L.A. woman bites into Chick-fil-A sandwich. Something about it tells her to look closer: ‘I need answers’

Many consumers consider Chick-fil-A a beloved franchise. The Chick-fil-A nuggets, spicy chicken sandwich, iconic Chick-fil-A sauce and even the Chick-fil-A lemonade are all cited as menu offerings customers return for time and time again.

But one woman posted a video where she claimed something was off with one of Chick-fil-A’s menu items.

Miss.Beeeh (@miss.beeeh), a Los Angeles-based TikTok content creator, said, “ Want y’all to see ’cause I thought I was tripping, but this ain’t chicken no more.”

She then panned her camera across her Chick-fil-A sandwich, which to many of her viewers did not look quite right. Her TikTok post regarding the sandwich has 1.2 million views, with commenters giving her their theories as to why the sandwich seemed more unusual than expected.

What was wrong with the sandwich?

There wasn’t anything obviously wrong with the sandwich, but Miss.Beeeh claimed it did not look like real chicken. She tagged the post #3dprintedchicken.

Viewers said they thought the sandwich looked bioengineered.

“It’s bio engineered chicken you correct? It’s not real chicken,” one viewer said.

Another viewer said, “I used to eat at Chick-fil-A all the time. I’m a very picky eater and it used to be one of the only chicken I would eat. I can’t get it. It changed.”

Then, a third viewer wrote, “They took the chicken outta chick fil a when they dropped the K off the logo.”

@miss.beeeh #chickfila #3dprintedchicken #fyp ♬ original sound – miss.beeeh

Does Chick-fil-A use lab meat?

Multiple viewers thought the same thing after seeing Miss.Beeeh’s video: That Chick-fil-A might be using lab-grown products or bioengineering to make its chicken.

Fortunately, though, there’s little evidence to conclude that the fast-casual chain has started getting its meat from laboratories. Multiple sources, such as KHOU 11 and BEEF Magazine, have debunked claims saying the chain has switched to artificial chicken.

In spring 2024, however, Chick-fil-A did switch from having “No Antibiotics Ever (NAE)” chicken to “No Antibiotics Important to Human Medicine (NAIHM),” according to TheStreet. Some consumers reported that chicken from the restaurant chain was “heavier, harsher, and harder to digest” after the subsequent change.

But Chick-fil-A further states that “Because chicken is at the center of our menu, we serve only real breast meat with no fillers, artificial preservatives, or steroids. Our chicken contains no added hormones (like all chicken in the United States) and is raised with No Antibiotics Important to Human Medicine (NAIHM).”

The Mary Sue reached out to Miss.Beeeh via TikTok direct message and Chick-fil-A via email for comment.

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