Campbell’s Soup Drama: 3D-Printed Chicken or Just IT Rage?
KEY POINTS
- •In November 2025, Campbell’s faced a lawsuit after a former employee leaked audio of VP Martin Bally's controversial comments.
- •Bally referred to Campbell’s chicken as '3D printed' and 'bioengineered' while making racist remarks in the recording.
- •Campbell’s denied using lab-grown or artificial meat, confirming all chicken is USDA-certified from reputable US suppliers.
- •The company placed Bally on leave, emphasizing his IT role is unrelated to food production amid the ongoing investigation.
Campbell’s Soup spent November 2025 on damage control after a lawsuit leaked audio with IT VP Martin Bally referring to their chicken as 'bioengineered' and '3D printed'—phrases more sci-fi horror than soup reality. The VP also threw in a racial slur and called their soup 'for poor people,' instantly turning canned comfort into courtroom discomfort. Campbell’s insists no lab-grown or 3D-printed chicken is in their US-sourced, USDA-certified goodies, putting Bally on leave. Meanwhile, KFC’s been playing with Russian bioprinted chicken nuggets since 2020, proving meat tech is weirdly real. Campbell’s had to clarify: IT doesn’t cook, just geeks out.
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Source: Theverge | Published: 11/25/2025 | Author: Emma Roth
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