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update:Nov 1, 2006
Zero trans-fat oil for fast-food chicken
Fast-food chicken giant KFC has announced it will
convert all of its US restaurants to a new cooking oil that contains zero grams
of trans fat.
All 5,500 US restaurants operated by
KFC, a subsidiary of
Yum! Brands, should be using the new low linolenic soybean oil
by April next year.
The new oil will replace the partially hydrogenated soybean oil in current
use in KFC restaurants.
The conversion, which follows over two years of extensive testing of oil
options to identify the same taste profile, has already begun in many KFC
restaurants and is scheduled to be completed by the end of April 2007
nationwide.
"We are pleased to announce KFC is switching to a zero
trans fat cooking oil for all
of our fried products," said Gregg Dedrick, President of KFC Corporation.
Dedrick said that two years of extensive testing helped identify the new oil as
a suitable alternative.
The announcement by KFC was praised by leading health officials, including
Richard Carmona, the 17th Surgeon General of the United States. "I congratulate
KFC on their decision to switch to a zero trans fat cooking oil," said Dr
Carmona.
“Trans fat has been shown to increase the risk for heart disease. The good
news is that people can reduce their risk for heart disease through food choices
and physical activity."
Editor WorldPoultry
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