They’re pretty clucking unhappy.
Chick-fil-A fans are feeling uncharacteristically salty toward the fast food chain after finding out their fave has been tinkering with the waffle fry recipe.
“We recently made a slight adjustment to our Waffle Potato Fries recipe, which offers the same great taste while also making our Waffle Potato Fries stay crispier, longer,” the company recently said in a notice posted to the website.
But there’s an ingredient in that adjusted recipe that’s got some stomachs churning — pea starch.
Chicken cheerleader Daryl-Ann Denner is one loyalist that’s got a bone to pick with the Atlanta-based company.
“I eat Chick-fil-A at least a few times a week, and I would say by the middle of November I caught on to something being different with the fries,” Denner, 34, told Southern Living.
“At first, I just thought I kept getting a bad batch. Then, I blamed it on the location being off, but when I visited another location with my mom, I asked her if she noticed that the fries were grainier than usual,” the founder and CEO of clothing brand Nuuds related to the outlet.
“Whether or not I was getting a meal, I would get fries and a large Diet Coke. Now, I order my entree and don’t get a fry. They are dry, grainy, and have no flavor anymore. My kids won’t even eat them,” she said.
Denner isn’t the only one frustrated by the change, with fans flooding the brand’s social media to air their greasy grievances — and to beg for a return to the old style.
“Hate the new fries!! Please change them back. We want soggy,” one commented on a recent Instagram post.
“Your new fries are terrible. I can’t even eat them anymore and they were my favorite thing. Please go back,” another complained.
“Please bring back the old fries, new ones are sooo gross,” one more chimed in.
On her own Instagram account, Denner posted this week that one of her New Year’s resolutions was to convince the chicken hut to reverse the boneheaded move.
“You know I love you, Chick-fil-A. You can do no wrong, except this,” she said.
The fry fracas comes as the freakishly popular fast fooder was revealed as one of five chains that don’t use real whole eggs in their breakfast dishes.
While working toward serving 100% cage-free eggs, the company admitted its egg products are currently made from eggs, water and other additives.
