Trim that fat

The chicken kingpin, Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC), announced Monday that it is to phase out the use of trans fats in most of its products by early next year.  According to USA Today, KFC unveiled plans to switch to a new soybean oil from a partially hydrogenated oil by April and eliminate the artery-clogging trans fats in its fried chicken sold in the USA. (wonder what they use in other parts of the world)  There’s currently 5,500 KFC in USA and 8,600 located outside of USA.  KFC said that they planned to make the same changes world wide.  KFC and other fast-food chains have come under serious criticism in the USA for contributing to obesity and heart disease by their use of trans fats in their recipe.  The fast-food chain, Wendy’s, was the first to announce a switch from trans fats earlier this year.