All of our chicken comes from Aussie poultry farms and most of our fresh produce - such as our lettuce and tomatoes - is grown right here, as is the flour we use to make our burger buns, tortillas and dinner rolls.
Yes, 100% of our chicken is real and meets independently assured animal welfare and food safety standards, all the way from farm to fingers. You can find out more about this topic on the Our Food - Farming and Welfare section of the site.
Australia has some of the highest food standards globally, so the freshness and quality of our produce is a lot better than what you get in the US — meaning that our fast food tastes better. Take it from Sophia, who used to live in LA but now calls Sydney home.
KFC chicken in Australia is halal-certified by the ANIC, meaning that it is prepared according to Islamic guidelines for slaughter and preparation. However, not all KFC restaurants in Australia are halal-certified, so it's important to do your research and ensure that you are eating at a halal-certified location.
In addition to Koch Foods, Pilgrim's Pride, Tyson, and Case Farms are also reported to be KFC suppliers. Of these companies, only Tyson has a meaningful antibiotics stewardship policy.
At least 97% of our chicken-on-the-bone, fillets and strips are regularly delivered fresh (not frozen) into our restaurants from reputable Aussie chicken suppliers like Inghams, Steggles and Golden Farms.
None of our chicken is processed. We only serve whole pieces of leg, breast, rib, wing, or thigh meat.
From farm to finger, Australia's Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) restaurants, switched in 2012 from imported sustainable palm oil to 100 per cent Australian-grown high oleic canola oil, to cook their legendary 'finger licking' golden fried chicken and chips.
In our KFC Halal restaurants we do not handle any pork ingredients, and all the food and drink items served in these restaurants are approved by the Halal Food Authority. This ensures the very best Halal food standards but does mean that certain menu items and limited time offers may not be available.
“Can list all your suppliers?” Hello! Our 100% pure and Halal meat is all sourced from approved suppliers who adhere to McDonald's stringent food quality and safety standards as well as globally-recognized Halal practices.
While chicken is an obvious Men's Health staple, KFC's reliance on greasy oils and subsequent sky-high calorific content makes Maccy's an unlikely victor. The more varied menu and healthy options, as well as classic, gut-busting fare, make it the ideal spot to play fast and loose with your nutrition plan.
Some of our food does contain MSG but rest assured, it's only present at levels that are safe for the general population as deemed by New Zealand Food Standards. It's a recognised flavour enhancer that also occurs naturally in foods such as meat, fish, milk, vegetables, fruits and cheese.
KFC is an Aussie staple, as is its Original Recipe Burger. While not the healthiest item on the menu, it is certainly the healthiest choice of burgers (and probably the tastiest). With 530 calories in just the burger, it's not a terrible option.
Each and every one of our Chicken McNuggets® is made with USDA-inspected boneless white-meat chicken—cut from the chicken breast, tenderloins and rib meat.
The truth is that our whole chicken pieces are delivered fresh into our restaurants throughout the week and each individual piece is hand-breaded by a trained cook all day, every day. What's more, every piece of chicken is fried within 5 to 10 minutes of being breaded to make sure it's as fresh as possible.
“McDonald and KFC are serving only Halal-certified meat... We have submitted a memorandum to the managements of KFC and McDonald's not to serve Halal products to Hindus,” he said. They have demanded a separate list of Halal and non-Halal items at KFC and McDonald's within a week.
Eating KFC Regularly Makes You fat
The dishes of KFC are mostly deep-fried and are made using tons of oil. So, the regular consumption of KFC can make you gain weight. Therefore, continuous consumption of fast food, chicken, and meat that too with excess oil can lead to heart and fat-related issues.
All of KFC's chicken suppliers have reputable Halaal certification authorities, including SANHA in some instances, supervising and certifying their facilities and products. This has been the case since KFC started in South Africa in 1971, nothing has changed.
Halal food is food which adheres to Islamic law, and is therefore acceptable for Muslims to eat. Halal food laws specify not only what types of foods and beverages are allowed to be eaten, but also how the food is prepared. Therefore, Halal chicken has been processed and prepared according to Islamic law.
Well, TikTok users are proclaiming to have discovered the reason why KFC — specifically, their chippies — are so much more loved by Aussies and it boils down to one powerhouse ingredient: Chicken salt.
KFC swears by high-temperature, industrial-strength pressure fryers for their extra-crispy skin. While you won't be able to deep fry with your at-home pressure cooker, you can still recreate the KFC crunch with a deep fryer, a Dutch oven, or a heavy-bottomed pot.
We use real, fresh chicken. It's always cage-free. And we're always looking for new ways to raise our welfare standards.
The chicken is amazingly moist — thanks to a special device.
Colonel Sanders' secret here is the use of a pressure fryer, something that can be dangerous without the right equipment and methods. The pressure fryer not only lets KFC cook chicken faster and with less oil, but it also locks in moisture.
Diners experienced first hand how the chain's cooks make the famous original recipe chicken fresh in restaurants every day. Chicken lovers were even given the chance to see if they can master the art of hand-breading, handle the heat of the fryers and work at pace to build their own burger.
Description and origin. The Chicken McNugget is a small piece of processed chicken meat that is fried in batter and flash-frozen at a central manufacturing facility, then shipped out and sold at McDonald's restaurants.