Chick-fil-A has always been thought of as one of the more “higher quality” fast food restaurants, but with their latest announcement regarding their antibiotics policy, it may no longer be the case. The fast-food brand now uses antibiotics on their chicken sometimes, and customers can taste the difference, complaining that their chicken products now “taste like rubber.” Keep reading for more details.
Chick-fil-A Changes Their 'No Antibiotics Ever' Policy
In 2014, Chick-fil-A pledged to stop the use of any antibiotics on their chickens, creating the No Antibiotics Ever (NAE) policy. However, this pledge lasted just 10 years. At the end of March 2024, the fast food chain released the following announcement:
"To maintain supply of the high-quality chicken you expect from us, Chik-fil-A will shift from No Antibiotics Ever (NAE) to No Antibiotics Important to Human Medicine (NAIHM) starting in the Spring of 2024."
"NAE means no antibiotics of any kind were used in raising the animal," the statement continues. "NAIHM restricts the use of those antibiotics that are important to human medicine and commonly used to treat people, and allows use of animal antibiotics only if the animal and those around it were to become sick."
Customers Complain Chik-fil-A Chicken 'Tastes Like Rubber'
One user on TikTok, @KatelynFletcher, felt so strongly about the chicken that she made a whole video about it. "This message is for Chik-fil-A and Chick-fil-A only," she begins the video, sitting in her car eating the Chick-fil-A chicken nuggets.
"Why did you change your chicken? Because this tastes like rubber," she says, taking a bite of a nugget. "Like literally. Not the same crunch I'm upset. That's all."
And other users in her comment section agreed. "OMG I thought that yesterday!" one person commented.
"Not to mention it ALWAYS upsets my tummy," another person added.
"I spit out a piece the other day I thought it was raw it was so chewy and elastic," shared a third.
"Before they changed it, I used to eat it all the time," one user wrote. "Now it makes me so sick!"
"No I agree it's rubber now!" a final customer commented.
