Kentucky Fried Chicken uses several controversial ingredients and production practices. The document outlines that KFC chicken is battered with flour, sugar, salt, black pepper and MSG. However, their meat also comes from chickens that are injected with hormones and antibiotics to grow quickly, often resulting in broken bones. Their production process and ingredients have also faced criticism for their negative health impacts and inhumane treatment of chickens.

1. Kentucky Fried
Chicken
Molly Acevedo
Ma. del Mar Grajeda
Stefany Mayorga
María Andrea Mirón
4CCLL “C”

2. Ingredients
As many fast food restaurants KFC has to provide the best quality products, specially
their food.
KFC is famous because of its big and delicious chicken, bread, desserts and such. But
besides the obvious ingredients this products may contain they are others very
important ingredients we should be aware of.
•Partially hydrogenated soybean oil (contains trans fats)
•High-Fructose Corn Syrup (linked to diabetes)
 KFC chicken batter is basically
•Monosodium Glutamate (MSG) (linked to cancer)
flour, sugar, salt, black pepper and
•Titanium Dioxide (used in sunscreen)
monosodium glutamate (MSG).
•Yellow #5 (chemical coloring)
•Propylene Glycol (used as antifreeze in RVs)
•Red #40 (another chemical coloring)
•Sodium nitrite (linked to pancreatic cancer)
•Sodium Benzoate (chemical preservative)
•Hydrolyzed Corn, Soy and Wheat Protein (may contain hidden
MSG)
•Corn Syrup Solids (more processed sugars)
•Autolyzed Yeast Extract (another hidden source of MSG)

3. Procedure
Kentucky Fried Chicken has an elaborate manufacturing process for all the food,
especially its enigmatic mind chicken…
1. The process begins before the hen laying an egg; chickens are injected whit
hormones and drugs such as “Cefol” a hormone that makes them grow up healthy
and faster.
2. Chickens are carefully fed a diet of corn and soybeans and spices so the meat
has more flavor. The chicken legs and wings brake due to their weight.
3. The chickens are treated and killed in an inhuman way , because are beheaded
or burned alive
4. The meat pieces pass by rigorous quality testing, like measured
and weighed before being distributed to the entire chain of
restaurants they also add some chemicals to the meat does not
spoil as quickly .
5. In the kitchen the meat is seasoned with eleven basic spices
that three of them are unhealthy for human consume.

4. Efects
On the chicken
On us
The birds legs and wings often break by
the lack of nutrients and the speed at
which they are forced to grow. The
treatment of workers also increase
their injuries.
Salts and flavorings can potentially
cause addiction to KFC products.
Because of the highly refined table
salt they use can lead to Alzheimer’s
disease, high blood pressure and
kidney problems. They algo use oils
high in fatty acids, which can cause
heart problems and a high
cholesterol level.

5. Facts
• People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has protested KFC's choice of poultry
suppliers worldwide. The exception is KFC Canada, which signed an agreement pledging to
only use "animal friendly" suppliers. PETA have held thousands of demonstrations,
sometimes in the home towns of KFC executives. KFC President Gregg Dedrick said PETA
mischaracterized KFC as a poultry producer rather than a purchaser of chickens.
• In 2006, Greenpeace accused KFC Europe of sourcing the soya bean for its chicken feed
from Cargill, which had been accused of clearing large swathes of the Amazon rainforest in
order to grow the crop.
• In May 2012, Greenpeace accused KFC of sourcing paper pulp for its food packaging from
Indonesian rainforest wood. Independent forensic tests showed that some packaging
contained more than 50 percent mixed tropical hardwood fiber.
• In December 2012, the chain was criticized in China when it was
discovered that a number of KFC suppliers had been using growth
hormones and an excessive amount of antibiotics on its poultry in ways
that violated Chinese law.

6. Sources
http://www.kfc.com/about/responsibility.asp
http://www.kentuckyfriedcruelty.com/spanish.asp
http://www.organiccommonsense.com/organic/the-toxic-ingredients-in-kfc-foods/
http://chfs.ky.gov/dph/info/phps/food.htm
http://www.islandcrisis.net/unbelievable-facts-about-kfc/
http://www.yumcsr.com/search.asp?q=food+preparation+process
→ Pamela Anderson Exposes KFC's real story:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsYcwdKhIkg