Quality Food
Since the Colonel started cooking the juiciest, tastiest chicken in his own kitchen over 50 years ago, we’ve built a reputation for outstanding quality and finger lickin’ good taste. Our signature Original Recipe chicken is 100% pure pieces of chicken and trained cooks prepare it fresh throughout the day at each and every restaurant.
We only use the best suppliers who follow strict codes of practice on food safety, quality and animal welfare – plus they are regularly audited by independent experts.
Our chickens all have a unique supplier code, batch number and best before date, to ensure that we can trace every single one at every stage of its journey, from farm to restaurant. And of course, they must meet or exceed all UK and EU legislation.
Every day, millions of people enjoy KFC, so we think you have the right to know about our chicken. That’s why the only thing we keep secret is our recipe.
1. Rearing the chickens
It all starts with quality assured food for the chickens, so we make sure suppliers don’t use nasty things like antibiotic growth promoters. Rearing conditions are also strictly regulated to ensure animal welfare, which is why we only select the very best suppliers and work in partnership with them through long-term contracts. And we NEVER buy from unapproved sources.
Welfare and bio-security audits are carried out by independent experts at every stage of the process, whilst food safety standards are monitored and regulated by ministry vets.
2. Selecting the best
We select only the finest quality chicken and only choose the prime cuts:
- Chicken breast fillets for our Original Recipe fillet, Zinger Fillet and Popcorn Chicken
- Chicken tenderloin fillets for our Mini Fillets and Crispy Strips
- And not surprisingly, wings for our spicy Hot Wings
Add on our secret recipe coating and signature marinades, and you’ve got the irresistible taste our customers love and our competitors just can’t beat.
3. Distribution and preparation
All our products are distributed from supplier to restaurant in temperature controlled vehicles and monitored every step of the way. Once there, everything is done to ensure a perfect result. For example, our KFC Original Recipe products are freshly breaded in-store using our unique blend of 11 herbs and spices – just one reason why it takes up to 8 weeks to train our cooks.
And you can be sure that every product you eat at KFC has been thoroughly cooked to ensure absolute food safety.
4. Enjoy
You might have already guessed, but we pride ourselves on serving great tasting food. Every single one of our products has a clearly defined holding period, after which we throw it away. Salads are freshly prepared on site every day.
Every restaurant is checked out by trained inspectors at least every 12 weeks, and mystery diners evaluate product quality and service in each restaurant every 4 weeks. (They are the only other secret we have, apart from our recipe.)
It means we constantly make sure that every single meal we serve tastes as irresistible as it should be. So enjoy!
