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KFC: same product but different number of calories

kalyandc
kalyandc Posts: 12 Member
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Today I was trying to find calories in KFC crispy tenders. Surprisingly, different KFC official websites are giving totally different numbers. This makes me wonder are any of these numbers real? Does anyone know, in general, how reliable nutritional labels from the fastfood companies are?

USA 130 calories https://www.kfc.com/menu/chicken/extra-crispy-tenders
Dutch 113 calories https://kfc.nl/our-food/chicken/crispy-strips#nutrition-allergen
German 97 calories https://www.kfc.de/produkte/Product/showDetail/p272-crispys/

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  • harper16
    harper16 Posts: 2,564 Member
    Are they prepared exactly the same in each country?
  • Lietchi
    Lietchi Posts: 7,008 Member
    Portion = 1 tender. But I'm going to guess chickens aren't the same size in every country, so the portions might be different too. And fast-food chains do sometimes have different recipes in different countries.
  • kalyandc
    kalyandc Posts: 12 Member
    harper16 wrote: »
    Are they prepared exactly the same in each country?
    Lietchi wrote: »
    Portion = 1 tender. But I'm going to guess chickens aren't the same size in every country, so the portions might be different too. And fast-food chains do sometimes have different recipes in different countries.

    That's what I thought too. But in general, do you trust these nutrition labels from fast food companies? It looks like a mere 30 calories difference but it amounts to 30%
  • Lietchi
    Lietchi Posts: 7,008 Member
    I don't trust anything that lists calories per piece instead of per weight :wink:
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