Now baking some 8, 000 to 10, 000 oil- and preservative-free cupcakes each week (a second location has recently been added uptown), quality remains uncompromised by quantity as he sticks firm to his philosophy of same-day baked desserts with the sponge made strictly with real milk, sugar, cream and butter.

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KFC's practice of adding a preservative called magnesium trisilicate to cooking oil and then reusing it for up to ten days.

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