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KFC's Newest Marketing Campaign Left Everyone Scratching Their Heads

<div><p>When you think KFC, you aren't exactly thinking "health food" but KFC UK and Ireland decided to play a little prank on their fans. </p><p>They released an image of their brand new "Clean-Eating Burger" which was complete with a chia-seeded cauliflower bun, unsweetened almond yogurt, ice cube relish, "spiralised" chicken breast and 100% British kale. &nbsp;</p><p>The picture also says that it was made in collaboration with Figgy Poppleton-Rice whose Twitter profile (made this month) says she is a "Clean-eating fanatic, development ched, cauliflower connoisseur. Proud mummy to Julian, the micro-teacup Pomeranian" </p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/kfc-pisses-off-everyone-on-twitter-with-healthy-cauliflower-burger-photos-2.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/kfc-pisses-off-everyone-on-twitter-with-healthy-cauliflower-burger-photos-2_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img></figure></div><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p>A spokesperson for KFC was asked to comment and their reply was "The KFC spokesperson isn't available to comment as they are currently looking into an increased cauliflower demand."</p><p>Pretty clever marketing campaign, they are even responding to some of the comments on Facebook. </p><amp-iframe sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin" layout="responsive" frameborder="0" height="9" width="16" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/comment_embed.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FKFC.uk%2Fvideos%2F10154291646592647%2F%3Fcomment_id%3D10155063295974084%26reply_comment_id%3D10155065815819806&amp;include_parent=true"></amp-iframe><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p>What do you think of the new sassy KFC? </p><p>Share with your friends to see if they knew it was a joke or if they thought it was a real sandwich! </p></div>

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