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Last updated: 05 June 2024
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We taste and compare frozen chicken nuggets from Woolworths, Coles, Aldi, Steggles, Ingham's and more to find out which ones taste best and are the most nutritious.

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How we test

Products

We tested air-fried crumbed and tempura chicken nugget products available in major Australian supermarket chains including Coles, Woolworths, Aldi and IGA. The price is for the pack size specified and bought in Sydney stores in March 2024.

Tasting

Our panel of three judges tasted the chicken nugget samples 'blind' (without knowing the brands) and independently judged each sample on appearance, aroma, flavour and texture.

Scores

The CHOICE Expert Rating, our overall score, consists of 80% sensory and 20% nutrition (equally based on the Health Star Rating and the percentage of chicken). Sensory attributes include flavour (50%), texture (30%), appearance (10%) and aroma (10%). Weightings are in brackets.

We recommend chicken nuggets with a CHOICE Expert Rating of 70% or more.

Matthew Steen
By Shadia Djakovic
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    Pack price as purchased in Sydney stores (not on special) in March 2024.

    enter value/s in increments of 1 between 3.5 and 10.65

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    Price per 100g

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    Based on the pack price in Sydney stores (not on special) in March 2024.

    enter value/s in increments of i between 0.7 and 3.5

    Taste test score

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    Our panel of tasters assigned scores to each chicken nugget product based on flavour (50%), texture (30%), appearance (10%) and aroma (10%). Weightings are in brackets.

    enter value/s in increments of i between 34 and 75

    Nutrition score

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    This score is based on the product's Health Star Rating (HSR) and the percentage of chicken. The HSR is calculated from the details in the nutrition information panel and converted to a percentage.

    enter value/s in increments of i between 60 and 80

    Percentage of chicken

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    As listed on the pack purchased.

    enter value/s in increments of i between 34 and 62

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    Shop Ethical rates the environmental and social impact of the company (not the product) using independent sources. This rating is not included in our total score. N/A means there is no rating for that company.

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