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KFC's new meat and meat sandwich--no bun Meat meets meat in KFC's no-bun sandwich Updated 10h 50m ago | Comments 326 | Recommend 21 E-mail | Save | Print | Reprints & Permissions | The KFC Double Down has meat and cheese, no bread. By Bruce Horovitz, USA TODAY KFC is putting its chicken where its buns were. Today, the nation's largest chicken fast-food chain announced plans to nationally roll out a breadless chicken sandwich that uses two boneless chicken fillets as the bun — then squeezes two pieces of bacon, two slices of cheese and some sauce in between. Drooling yet? You'll have to wait a few days. The $5 sandwich, dubbed the Double Down, will be available at all KFCs on April 12. The sandwich, which comes complete with 1,380 milligrams of salt (about 60% of what the federal government recommends for an entire day's consumption) and 10 grams of saturated fat (about 50% of a day's supply), would seem to be a slap in the face to nutritionists — and nutrition advocates such as Michelle Obama— calling for more restraint from the nation's foodmakers. "It's a salt bomb," says Kelly Brownell, director at Yale's Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity. "That's a better part of a day's sodium in one meal." The sandwich is not, however, a calorie bomb. The Original Recipe version is 540 calories — about the same as a Big Mac. "You can do worse than 540 calories," Brownell concedes. For KFC, it's all about driving buzz and traffic among its heaviest users — guys ages 18 to 24, says Javier Benito, executive vice president of marketing and food innovation at KFC. In consumer studies, he says, young men said they were still hungry after eating chicken sandwiches served on conventional buns. "They told us they were looking for something meatier," he says. The sandwich was tested last year in Providence and Omaha. "We had people driving across state lines to try the product," Benito says. Despite the high salt content of this product, Benito says KFC is committed to lowering salt in its product line overall and is testing a lower-sodium version of its Original Recipe chicken. The Double Down is a limited time offer that will be available for only six weeks. What to do with all the buns that won't be used in its Double Down chicken sandwiches? KFC plans to donate them to food banks. It will be donating "thousands" of buns to food banks nationally in the next six weeks, he says. But holding the chicken. | |
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Wow...speechless I'm in the mood for love...simply because your near me. | |
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Looks disgusting. | |
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Timmy84 said: Looks disgusting. | |
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I can hear the arteries clogging already and I am a carnivore . Jeux Sans Frontiers | |
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Moderator | Vendetta1 said: Timmy84 said: Looks disgusting. co - Ohh purple joy oh purple bliss oh purple rapture! REAL MUSIC by REAL MUSICIANS - Prince "I kind of wish there was a reason for Prince to make the site crash more" ~~ Ben |
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What to do with all the buns that won't be used in its Double Down chicken sandwiches?
KFC plans to donate them to food banks. It will be donating "thousands" of buns to food banks nationally in the next six weeks, he says. who is gonna want to eat a bun with no meat? "look honey, here's an unwanted bun." | |
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Moderator | Fury said: What to do with all the buns that won't be used in its Double Down chicken sandwiches?
KFC plans to donate them to food banks. It will be donating "thousands" of buns to food banks nationally in the next six weeks, he says. who is gonna want to eat a bun with no meat? "look honey, here's an unwanted bun." A burger without it's bun is like ..... a naked burger Ohh purple joy oh purple bliss oh purple rapture! REAL MUSIC by REAL MUSICIANS - Prince "I kind of wish there was a reason for Prince to make the site crash more" ~~ Ben |
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bboy87 said: | |
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Why is it so disgusting?
It's not uncommon to mix meats with meats and cheese. It's kinda like Chicken cordon bleu's trashier cousin. | |
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THAT. LOOKS. DELICIOUS. I do nothing professionally. I only do things for fun. johnart: Acrylic's old bras is where tits of all sizes go to frolic after they die. Tit Heaven. | |
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johnart said: Why is it so disgusting?
It's not uncommon to mix meats with meats and cheese. It's kinda like Chicken cordon bleu's trashier cousin. Looks like KFC's attempt to make a chicken burger. | |
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johnart said: Why is it so disgusting?
It's not uncommon to mix meats with meats and cheese. It's kinda like Chicken cordon bleu's trashier cousin. and its always delicious!!!! "We may deify or demonize them but not ignore them. And we call them genius, because they are the people who change the world." | |
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johnart said: Why is it so disgusting?
I'm mainly thinking about the salt content. My blood pressure is rising just looking at it. It's not uncommon to mix meats with meats and cheese. It's kinda like Chicken cordon bleu's trashier cousin. | |
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johnart said: Why is it so disgusting?
It's not uncommon to mix meats with meats and cheese. It's kinda like Chicken cordon bleu's trashier cousin. It's the cousin who wore the daisy dukes that said "juicy" on the back to the senior prom "We may deify or demonize them but not ignore them. And we call them genius, because they are the people who change the world." | |
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bboy87 said: johnart said: Why is it so disgusting?
It's not uncommon to mix meats with meats and cheese. It's kinda like Chicken cordon bleu's trashier cousin. It's the cousin who wore the daisy dukes that said "juicy" on the back to the senior prom Haaaaay. | |
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The sauce on that thing is actually called "The Colonel's Sauce."
That's a little too intimate if you ask me. a psychotic is someone who just figured out what's going on | |
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Moderator | Stax said: The sauce on that thing is actually called "The Colonel's Sauce."
That's a little too intimate if you ask me. All those spices/sauces are allegedly secret Ohh purple joy oh purple bliss oh purple rapture! REAL MUSIC by REAL MUSICIANS - Prince "I kind of wish there was a reason for Prince to make the site crash more" ~~ Ben |
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mmmmm, may i have some chicken with my sodium? Live life as though each moment is as precious & beautiful as a rainbow after a spring rain. b positive, creative, kind, productive, resourceful & respectful of humankind, & feel free 2 know that U-R-A . i can feel it when u shine on me | |
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Ew. This sounds like someone overshot the mark on their April Fool's pranking. "A Watcher scoffs at gravity!" | |
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I'd eat. I'd order it and then go home and put bread on it. Your lips would make a lollipop too happy. | |
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I think they have a grilled chicken version of this too. Maybe that would have lower sodium? I don't eat at KFC very often, so I doubt I'll have this, but it looks good.
I don't understand why they're worried about the buns they won't use. Why not just not order so many buns? But it's good that they're donating to a food bank. | |
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Ex-Moderator | johnart said: Why is it so disgusting?
It's not uncommon to mix meats with meats and cheese. It's kinda like Chicken cordon bleu's trashier cousin. Because no one's supposed to eat that much meat and fat in one meal! Even when I still ate meat I would have found this disgusting. btw - I really, really hate KFC. There's one across the street from my morning bus stop and I am forever running into discarded chicken bones on the street. BLEH. |
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I stopped eating KFC's after seeing footage of how badly the chickens were treated prior to their death.
Not nice. Fuck the funk - it's time to ditch the worn-out Vegas horns fills, pick up the geee-tar and finally ROCK THE MUTHA-FUCKER!! He hinted at this on Chaos, now it's time to step up and fully DELIVER!!
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Fury said: that thing looks like one of those tricky, monstrous creatures that'll eat your head before you could do anything to it!!! look at it again!! | |
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KFC has rat droppings in the batter, so live with that. All you others say Hell Yea!! | |
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Stax said: The sauce on that thing is actually called "The Colonel's Sauce."
That's a little too intimate if you ask me. | |
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PricelessHo said: Fury said: that thing looks like one of those tricky, monstrous creatures that'll eat your head before you could do anything to it!!! look at it again!! i haven't ate at KFC in years! thank God! | |
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I like KFC on occasion but i'm not
looking for a way to get that heart attack faster. Don't laugh at my funk
This funk is a serious joint | |
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