A pregnant woman has been left feeling queasy after pulling open a piece of KFC to find it was green inside.

Chanelle Jackson had ordered two Mighty Buckets for One for her family from the Lakeside KFC drive-thru in Scunthorpe.

However, as soon as she began to pull it apart in order to share with her 15-month-old daughter, she discovered something horribly wrong with it.

"As soon as I looked inside, I knew it wasn't right. Luckily I'd not taken a bite of it yet though," Chanelle said.

Chicken that Chanelle Jackson bought and returned to the Lakeside KFC
Chicken that Chanelle Jackson bought and returned to the Lakeside KFC

"I'm not sure why it was that colour, but I knew I didn't want to eat it, especially as I am 30 weeks pregnant. I was going to share it with my 15-month-old daughter as they had run out of popcorn chicken, and I don't know what would have happened if she had eaten it.

"We checked the rest of the chicken, but it was the only piece that had that colour."

She was with her young daughter Lilliarna and partner Craig at the time.

Chanelle quickly returned to the KFC and showed it to the staff. When they saw it, Chanelle says they responded to the stomach-curdling sight of it by saying: "Oh god..."

Chanelle was shocked to see the colour of the chicken
Chanelle was shocked to see the colour of the chicken

She was given a replacement, but found that her appetite had vanished.

"I didn't want to eat much after that, and we left a lot of the chicken," she said.

"We were looking online to try and find out why it could be that colour, and found a lot of worrying things.


Chanelle bought the chicken from the Lakeside KFC on Doncaster Road

However, the fast food chain has said that the colour is a side effect that is sometimes seen, and doesn't present any health risks to customers.

A spokesman for KFC said: "We’ve looked into this and whilst it’s clearly not nice to see, it’s completely harmless and occasionally comes as a result of dealing with fresh chicken. That said, we’re sorry for Chanelle’s experience and immediately offered her a refund when our team members found out.”

The Mighty Bucket that Chanelle ordered includes two pieces of Original Recipe chicken, two mini fillets and a pair of spicy hot wings.

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