What you are looking at is mechanically separated chicken.  Chickens are slaughtered and turned into this pink goo.  This pink goo is then used to create chicken nuggets and chicken patties.  But how does this goo go from its state above to chicken nugget form you may be wondering.  The process works like this…

1. The pink goo is filled with bacteria from the dead and decomposing chicken parts, so naturally it is washed in ammonia.  The ammonia is strong enough to kill enough bacteria that it won’t make us sick when we eat it; the bacteria that is.
2. This may go without saying, but since the goo isn’t exactly tasty, it needs to be made flavorful.  Artificial flavors are added to make this taste like chicken.
3. Since people aren’t used to seeing pink chicken meat, the goo must be colored correctly.  Artificial colors are added to the goo to make it look more like chicken meat.
4. At this point the goo is formed into whatever it is being used for, breaded, fried, frozen, and then shipped off to you for your consumption.

Proud to be vegetarian, ‘s all i’m saying.