Kentucky Fried Chicken Stops Using Trans Fats
November 1, 2006 by Lei
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
Does anybody actually say KFC the long way anymore? Kentucky Fried Chicken is one of my favorite fast food indulgences and it wouldn’t matter to me whether they stopped using trans fats or not (don’t you love my honesty?). I eat there a couple of times a year and don’t think there’s anything wrong with it. So there!
In any case, they’ve bumped hydrogenated soybean oil for low linolenic soybean oil (a zero trans-fat cooking oil) and apparently, everything is supposed to taste the same. In Canada, KFC will start using Canadian-made canola oil by early next year. Menu prices are to be remain the same.
Will this change at KFC make you more likely to eat there?
For your next visit, try using the KFC Nutrition Calculator to decide your order ahead of time. You may think twice.
Here’s what I had on my tray:
- Small Pepsi (I actually prefer Coke)
- Crispy Twister
- 1 piece Extra Crispy Chicken Thigh
- 1 individual size Cole Slaw
The total? 1370 calories and 75 grams of fat at 115% of daily values (16 grams saturated fat, 7 grams trans fat). Recommended daily intake of calories is around 2000. For every meal I eat there, I’d have to eat little else for the rest of the day. Ah, might as well have another chicken thigh for 370 calories. 
PS If you really want to complain about artery clogging food, take a look at this deep fried pizza that can only be found in New York City!
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