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M$1.25 August 26, 2009 02:27 PM

How can the KFC Double Down be 'low carb' if its chicken is breaded or floured?

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alwaysmand... alwaysmand...
 
 August 26, 2009 03:46 PM
As I can tell from the picture, this sandwich has two breaded fried-chicken breasts (instead of buns), each of which is about 10 carbs, totaling about 20 carbs for the chicken alone:

http://caloriecount.about.com/calories-chicken-breaded-fried-light-meat-i21036

To find out what your daily required carbohydrate intake is, use this calculator:

http://www.healthcalculators.org/calculators/carbohydrate.asp

For example, I am a 26 year old female and my height is 5'8. Therefore, my daily required carbohydrate intake is 267 carbs. In comparison, yes, 20 carbs is very low.


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angieh angieh
 
August 26, 2009 02:33 PM
The main ingredients, chicken, bacon and cheese, have little to no carbs. The breading does not really add that many more, I would guess maybe 10 carbs, which is still less than a regular bun, which would be in the 50-60 range I think. A regular piece of fried chicken with the breading is around 5-8 carbs, and a yummy treat for those on a low-carb lifestyle. Like many other low-carb foods though, this needs to come with a coupon for a triple bypass as it looks like a heart attack waiting to happen.

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psionandy psionandy
 
August 26, 2009 02:34 PM
It really depends on your definition of 'low' which apparently doesn't mean anything at all.

Many Low fat spreads have higher fat contents than alternative 'regular' spreads

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/1947979.stm

I'm sure the same twisted logic also applies to carbs.

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krystyne20 krystyne20
 
August 26, 2009 05:18 PM
It also looks like it would be really messy to try to eat!

http://www.courant.com/media/photo/2009-08/48834321.jpg

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girlieq300... girlieq300...
 
August 26, 2009 07:35 PM
Who cares, it looks delicious! ... However, I would want a knife and a fork.

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krystyne20 krystyne20
 
August 26, 2009 07:44 PM
I agree, it does look quite tasty. I just don't get why they're making into a "sandwich" - why not just have one piece of chicken covered in cheese and bacon?

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cybilfrost cybilfrost
 
August 26, 2009 08:00 PM
The KFC Double Down is low-carb simply because the "bun" is made from chicken. It consists of cheese, sauce and chicken - it is deep-fried, nut no bread and no flour, hence it is low-carb. For now the "sandwich" is available only in Rhode Island and Nebraska.... test-marketing to evaluate it's popularity.

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omicron omicron
 
August 27, 2009 04:31 PM
Because breading or flouring a piece of meat doesn't add a significant carb-count to the food.

Besides, for items like that, they generally use mostly white meat, and white meat is white because it's full of glycogen instead of the myoglobin that makes dark meat dark, and glycogen is a carbohydrate, so most of the carb is actually coming from the chicken meat itself.

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