KFC goes to low-lin oil
Good news for fried chicken lovers scared away by reports of high transfat levels in some of KFC’s products. Also good news for soybean growers and some of the involved agricultural companies.
From the press release:
According to QUALISOY, a soybean industry initiative helping market healthier, more functional soybean products to the food industry, Yum Brands Inc. represents the second major U.S. brand to switch to low-linolenic soybean oil. Yum Brands Inc. announced today that the company’s 5,500 KFC restaurants across the United States will switch from partially hydrogenated vegetable oil to low-linolenic soybean oil. KFC will use a QUALISOY-approved variety of this enhanced oil.
KFC joins Kellogg’s, which announced earlier they will use a variety of low-lin oil processed from Monsanto’s Vistive low-linolenic soybeans, as well as Bunge/Pioneer’s Treus low-linolenic soybean oil.
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