KFC's new Grilled Chicken - anyone try it yet?

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Just quickly checked out the nutritional info. 0 carbs, but a fair amount of sodium, as expected in fast food. The seasoning ingredients contain some wheat based products that aren't quite induction friendly (and also include MSG and partially hydrogenated oils).

Although not optimal, this won't be a staple of my diet, but adds a little variety for when I'm on the road and gives me a little better option than the bunless burgers out there (McD, BK) which contain trans fats.

If you've tried this, I'm curious as to your thoughts...

[msanjelpie]

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I just order the KFC regular chicken and take off the skin stuff... I do however like McDonalds grilled chicken sandwich without the bread... the chicken is not dry. Carl's Jr also has a similar grilled chicken sandwich but it's a bit more spicy.

[sadie147]

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I just order the KFC regular chicken and take off the skin stuff... I do however like McDonalds grilled chicken sandwich without the bread... the chicken is not dry. Carl's Jr also has a similar grilled chicken sandwich but it's a bit more spicy.

Mcdonalds grilled "chicken" ingredients:

Chicken breast filets with rib meat, water, seasoning (salt, sugar, food starch-modified, maltodextrin, spices, dextrose, autolyzed yeast extract, hydrolyzed [corn
gluten, soy, wheat gluten] proteins, garlic powder, paprika, chicken fat, chicken broth, natural flavors (plant and animal source), caramel color, polysorbate 80,
xanthan gum, onion powder, extractives of paprika), modified potato starch, and sodium phosphates.

The ingredients in a mcdonalds beef patty:

100% pure USDA inspected beef; no fillers, no extenders. Prepared with grill seasoning (salt, black pepper).


I think it's a far better choice to have the beef based on the ingredients. I would consider the chicken a frankenfood.

For anyone interested, McDonalds USA has a complete ingredients list on there side for all their foods (even the margarine)

http://nutrition.mcdonalds.com/nutritionexchange/ingredientslist.pdf

Just quickly checked out the nutritional info. 0 carbs, but a fair amount of sodium, as expected in fast food. The seasoning ingredients contain some wheat based products that aren't quite induction friendly (and also include MSG and partially hydrogenated oils).

Although not optimal, this won't be a staple of my diet, but adds a little variety for when I'm on the road and gives me a little better option than the bunless burgers out there (McD, BK) which contain trans fats.

If you've tried this, I'm curious as to your thoughts...

KFC® Grilled Chicken Fresh Chicken Marinated with: Salt, Sodium Phosphate, and Monosodium Glutamate Seasoned with: Maltodextrin, Salt, Bleached Wheat Flour, Partially Hydrogenated Soybean and Cottonseed Oil, Monosodium Glutamate, Spices, Palm Oil, Natural Flavor, Garlic Powder, Soy Sauce (Soybean, Wheat, Salt), Chicken Fat, Chicken Broth, Autolyzed Yeast, Beef Powder, Rendered Beef Fat, Extractives of Turmeric, Dehydrated Carrot, Onion Powder, and Not More Than 2% Each of Calcium Silicate and Silicon Dioxide Added as Anticaking Agents. Contains Wheat and Soy.

This is kfc's chicken ingredients for those interested

Interesting they put rendered beef fat in it

why can't chicken just contain chicken i wonder?

KFC also posts a very comprehensive ingredients list.

http://www.kfc.com/nutrition/pdf/kfc_ingredients_april09.pdf

[Slapshot]

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I think it's a far better choice to have the beef based on the ingredients.

This raises an interesting question: which is "worse" for you, Frankingredients ( ) or transfats. My interpretation of Dr. A's harsh criticism of trans fats (p. 353-355) leads me to believe that if Dr. A was sitting across from me at a table, he'd prefer I eat the "chicken" than the "all beef patty" with anywhere between .5 and 2.5 g of trans fats. While the ingredients in the "chicken" are perhaps slightly less Atkins-friendly, from an overall-health perspective, I'd avoid the transfats at all costs, but that's just me.

[sadie147]

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Well since the patty is 100% ground beef, and has no hydrogenated fats in it, i'd aassume then the fats you are seeing in the sandwich listing are coming from their processed cheese, big mac sauce etc. the buns i noticed have hydrogenated fats in them.

I still say the 100% ground beef is a far better choice than the chicken.

Unfortunately they don't give the nutritional info without the buns and sauces and cheeses.


It's completley up to each person as to what they choose, but I just wanted to point out that the 'chicken breast' isn't just the chicken breast you think it is.

[liv]

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If this site is right
About.com: http://nutrition.mcdonalds.com/nutritionexchange/chooseCustomize.do
There is 7 grams of transfat in the 100% hamburger beef patty. Which is strange but that is what is comes out as.

[BigSmooth]

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The KFC grilled chicken looks real good in the commercials. But I'll just stick with El Pollo Loco if I'm on the road.

[Koober101]

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It says 7 grams saturated fat, and only 1 gram of trans fat.
Not sure where it comes from as 100% beef does not have
trans fats does it ?

That was on the Quarter pounder patty.

Seems the regular hamburger patty has 0

[liv]

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It says 7 grams saturated fat, and only 1 gram of trans fat.
Not sure where it comes from as 100% beef does not have
trans fats does it ?

Yes I tried it again and that what is says - actually said 0 when I tried it. Well that makes more sense. Thanks for pointing that out Koober

[msanjelpie]

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THANKS for those links... and here I thought grilled chicken was just chicken

I love the one that separates out the ingredients with the carbs... I wish all foods would do that...

[trisak]

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I just wanted to say that the baked chicken is very good, and I thought it was a nice change from the same old burgers and side salads that I usually choose at the burger chains in my area. Last week I had the baked dark chicken and green beans. The chicken was flavorful and juicy. I think next time, I will include a side salad. I, unfortunately, do not have the willpower to not eat the skin of KFC's fried chicken and so I haven't been in a long time. I am happy with this addition to their menu.

[shelly808]

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Thanks for the scoops on the new KFC chicken. Shucks I should have checked it out for myself before I at a peice of it!!

I hate MSG...it's just really bad stuff that has proven to be addictive. Its hidden in sooooo many different prepared foods, fast food chains and restaurant chains as well. They get away with it by calling it different names. It's the secret behind "Betcha can't eat just one." And it is toxic! Not everyone has a reaction, but it's toxic never the less.

HIDDEN SOURCES
OF PROCESSED FREE GLUTAMIC ACID (MSG)
NAMES OF INGREDIENTS THAT CONTAIN ENOUGH MSG
TO SERVE AS COMMON MSG-REACTION TRIGGERS

The MSG-reaction is a reaction to free glutamic acid that occurs in food as a consequence of manufacture. MSG-sensitive people do not react to protein (which contains bound glutamic acid) or any of the minute amounts of free glutamic acid that might be found in unadulterated, unfermented, food.

These ALWAYS contain MSG
Glutamate Glutamic acid Gelatin Monosodium glutamate Calcium caseinate Textured protein Monopotassium glutamate Sodium caseinate Yeast nutrient Yeast extract Yeast food Autolyzed yeast Hydrolyzed protein(any protein that is hydrolyzed) Hydrolyzed corn gluten Natrium glutamate
(natrium is Latin/German for sodium)

These OFTEN contain MSG or create MSG during processing
Carrageenan Maltodextrin Malt extract Natural pork flavoring Citric acid Malt flavoring Bouillon and Broth Natural chicken flavoring Soy protein isolate Natural beef flavoring Ultra-pasteurized Soy sauce Stock Barley malt Soy sauce extract Whey protein concentrate Pectin Soy protein Whey protein Protease Soy protein concentrate Whey protein isolate Protease enzymes Anything protein fortifiedFlavors(s) & Flavoring(s) Anything enzyme modified Anything fermented Natural flavor(s) & flavoring(s) Enzymes anything Seasonings
(the word "seasonings")

Check out all the different sources of MSG!
KFC® Grilled Chicken Fresh Chicken Marinated with: Salt, Sodium Phosphate, and Monosodium Glutamate Seasoned with: Maltodextrin, Salt, Bleached Wheat Flour, Partially Hydrogenated Soybean and Cottonseed Oil, Monosodium Glutamate, Spices, Palm Oil, Natural Flavor, Garlic Powder, Soy Sauce (Soybean, Wheat, Salt), Chicken Fat, Chicken Broth, Autolyzed Yeast, Beef Powder, Rendered Beef Fat, Extractives of Turmeric, Dehydrated Carrot, Onion Powder, and Not More Than 2% Each of Calcium Silicate and Silicon Dioxide Added as Anticaking Agents. Contains Wheat and Soy.

So they soak the raw chicken in salt and msg, then they "season" it with some spices some partially hydrogenated fats and 4 different more sources of MSG!!
YIKES

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Well since the patty is 100% ground beef, and has no hydrogenated fats in it, i'd aassume then the fats you are seeing in the sandwich listing are coming from their processed cheese, big mac sauce etc. the buns i noticed have hydrogenated fats in them.

I still say the 100% ground beef is a far better choice than the chicken.

Unfortunately they don't give the nutritional info without the buns and sauces and cheeses.

The McDonald's site does allow you to break down each sandwich ingredient by ingredient. There APPEAR to be no trans fats in the sauces, cheese or bun. It's all in the patty. What's interesting, however, is that the trans fat total doesn't equal the subtotals above (i.e. the patty will say 1.0 and there will be no other ingredients with trans fats in them, but the total will be 1.5 - there's a .5 of trans fats somewhere. Perhaps that's a rounding issue, and there may be, say .3 transfat in the cheese, and they don't have to disclose it with the ingredient, but when it comes to the totals, it shows up. So, I guess you might be right that there might be <.5 transfat in the bun/cheese. That being said, most folks on Atkins should/would definitely skip the bun and probably that processed cheese anyway.)

I absolutely agree that "chicken" isn't really "chicken" at these places. But, knowing what I know about trans fats, I'll skip them when I can in favor of chicken that might have more, but albeit less harmful, ingredients in them. Alas, that's obviously just my preference/personal opinion though!

[imagood1]

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you can almost always be safe ordering a side salad from McDonalds and taking your own dressing or using only half of the ranch packet that comes with it. There is very little I would even consider putting in my mouth at KFC!

[sadie147]

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The McDonald's site does allow you to break down each sandwich ingredient by ingredient. There APPEAR to be no trans fats in the sauces, cheese or bun. It's all in the patty. What's interesting, however, is that the trans fat total doesn't equal the subtotals above (i.e. the patty will say 1.0 and there will be no other ingredients with trans fats in them, but the total will be 1.5 - there's a .5 of trans fats somewhere. Perhaps that's a rounding issue, and there may be, say .3 transfat in the cheese, and they don't have to disclose it with the ingredient, but when it comes to the totals, it shows up. So, I guess you might be right that there might be <.5 transfat in the bun/cheese. That being said, most folks on Atkins should/would definitely skip the bun and probably that processed cheese anyway.)

I absolutely agree that "chicken" isn't really "chicken" at these places. But, knowing what I know about trans fats, I'll skip them when I can in favor of chicken that might have more, but albeit less harmful, ingredients in them. Alas, that's obviously just my preference/personal opinion though!

There's more to transfats than what's jsut listed. The buns do show partionally hydrogenated oils in them, which are trans fats. They must just be below the limit that they don't have to list them.

I was intrigued by this since it's 100% ground beef and googled it. Turns out that trans fats occurr naturally in many meats naturally.... If mcdonalds were adding the dangerous hydrogenated oils to their beef i'm sure they would have to list it (and they seem to be good at listing everything).

So it appears if you're eating meats and dairy, you're probably getting the transfats, just not he manmade bad ones.

If you want to avoid the dangerous transfats you should be lookin for 'hydrogenated' oils on labels as well as the nutrional info.

Trans Fats: The Health Burden (PRB 05-21E)Naturally occurring trans fats can be found in some animal products such as dairy products and beef fat, since the trans isomer is produced by bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract of cattle and other ruminants. These naturally occurring trans fats may account for as much as 21% of the food sources for American adults, according to the US Food and Drug Administration.
The majority of trans fat in our diet is industrially produced. It is consumed primarily as shortening and margarine, or in foods that are baked or fried using these substances, such as cakes, cookies, bread, potato chips and commercial french fries. Trans fats are produced industrially when hydrogen is added to unsaturated oil (usually vegetable), a process known as hydrogenation. Full hydrogenation would produce exclusively saturated fatty acids that are too waxy and solid to use in food production. Even beef tallow and butter contain some unsaturated fatty acids. Consequently, the process used by the industry does not eliminate all of the double bonds and is called partial hydrogenation. Partially hydrogenated oils give foods a longer shelf life and more stable flavour. Food manufacturers use partial hydrogenation not only to harden oils into shortening and margarine, but also to eliminate some of the fatty acids that tend to oxidize and cause fat to become rancid.

Trans Fats: The Health Burden (PRB 05-21E)