So Apparently, KFC's Hot Sauce Packet Lists 'Hot Sauce' as Main Ingredient

So Apparently, KFC’s Hot Sauce Packet Lists ‘Hot Sauce’ as Main Ingredient

September 9, 2012 // 10:31 am // By: Elie Ayrouth

Oh the curious things that make me laugh.

Call this a superfluous ingredient exposé, or a revelation as a result of a slow news day, but has anyone looked closely at the ingredients on a package of KFC hot sauce? Apparently the second ingredient listed is… ‘Hot Sauce.’

The packet photo came by way of text message via my friend Mike, who to give you a brief introduction, doesn’t text…ever. Either something’s wrong, something’s life changing, or someone stole his phone and went on a textroulette rampage. So when this picture came through, and he told me to “look close,” I knew exactly what he was talking about.

Sure, this finding would elicit even more belly laughs if the package didn’t break down what the ‘Hot Sauce’ ingredient actually contained (aged cayenne red peppers, distilled vinegar, salt, water, garlic powder), but still, KFC, y’all put hot sauce in your hot sauce? Does the fact that you didn’t just list the ingredients sans parentheses mean you are using someone else’s pre-made hot sauce mixture lathered into your own?

Sounds like a meme just waiting to happen. Oh damn, let me get it started for you:

Has anyone else spotted weird ingredients in your packaged foods lately?

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Elie is a product of Orange County, CA. In early 2012, his dentist diagnosed him with 8 different cavities, three of which on the same tooth, as a result of his 23-year Sour Patch Kid addiction.

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http://www.facebook.com/vanessa.hill.1238 Vanessa Hill

That’s hilarious. Not that it can match the comedic content of this, but Trader Joe’s recently started carrying canned coconut cream. I got excited (they only have sold light coconut milk til now) but then I looked at the ingredients and they were using xanthan gum to thinken it! That is NOT the definition of coconut cream in my opinion. That’s about as bad as nonfat greek yogurt with gelatin or corn starch etc. Gross.

http://www.facebook.com/cori.colbert1 Cori Colbert

The starch is used to thicken the fruit on the bottom portion of the yogurt. Just the same way you would use it to make a pie filling, topping, or sauce. There are a limited number of companies that use it to thicken the yogurt but the majority of natural/organic companies do not. Also there is nothing wrong with xanthan gum. If they are selling it any organic/natural food stores they are normally not bad. The stores have lists of ingredients they allow in products and they are very limited. Normally something like that would be used to help increase the viscosity to not allow separation. You should also look at the honey kfc gives out. It lists honey on the ingredient list.