It all starts with our
chickens
Our chickens are raised naturally
on a well-balanced diet, without antibiotics, hormones or steroids *
At K&N's Foods, the pursuit of bringing you Purely Different® products begins with the raising of chickens on family farms.
Together with our supplier partners, the welfare of chickens is always kept in mind to ensure they have been cared for properly. They grow up in large airy houses, freely strut around, eat at will and drink clean water.
* Federal regulations prohibit the use of hormones in chicken
We only use
(hand-cut) Halal certified chicken
for its exceptionally high quality
as hand-cut Halal certified chicken is a much higher-grade product, and is also a seal of assurance for more humane treatment of poultry.
in line with our ethos, we want to provide better food choices to more people
as we would like our products to be enjoyed by everyone, regardless of ethnicity and faith.
Our products are made with
Premium Boneless Chicken
Choicest boneless meat, carved from healthy chickens, is the primary ingredient in all our products.
What is mechanically separated meat? >
Mechanically Separated Meat
A paste-like and batter-like poultry product produced by forcing bones with attached edible tissue through a sieve or similar device under high pressure to separate bone from the edible tissue.
‘mechanically separated meat is never used at K&N's
as it is strictly against our ethos. We also don’t believe in adding soy protein or other ingredients with intention to replace chicken meat, in any of our products.
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Select Ingredients
All our products are prepared with fine quality ingredients.
We use the finest breading materials, locally sourced fresh vegetables, real cheddar cheese (without any animal rennet), and a variety of herbs and spices in our proprietary and exotic blends of seasoning to bring you flavourful chicken products that are purely different.
and
Free of
Since we use the finest ingredients and premium boneless chicken, we do not need to add any harmful additives to preserve the quality of our products.
We work very closely with supplier partners of ingredients to ensure they are not only Halal, but quintessentially in compliance with our ethos, so we can provide you premium chicken products with no artificial preservatives, monosodium glutamate (MSG), nitrates, nitrites; and 0g trans fat per serving (as per FDA guideline).
All our products are antibiotic-free.
All our ‘unbreaded’ products are gluten free.
Skinless Sausages & Cold-Cuts
We are strictly against using mechanically deboned chicken meat as an ingredient due to its potentially harmful effects on health.
Opposed to prevalent market practice, even K&N's Deline® branded sausages and cold-cuts are produced with premium boneless chicken without any mechanically separated chicken meat.
SKINLESS
Sausages are usually produced in animal intestine as casing (which acts like a skin), but not at K&N's.
We produce premium skinless sausages and cold-cuts by implementing advanced technology.
Our sausages are prepared using food-grade, cellulose casings which are automatically peeled off before packing, thereby bringing you better tasting ‘skinless’ sausages.
NATURALLY SMOKED
To keep our Deline®, products natural and flavourful, we do not add artificial 'liquid smoke flavour' as an ingredient.
Instead
we naturally smoke all our Deline® products.
Natural smoking of sausages, cold-cuts and meats is as much an art as it is a science. With state-of-the-art equipment and technology, our products are naturally smoked using wood, so our customers enjoy the age-old authentic flavour of natural smoke in our Deline® branded products.
... AND SUSTAINABLE
K&N's® is focused on sustainability of natural resources. The wood for smoking is sourced from trees – grown near the famous Black Forest in Germany – in a sustainable way.
For every tree that is cut-down to produce wood chips certified for smoking food, seven new trees are planted, so tree plantations grow rather than deplete over time.
Individual Quick Freezing Technology
IQF
Technology
For better retention of all essential nutrients and natural taste, at our state-of-the-art processing plant, products are individually quick-frozen using Individual Quick Freezing (IQF) Technology – one of the most advanced freezing technologies in the world.
What is
IQF-Individual Quick Freezing
As the IQF name suggests, each product is individually quick frozen, bringing down product core temperature from 45˚C to –18˚C (113˚F to 0˚F) ‘ultra rapidly’ in less than 30 minutes, while moving through a multi-tiered spiral freezing production line.
Quality Assurance Lab
We have a well-equipped quality assurance lab at our processing plant.
All production processes starting right from ingredient sourcing, are monitored and regulated to ensure K&N's chicken products comply with high and ethical standards for food mandated by our ethos.
Good Manufacturing Practices
In compliance with good manufacturing practices (GMP), products are automatically weighed and bagged, then packed in cartons and shipping cases before being stored in our large frozen warehouses for onward distribution to retail and food service customers focused on offering premium chicken products with unique flavour profiles.
