The Future of the Famous Bowl So, recently I wrote about KFC's new Famous Bowls. Not too healthy, obviously.  But then today I read that KFC is considering banning trans fats.  Is the Colonel a flip-flopper on the healthy eating issue?  It appears to me that he was for trans fats before he was against them.  Oh, and if you're unsure of what trans fats are, here's some helpful insight:

New York City health officials say these so-called trans fats are so unhealthy they belong in the same category as food spoiled by rodent droppings.

In fact, on Monday, the Board of Health will hold its first public hearing on a proposal to make New York the first U.S. city to ban restaurants from serving food containing artificial trans fats.

"This is something we'd like to dismiss from our food supply," said Dr. Robert H. Eckel, immediate past president of the American Heart Association.

Here is KFC's own page on its Famous Bowls.  Apparently, it's a Choose Your Carb - there is a also a rice-based version, though it definitely plays second fiddle to the mashed pototato goodness.

Anyway, I looked up the mashed potato-based Famous Bowl's nutrition facts.  Unsuprisingly, 4.5 grams of trans fat.  With the trans fat ban on the horizon, is the Famous Bowl's time coming to a close?  I call on KFC to come clean with the American public on this issue.  Wither the Famous Bowl?
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