The colonel’s chicken will never be the same.
As of August 10, Kentucky Fried Chicken is selling plant-based fried chicken called Lightlife across Canada.
Plant-based finger lickin’ KFC chicken has been available in the United States since late in 2019.
“When we tested plant-based KFC Lightlife last year we sold over a month’s worth of sandwiches in six hours,” KFC chief marketing officer Samantha Redman said in a news release.
“Seeing the extraordinary demand for plant-based KFC, we worked quickly to bring these menu items to our restaurants across Canada.”
As well as in sandwiches, the Lightlife will be in popcorn chicken while supplies last.
In addition to the colonel’s secret 11 herb and spice concoction, the sandwich contains a host of ingredients plus protein from peas, mung beans, canola and coconut oil among others.
Meanwhile, the meat substitute bandwagon is being financed by our pension funds.
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has invested $50 million in a Perfect Day’s $300 million project to produce casein and whey proteins in the lab through micro-fermentation instead of from cows.
Perfect Day began selling lab-made ice cream last year.
The CPP invests $409 billion on behalf of 20 million contributors in Canada.
Ron Walter can be reached at ronjoy@sasktel.net
