Taco Bell Takes On McDonald's With New "Premium" Chicken Nuggets

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

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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 will test

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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 been asking for

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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

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is not a depiction of how they make Chicken McNuggets or any other menu item. All Chicken McNuggets

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