"Aldi customers have taken to social media to advise others to avoid buying the chicken breast. While many have pointed out that it was flavorless or even off-tasting, the main complaint has to do with the texture. One Reddit user wrote, "I stopped buying their chicken due to them all being 'woody' lately." When describing chicken breast, the term "woody" refers to an unusually hard, tough, rubbery, coarse, and sometimes stringy texture that is said to be a direct result of the rapid muscle growth that is required to meet the demand for commercial poultry."
"In a Facebook comment, another customer claimed that "The Aldi chicken has been rubbery and has an uncooked texture when it's cooked." Others have used adjectives like tough and stringy to describe the consistency. Some customers surmise that the non-organic, genetically-modified chicken that Aldi uses is the culprit for its subpar flavor and texture. One Facebook user wrote, "It's literally not an Aldi issue. It's an industry wide chicken issue ... Chickens grown too fast and too big ... Odd that it only affects the breast though.""
Kirkwood Split Chicken Breasts at Aldi sell at a very low price but attract frequent customer complaints about texture and flavor. Reported issues include woody, rubbery, tough, stringy, and sometimes off-tasting breasts that can seem uncooked even after proper cooking. Social media posts on Reddit and Facebook document these experiences and describe "woody" texture as a result of rapid muscle growth in commercial poultry. Some customers attribute problems to industry-wide practices such as fast growth and large size or to non-organic, genetically-modified birds. Other Aldi chicken products are recommended by shoppers to avoid the breast issues.
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