These days food chain restaurants have become the most important thing in everyone’s life that dominates the whole world. We have hardly heard of any country or continent that does not have any big food chain franchise or allows such companies to run in their place. KFC is such an epitome of the food chain world. Kentucky Fried Chicken abbreviated as KFC is popular all around the world for its fast-food items and especially fried chicken that the company initially started with. Founded by Colonel Harland Sanders, KFC is now the second-largest food chain restaurant in the world that serves around 150 countries and has about 22,621 franchise locations globally. During the Great Depression, Sanders started selling fried chicken to earn his living in Corbin, Kentucky. With time he thought that it may turn into a possible business and in 1952, he opened the first “Kentucky Fried Chicken” franchise in Utah. KFC is an American-based fast-food chain that has it headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky. KFC is a part of the parent company Yum! Brands that also own Pizza Hut, Wing Street, and Taco Bell. KFC is specifically known in the whole world for its impeccable fried chicken that is crispy outside and juicy inside with delectable flavor. The secret recipe to their fried chicken and crispy chicken burgers is still the talk of the town that keeps their customers coming back to them for more!
What is a Mashed Potato?
Mashed potatoes, often known as mashed potatoes or mashed taters, is a dish made by mashing cooked or boiled potatoes with milk, butter, and seasonings such as salt, pepper, and herbs. To cook it’s pretty simple, and each region has its way of doing it. People from some regions use spices and herbs, while some may also use different veggies in it such as carrot, onions, spring onions, etc and some may like to keep it simple and only top it off with some butter and salt. People usually eat this at breakfast, and also at times as sides to some dishes. Some folks have it for dinner as well. In French, they call it ‘puree’ and they make it by pushing the boiled potatoes through a sieve to make it very creamy and refined, without lumps.
Do KFC use real Potatoes for Mashed
potatoes?
Being one of the famous fast-food chains in the world is not an easy task. Other than the common question about their secret recipe to their delicious fried chicken and crispy burger, people also want to know about another popular dish: Mashed Potatoes. Where one section of the world wants to explore various fast food dishes, the other section is all awake to make people aware of the disadvantages of fast food and point out the health quotient of the food they eat. Under these circumstances came up the question that is KFC mashed potatoes real or not? KFC as told before is the second largest fast-food chain in the world. To keep up with the standard and taste of their food items across the globe they have to own a few shortcuts to last in the long run as a large-scale business company. KFC mashed potatoes are hot and creamy that goes perfectly with their signature gravy. Not only do they taste delicious but they taste fresh and real too. Unfortunately, they use powdered potatoes or instant mashed potatoes instead of real and fresh potatoes in their dish. The freshness or the taste of real potatoes that the consumers get is because of the variety of ingredients, additives, and preservatives that KFC uses in their dish. Although, if we look into the matter logically, KFC using instant mashed potatoes should not be surprising. Because of their constant rush, it would be difficult for them to make mashed potatoes from scratch and to store them.
Conclusion
Hence, now we know that KFC’s mashed potatoes are not real as they are not made from fresh potatoes, instead, they are made from powdered potatoes that have preservatives and different additives. So, we can say that KFC mashed potatoes aren’t real as per se, since they use the instant powdered-based formula. But as the known big restaurant chain in the world that is constantly growing, it is also understood that it is not fortunate of us to expect them to be all-natural. Ans- Fast food itself is not very healthy, also the use of various additives and preservatives to their food leads to making it unhealthy. Having them in a while to give a treat to the taste buds is fine, but consuming them regularly can lead to various diseases or food poisoning. Ans: Most fast-food sellers or fast-food chains use MSG in their food items to add the extra zing and make it more flavourful to our taste buds. KFC too is considered one of them to use MSG along with other additives in their food items. Ans: From some sources, it has been revealed that the signature KFC gravy or dressing is made from the leftover juices and chicken bits that are left in the bottom of the chicken fryer which they termed as ‘Crackling’. For the gravy, they mix the crackling with some water.
