Fast food's dark side.

AuthorPotenza, Alessandra
PositionJAPAN - Burger King's black burger - Brief article

Has Burger King gone goth? The fast-food chain recently unveiled two black burgers in its restaurants across Japan-the Kuro Pearl (above) and the Kuro Diamond (kuro is "black" in Japanese). To get that burnt-to-a-crisp look, the buns and the cheese are dyed with bamboo charcoal, and the onion-garlic sauce contains squid ink-a dark fluid released into the water by squid to confuse predators. The beef patties aren't dyed but packed with black pepper. Dark-colored food isn't unusual in Asia: Japanese cuisine...

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