in purpose of avoiding cannibalism, such as debeaking (also known as beak trimming) and using heat lamps.

Growth hormone is something that most of chicken farms use, owing to the fact that chickens that are injected with it are going to grow sooner and get bigger and heavier, moreover to produce more eggs.

Another thing that has to be mentioned is that, Hormones completely mess up their bodies and using hormones would cause leg problems and even early death.

We flash back to the part that we said, “when we eat chicken, everything that the chicken has eaten, automatically enters our body” and that is true for hormones too.

Hormones and steroids are terrible for our bodies since the toxicity they cause in our bodies.

The common hormones and other types of drugs that most chicken farms use are: peptide hormones, growth hormones, steroids, thyroid hormones, etc.

And that is not the worst part!

All the merciless acts that we have mentioned are for companies, which only provide chicken meat.

There are even more cruel things left behind!

Like the fact that all of the male chickens are useless for egg companies, so they end up in a metal grinding machine which slaughters them.

This act is labeled as chick culling or unwanted chick killing.

Worldwide, around 7 billion male chicks are culled each year and that’s so brutal to be fair.

So now, we are going to talk about the ingredients of vegan chicken nuggets and differences between them and real chicken nuggets and bringing nutrition facts to the table by comparing their macronutrients and then talk about the best vegan brands that provide vegan chicken nuggets and tell you which one is the best one.

A opinion that has to be said is that these 2 plant-based chicken nugget brand might not be suitable for everyone due to the sodium factor.

Although the 2 nuggets that we talked about don’t have much sodium but the range of the sodium that they contain per serving is between 350 to 500 milligrams.

So, in the end we are going to show you an easy plant-based chicken nugget recipe that you can make on your own at home which has less sodium and it’s gluten-free.

The base of this home-made vegan chicken nugget is tofu.

It takes about 30 minutes of prep time and 15 minutes to cook which in total will be around 45 minutes to 1 hour.

Ingredients

• 1 pound block of tofu
• ¼ cup light soy sauce
• ½ cup filtered water
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon onion powder
• 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
• 1 tablespoon nutritional yeast
• ¾ cup nut milk
• 1 to 2 teaspoons apple cider vinegar
• 1 cup gluten free flour

Crumb Mixture

• 1 cup gluten free breadcrumbs
• 3 teaspoons smoked paprika
• 3 teaspoons nutritional yeast
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon onion powder
• 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
• 1 teaspoon sea salt
• ¼ cup of oil