Will that be ice to go? Watchdog has done us all a favour with their research (Picture: Getty Images)

Would you like poo-ice with that?

We’re sorry to inform you all that the BBC’s Watchdog show has found traces of faecal matter in the ice of randomly-selected branches of KFC, Burger King and McDonald’s.

Gross.

The show’s investigators checked for coliforms in the drinking water and ice at three branches of McDonald’s, six samples from Burger King, and seven branches of KFC.


There should be zero levels of the bacteria in drinking water.

But – disgustingly – four of the samples of ice from Burger King and five from KFC were found to have ‘significant’ levels of coliforms.



An expert described the revelation as ‘extremely worrying’.

Seven branches of KFC were found to have coliforms in the ice. (Picture: Getty Images)

Watchdog boffins found coliforms in six samples at Burger King (Picture: Getty Images)

As you can imagine, each of the fast food giants involved were quick to respond to Watchdog’s findings.

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KFC shut down the ice machines in question in order to conduct its own inspection, and said it had ‘reinforced the importance of adhering to our strict procedures to all employees’.

A spokesman said: ‘We are awaiting the results of independent testing of the ice that will confirm they are back up to the standards we expect.’

‘To reassure customers we have also inspected and cleaned the ice machines in all other restaurants across the UK.’

Watchdog found traces of the offending bacteria in three of McDonalds restaurants ice machines (Getty Images)

Similarly, Burger King promised to emphasise standards and training procedures for employees.

And McDonald’s said they would be ‘happy to work with relevant industry bodies on ensuring a standard for ice contamination’.

Watchdog is on BBC One at 8pm on Wednesday, July 19.