McDonald's Chicken versus KFC's Chicken

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McDonald’s Chicken Selects (3)
Calories: 400
Fat: 23g
Carbs: 25g
Protein: 22g
Sodium: 1000mg

KFC Original Thigh and Drumstick
Calories: 460
Fat: 32g
Carbs: 11g
Protein: 33g
Sodium: 1220mg

I’m a fan of going to KFC before a long bike or brick workout and getting a 2 drum/2 thigh meal. I use to like the McDs selects.

What I didn’t realize until I looked was how many carbohydrates are in the McDs chicken product. It constitutes 35% of the grams as opposed to 14% for KFC.

Apparently they either inject or soak the chicken in maltodextrin - but so does KFC. So I’m not sure exactly where all of those carbohydrates are coming from.

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Just a guess: breading. According to the chart the McD ones also have less protein and less fat. I have no idea what “real chicken” of a similar quantity has, but that would be an interesting 3rd set of numbers.

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It’s either breading or juiced up with something. Below is the nutrional info for a 1/2 chicken breast (roasted) from calorieking.com. Zero carbs.

Nutrition Facts   **Calories 142** (Kilojoules 593)       % DV**  Total Fat 3.1 g 5%     Sat. Fat 0.9 g 4%  Cholesterol 73 mg 24%  Sodium 64 mg 3%  Total Carbs. 0 g 0%     Dietary Fiber 0 g 0%     Sugars 0 g    Protein 26.7 g    Calcium 12.9 mg    Potassium 220.2 mg
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Yep. So whatever they add is giving you 20g of fat and 11g carbs, all unknown source.

John

5

Chicken is chicken but ‘’ Popeyes chicken is F**kin awesome"

http://http://i29.tinypic.com/2pyztaw.jpg

Popeyes chicken is the shiznit !

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Well, breasts have even less fat than the dark meat.