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KFC advertising

Controversies

Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.

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  1. 2012

    Complaints about UK “Soul Food” advertisement

    A 2005 advert showing people talking and singing with food in their mouths became the most complained-about advertisement in the Advertising Standards Authority’s fifty-year history. The complaints were not upheld.

  2. 2003

    Health-claim complaints against US television campaign

    A KFC campaign launched by Foote, Cone & Belding was withdrawn after complaints from the National Advertising Division and the Center for Science in the Public Interest concerning advertised health benefits of fried chicken.