>Daniel A. Twogood, D.C. wrote:
> As a side note, KFC has one of the highest doses of MSG around in their
>breading. They use it on their roasted chicken also.

Another note to consider:  from Jane Zukin's book "Dairy-Free Cookbook"
published 1991, by Prima Publishing, Rocklin, CA, ISBN: 1-55958-088-7.  In
preparation for writing her book, Ms. Zukin contacted a wide range of Fast
Food Restaurants to find out the dairy content of the food served at their
chains. (NOTE: some of the information in this book is extremely out-dated.
For example, Ms. Zukin found Burger King French Fries to be safe & dairy
free.  This is not true any longer--BK Fries do contain dairy & gluten
products.)

When it came to KFC, she found dairy in hidden in LOTS of places!  The
Original Recipe Chicken is dipped in milk and eggs. Kentucky Nuggets,
Chicken Livers and the Chicken Sandwich are all prepared with milk.  The
Extra-Crispy-Chicken batter contains milk.  The mashed potatoes are made
with whey solids.  Biscuits are made with buttermilk and non-dairy free
margarine.  All of the desserts were found to contain milk. The validity of
her statements was also confirmed by a friend of mine who used to manage a
KCF.

It is typical at most restaurants for breaded items to either contain dairy
ingredients in the breading mix, or for the item to be dipped in a milk/egg
wash prior to being dipped in the breading. Bottom line is:  unless your
allergy/avoidance of dairy products is not a big deal in severity to your
health--it isn't safe to eat foods prepared by others.  At Chilli's, for
example, even something as "safe-looking" as the rice (why put dairy in
rice?) is FULL of cheese!  If you order it, you can't see it...it melts
right in, but it is lurking there ready to cause problems--asking questions
rarely helps, the staff means well but they don't know casein is hidden in
everything.