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Serving size | 4 pieces (62 g) |
Energy | 170 kcal (710 kJ) |
Carbohydrates | 11 g |
- Sugars | 0 g |
- Dietary fiber | 0 g |
Fat | 10 g |
- saturated | 2.5 g |
- trans | 1.5 g |
Protein | 9 g |
Sodium | 480 mg (32%) |
Energy from fat | 90 kcal (380 kJ) |
Cholesterol | 25 mg |
May vary outside US market. Percentages are relative to US recommendations for adults. Source: www.BK.com (PDF) |
BK Chicken Tenders are a fried chicken product sold by the international fast-food restaurant chain Burger King. It is one of their snack oriented products designed for convenience of consumption.
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BK Chicken Tenders are small, thin pieces of formed, white meat chicken, breaded and lightly spiced. Sizing is contingent on regional preferences of franchises, sizes include three, four, five, six, eight piece portions. When first introduced there was a larger, twenty-five piece "party pack" sold in a carry box, now discontinued.
Different dipping sauces are offered as condiments, the selection includes:
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Chicken Tenders officially made their debut in a menu revision/expansion in 1985 to address the absence of a chicken based finger product akin to McDonald's Chicken McNuggets. Original portion sizes were six-, nine-, twelve and a twenty-five piece party pack. At the time the product had to be withdrawn over limited availability of chicken meat from producers, the product was re-introduced about six months later.[10] Originally made with sliced fillets of chicken, the product was reformulated into a formed, chopped-chicken product several years later.[1] Beginning in 2006, BK started changing the original chicken tenders shape to crowns. Currently these new shaped products are sold in the U.S., Canada and other regional markets.
During certain promotional periods, BK has altered the shape of the Chicken Tenders to reflect that promotion. For instance during the Star Wars: Episode III tie-in, the Tenders were shaped as stars and lightning bolts. During the release of Jurassic Park in movie theaters the tenders were shaped as dinosaurs.[11][12]
In January 2008, BK reformulated these products to eliminate trans fat in the manufacturing of the product. In 2011, the product was again reformulated, replacing the crown shaped product with a standard chicken nugget type product. A twenty piece serving size was reintroduced.
The name Chicken Tenders is a registered trademark of Burger King Holdings and is displayed with the "circle-R" (®) symbol in the U.S., Canada and the Middle East. Burger King currently only has European trademarks on Chicken Tenders in Spain. The term King Nuggets is not trademarked in Europe.
Similar types of chicken products offered by other fast food restaurants:
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