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OMG. KFC is ditching the use of palm oil and switching to a canola-sunflower blend.

Ripped shamelessly from the Sydney Morning Herald’s website:

The following March, Yum! told the Herald it had been using palm oil “for many years” and had no intention of converting to a healthier cooking oil, despite a directive by the then assistant health minister, Christopher Pyne, that the fast food industry draw up plans to phase out ingredients such as palm oil and report back in six months.

Yesterday, Yum!’s managing director, Albert Baladi said any delay in changing to a healthier oil was due to difficulty in overcoming a number of problems.

“The most important thing we had to do was ensure continuous supply [of an alternative oil], then that the oil delivered the same taste our customers expected. These are not things you can turn on or off with a switch,” he said.

Along with the switch to a canola-sunflower blend for cooking, KFC has now also made a commitment to reduce the salt content in its food across the board by 10 per cent.

The company will reportedly spend $35 million introducing the menu changes, including a $10 million campaign to market the new grilled chicken products.

Fair enough, I guess, but if the chicken taste any different 3 months from now, I will (as with other KFC lovers across the nation) have an immediate hernia. I want the security of knowing that when I rip into a piece of KFC chicken, that I’m swallowing oily, unhealthy, artery clogging fatty food. :@

Guess that’s just me though, as healthy eating junkies are celebrating at the news, just like they did when Mars Confectionery reduced the size of all of their products (without a corresponding reduction in price) by 11% a few weeks ago, hence the retarded 42.5gm sized packs of M&M’s.