Thread by @mrc314

The problem with this KCF bucket meal is NOT the chicken.

The alphabetical list of ingredients of this ONE MEAL is simply astounding. 😖

Apple Cider Vinegar
Baking Soda
Beta Carotene (Color)
Butter (Cream)
Buttermilk
Calcium Stearoyl-2-Lactylate
Calcium Stearoyl-2-Lactylate)
Caramel Color (Contains Up To 20 PPM Sulfites)
Carrots
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Chicken
Chicken Fat
Chopped Cabbage
Citric Acid
Colonel's Secret Original Recipe Seasoning
Contains Less Than 2% Of
Corn Vinegar
Datem
Dextrose
Disodium Guanylate
Disodium Inosinate
Distilled Vinegar
Egg Whites
Enriched Flour Bleached
Enriched Wheat Flour
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Extractives of Paprika
Ferrous Sulfate
Folic Acid)
Food Starch - Modified
Food Starch Modified
Food Starch- Modified
Hydrolyzed Corn Protein
Hydrolyzed Soy Protein
Liquid and Hydrogenated Soybean Oil
Maltodextrin
Mono and Diglycerides
Monosodium Glutamate
Mustard Flour
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Natural Colors
Natural Flavor
Natural Flavors
Niacin
Nonfat Milk
Onion Powder
Onions
Palm Kernel Oil
Palm Oil
Palm and Canola Oils
Paprika
Potato Starch
Potatoes
Reduced Iron
Riboflavin
Salt
Silicon Dioxide
Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate
Sodium Aluminum Phosphate
Sodium Bisulfate
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Sodium Caseinate
Sodium Phosphate
Soybean Oil
Spice
Sugar
Sunflower Lecithin
Thiamin Mononitrate
Thiamine Mononitrate
Tricalcium Phosphate
Triglycerides
Water
Wheat Flour
Wheat Protein Isolate
Whey
Whey Product
Whey Protein Concentrate
Whey Solids
Whole Eggs
Xanthan Gum
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NEW RULE: Only eat things that don't have ingredient lists, or whose list fits in one tweet.

No thanks, Colonel. 😉
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PS Another tell your meal may not be whole food: When the spell checker goes ballistic with the red underlines …

PPS Did you see "Datem" in the biscuits? That is:

diacetyl tartaric acid ester of mono- and diglycerides

an emulsifier primarily used in baking to strengthen the gluten network in dough.

One of these may not be good for you: