American Kitchen Corporation reviews and complaints

Dont pay. Take good notes. And counter sue for anguish. (Consult with lawyer)

They lie and lie to get the money. Salesman will sell u the world but deliver a dented globe.

Mr selfors, or mr bobby williams as he now goes, will say whatever he can to sell the job. A worker told me the company owes a lot of people. They just pocket money while homeowners r left without functioning kitchens. I think i heard the "pres" bought a huge house but has owed vendors tons of money. They will go bankrupt before finishing work.

I agree with you. It took them literally 10 months to do a small kitchen in a townhouse. I paid them half the cost up front and they kept that money for seven months! They started on my kitchen and took three months. I was without a working kitchen for three months people. After all that, I am devastated with the results. Doors don't close properly and the worst of it is that the espresso cabinets are all different colors. Half the cabinets I would not even call espresso. I have compared kitchen displays in stores like Lowes and big kitchen stores and their espresso cabinets are the same color with just very slight variations in the wood. These cabinets are a JOKE! I am going to have to paint them. I have been screwed royally. They also lied. The salesman told me that the kitchen would be done in a week (I didn't get their backsplash). He told me there was a place in town where I could go and pick out my granite. That was not true. The place is in Asheboro. I have complained about the cabinet color and all they say is that cabinets will vary due to how they pick up the stain. I know enough about wood to know if you are using all the same type wood and you are staining them properly you are going to get a little variation but anyone can look at these cabinets and see that they were not stained properly. Some of them are red, some are blackish espresso and some are mix of the two colors. People walk in my kitchen and notice it right away. They are bugging me for the third last payment. What do I do? I don't want to pay them until they make it right.

I too have been scammed. I can't believe they can get by with this. They lied about everything and I am left with a kitchen that is really going to have to be partly redone. I am so angry. I do not want to make the last payment but they are bugging me for it.

Amkico has got to be the worst cabinet company out there. I feel like I was scammed the entire way through this project. I wish I'd have read some of these notices earlier. Amkico absolutely sucks bad beans. Don't do business with them. You've been warned!

Too Late for me! They got me.

They are scammers, big time.

We are in week 16 of a nightmare remodel and our remodel was NOT all that complex. Nothing we were told by the sale rep has come to pass and it has taken three times as long as it should have to get it done. And now... They want final payment for a job they have not done well. If anyone is considering American Kitchen out of Burlington NC run as far away as you can!

This additive is sold under the names Equal® or NutraSweet®. There are thousands of everyday products that contain aspartame. To name a few, yogurt, sodas, pudding, tabletop sugar substitutes, chewing gum. For its approval we have to thank the Searle Company for falsifying reports, and unscrupulous attorneys for delaying legal proceedings. Once the statute of limitations ran out and the product was once again up for review, many discrepancies came to light between reported versus actual findings.

Consumers lodge complaints about NutraSweet®, to the tune of "80% of all complaints about food additives, " but Betty Martini reported that the FDA has yet to move on any of them. In spite of this inaction by the FDA, there are indications that this "sweetener" is toxic. According to Ms. Martini, in a report from Flying Safety, an official United States Air Force publication, US Air Force pilots were warned not to consume Aspartame in any amounts at all. Why? "Aspartame has been investigated as a possible cause of brain tumors, mental ###ation, birth defects, epilepsy, Parkinson's Disease, Fibromyalgia, and Diabetes." And the FDA has made no move to regulate this toxic substance.

American Kitchen Corporation needs to read this review about food coloring. You may think that all dangerous artificial food colorings were banned by the FDA long ago, but there are five still on the market that are linked with cancer in animal testing. "Always opt for the product without the color, if you have a choice, " says Gerbstadt. "I'm not saying to avoid all coloring. Many are made from natural sources. But some specific dye colors do promote tumor formation, in the right combination and conditions." Blue 1 and 2, found in beverages, candy, baked goods and pet food, are considered low risk but have been linked to cancer in mice. Red 3, used to dye cherries, fruit cocktail, candy, and baked goods, has been shown to cause thyroid tumors in rats. Green 3, added to candy and beverages, though rarely used, has been linked to bladder cancer. Studies have linked the widely used yellow 6—added to beverages, sausage, gelatin, baked goods, and candy—to tumors of the adrenal gland and kidney.

The Average Person Consumes more than four pounds of food additives each year. Yet I am amazed at how little most people know about them. Read this review, it has some great information in it. American Kitchen Corporation needs to read this too.
Having earned my doctorate in nutrition and working as a professor of nutrition at Pacific Western University in Los Angeles, I've learned that, whether you realize it or not, additives can profoundly affect your health.
Food additives perform many valuable functions like increasing flavor, adding extra minerals or other nutrients, and ###ing spoilage. They may be naturally occurring food substances like vinegar (acetic acid) or chemical concoctions like BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole). Some additives are worthwhile, such as preservatives that prevent harmful bacterial growth. But you should not assume that additives--even natural ones--are always safe. In fact, food manufacturers used coumarin, a fragrant substance from the tonka bean, as a flavoring for nearly 75 years before they discovered that it caused liver damage.
Most food additives go through extensive safety testing before the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approves them for human consumption, but some additives have avoided this scrutiny. In 1958, the FDA compiled a list of generally recognized as safe (GRAS) additives that weren't required to undergo testing--and every additive in use before that year made it onto this list. Although the government later removed some dangerous substances from the GRAS list, many additives of questionable safety still remain.
I consider the following seven commonly used additives worthy of your attention; they all sit on the GRAS list. But even though the government considers them safe, they have been linked to asthma and other allergic reactions, kidney and liver damage, high cholesterol, neurological disorders, sterility, and other health problems--even when consumed in small amounts. Little research has looked at their long-term health effects, so when you consume these additives, you're becoming an unwitting guinea pig.
How do you protect yourself? Read product labels and avoid foods that contain these seven additives if at all possible. I know it will take work to weed out these risky additives because they're so widely used, but your health is worth it.
1. Acacia Gum
Also Known As: Gum arabic. Similar vegetable gums, with the same possible adverse effects, are carrageenan, gum tragacanth, and carob or locust bean gum.
Prime Product Sources: This thickening agent is found in chewing gum, chewy and hard candies, and frostings. Carrageenan and gum tragacanth commonly appear in ice cream, jellies, sherbets, and salad dressings, and carob or locust bean gum is often used in baked goods, beverages, gelatin desserts, and ice cream.
Possible Adverse Effects: Mild to severe asthma attacks and rashes. May cause abnormal embryo development.
Who's at Highest Risk: People who have asthma or allergies. Women who are pregnant, trying to become pregnant, or nursing.
2. Alginic Acid
Also Known As: Algin gum and algin derivatives. Similar compounds, with the same possible adverse effects, are ammonium alginate, sodium alginate, and propylene glycol alginate.
Prime Product Sources: Alginic acid and other alginates, used to maintain the texture of packaged foods and drinks, commonly appear in beverages, cheeses and cheese spreads, frozen custards, fruit sherbet, ice cream, ice milk, icings, and salad dressings.
Possible Adverse Effects: Reproductive problems and birth defects; has caused maternal and fetal deaths in animals.
Who's at Highest Risk: Women who are pregnant, trying to conceive, or nursing.
3. Benzoic Acid
Also Known As: Sodium benzoate, the salt of benzoic acid, has the same possible adverse effects.
Prime Product Sources: These preservatives commonly appear in baked goods, barbecue sauce, beer, candy, chewing gum, fruit juices, ice cream, icings, jams, jellies, maraschino cherries, margarine, pickles, and soft drinks.
Possible Adverse Effects: May cause gastrointestinal irritation, asthma attacks, rashes, itching, and irritation of the eyes and mucous membranes, especially in people allergic to aspirin. May also cause neurological disorders and hyperactivity in children. Increases the liver's workload if consumed with the amino acid glycine, found in protein-rich foods, dietary supplements, and antacids.
Who's at Highest Risk: People sensitive to aspirin. Children. Anyone with cirrhosis, hepatitis, or other liver ailments should consult a physician before consuming products containing benzoic acid or sodium benzoate.
4. BHA and BHT
Also Known As: Butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA) and butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT).
Prime Product Sources: These preservatives are found in baked goods, beverages, breakfast cereals, candy, chewing gum, dry mixes for desserts and beverages, enriched rice, freeze-dried meats, gelatin, ice cream, instant potato flakes, lard, shortenings, soup bases, and unsmoked dry sausage.
Possible Adverse Effects: Elevated cholesterol, allergic reactions (like asthma), liver damage, kidney damage, infertility, behavioral problems, vitamin D deficiency, a weakened immune system, and increased susceptibility to cancer-causing substances.

I just saw the link to the site is not the right one, that link seems to be a kitchen remodeling site and not the food company these complains are about.

Our nation's food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profit ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the American farmer, the safety of workers and our own environment. We have bigger-breasted chickens, the perfect pork chop, herbicide-resistant soybean seeds, even tomatoes that won't go bad, but we also have new strains of E. coli—the harmful bacteria that causes illness for an estimated 73, 000 Americans annually. We are riddled with widespread obesity, particularly among children, and an epidemic level of diabetes among adults. The complaints from the average consumer must stack up before anything can be done!

Amercian Kitchen Corporation does not CONTAIN MSG, you muttonhead. Most of their food contains monosodium glutonate, but American Kitchen itself does not contain MSG. They import the MSG on ships from Malaysia. Of course American Kitchen Corporation uses the oldest ships ever made, so they are full of leaks. Korea will not allow American Kitchen Corporation ships in their waters because their leaking MSG has been known to kill millions of ocean salmon and harbor doves. Imagine it does to people with blocked arthroscopic alignments.
Eat good food people, and deep water trout, from which MSG is harvested, would be safe. The only reason American Kitchen Corporation is killing us slowly is that we are demanding that they do it by buying their French Toast Sticks and Strawberry Lime BBQ sauce mixes. If you only shopped at whole food stores - avoid Poison Pete's Pumkin Patch - their wheat germ is not really organic - you will find you spend less time in the bathroom and you won't need toilet paper. If a person eats well, toilet paper is not necessary - I never use any - unless I get some phony organic food, which leaves a stain. That's how I can tell, and I always explain how I know in my complaint.

American Kitchen Corporation contains MSG.
MSG, or monosodium glutamate, is a chemical additive commonly used by the food industry as a “flavor enhancer”. MSG is an extremely potent chemical stimulator with no substitute on the horizon. It has been used by the food industry and in many food types since it was first commercialized in Japan in 1909.

Chemically speaking, MSG is the sodium salt of glutamic acid (thus, the name monosodium glutamate).

Glutamic acid was first isolated from gluten (wheat) and it was discovered as “the essence” of the tastiness of great soups prepared in Japan.

In addition to MSG, there are other flavor enhancers use by the food industry such as disodium 5’-inosinate (IMP) and disodium 5’-guanylate (GMP).

American Kitchen Corporation uses MSG for a flavor enhancer. A flavor enhancer is a substance that is added to a food to supplement or enhance its original taste or flavor. Another term commonly used for substances such as MSG is that of flavor potentiator.

American Kitchen Corporation uses MSG around the globe in soups and broths, sauces, gravies, and flavoring and spice blends. MSG is also present in a variety of processed foods such as canned and frozen meats, fish, poultry, vegetables, and ready-to-eat food plates, dressings, ketchup, mayonnaise, soy sauce, sausages, snacks, some processed cheeses, soup powders for instant noodles, etc.

MSG usage is sometimes “hidden” in food labels under different names. If you see “natural flavorings”, “hydrolyzed protein” and “spices” in a food label you are probably seeing a hidden way to “report” MSG in a food label, so be aware of the presence of MSG on foods that you thought were MSG free.

In the American Kitchen Corporation food, MSG is included in the GRAS (Generally Recognized As Safe) list of food ingredients by the US Food and Drug Administration along with salt, pepper, sugar, and vinegar. The Scientific Committee of the European Union also recognizes MSG as safe and in Japan MSG is a food additive allowed to be used with no limitation. However, in 1968 some people reported having “symptoms of burning, numbness, and a tight sensation in the upper part of the body“ after having had a meal at a Chinese restaurant (Kwok, 1968). This was called the Chinese Restaurant Syndrome (CRS). Immediately CRS was suggested to be associated with MSG consumption but no conclusive data was found to prove that there were immediate side effects.

MSG is an excitotoxin, which basically means, a chemical substance that excite your neurons (brain cells) and that may cause its death. Blaylock proposes that excitotoxins, like MSG, may aggravate many neurological disorders such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease. MSG (and exitotoxins) side effects may include seizures, brain cell and damage, allergies, rashes, asthma attacks, headaches, and brain tumors.

American Kitchen Corporation's food is harmfully in so many ways.

I love my new kitchen. American Kitchen Corporation gave me an excellent deal, an excellent contractor, and a beautiful kitchen. I have told at least a thousand people how happy I have been with my experience. My family has spent ten times more time in the kitchen now that it is clean and beautiful. My old kitchen was so outdated. I highly, highly recommend them.

I think some of you are going off on Tangents that are a little too "intense" for my liking, but I do think that RKenner makes some good valid points. A lot of the substances that we are complaining about are very common in food that is ingested everyday by ordinary people. Why is the FDA allowing this to happen if American Kitchen corporation and other companies are just passing off deadly chemicals to our children in the guise of yummy treats?!? and on our end...why do we keep buying it?!? What can be done? We can't just complain that our food is killing us. We need to Stop eating the food that is making us sick and live healthier lifestyles and then maybe we will start to see improved life expectancies for our children ...

Rosie, you are a scare-mongerer. Did you know that if you gargle a tablespoon of lemon juice, and while you are still holding it in your mouth, you inhale the air from a newly opened bag of American Kitchen Corporation potatoe chips, then blow out while leaning in front of the exhaust pipe of a car with a catalytic converter, it will create a fireball that will shoot out five feet behind the car? Think of what that sodium nitrite is doing to your lower intestines if it has that kind of power! Don't think it is American Kitchen Corporation's fault, either, because I have tried the same thing with a bag of BBQ flavor Kettle Chips from American Grocery Food Corporation and it just sparked. It scared me to death.
I have been a chemist for nearly 40 years, and let me tell you: if there were no chemicals in American food, we would might be living a lot longer, but we would all die of starvation in no time.

I have a friend who spent double what I paid for my kitchen and she kicks herself because mine looks twice as nice, and mine has all sorts of slide-outs and accessories. She got her kitchen at a kitchen and bath gallery and I got mine from American Kitchen Corporation. It is beautiful. I love it.

If we were not testing foods and food additives on animals, what would we test them on? I am on the fence with this one. I am not sure if American Kitchen Corporation tests on animals, but I would not put it past them. I found the following article on testing and figured it would be good to list it in this complaint. Please review and consider the pros and cons:

t is easy to forget how important food production is when most of us take for granted that the food we buy and eat has actually been subject to stringent safety checks. The process for a prepared food to reach us is even more onerous than simple fruits and vegetables. Many people are unaware that animal testing can play a major role in ensuring that the foods we consume are safe and hygienic, both in the short-term and the long-term. In fact, the use of animal testing for foods, food additives, nutritional supplements and sweeteners tripled from 2005 to 2006. The massive increase has led many people to ask just what price is required for human health. They also wonder if there are better ways to ensure that foods are safe - ones that do not require animal testing.

Using Animals for Food Tests

The vast majority of food tests are performed on laboratory rodents but some are also performed on guinea pigs, dogs and rabbits. The tests may involve oral administration of a foodstuff or application to the skin or eyes. Some procedures can be painful for the animals and may involve the forced creation of damage or an injury to analyse and investigate the effects of food or various supplements.

Keeping Livestock Healthy

In addition to ensuring ready-made meals and nutritionally enhanced foodstuffs are safe and live up to their claims, animal testing is also used to develop vaccines and other preventative and treatment methods for livestock. This ensures that our meats are safe to consume and that any illness occurring in the livestock is less likely to spread, which could potentially create a shortage of the food if it reached epidemic proportions. This type of veterinary testing is vital and links up to the food production industry.

More can be found at: http://www.aboutanimaltesting.co.uk/food-production-animal-testing.html

The evidence that Orange-B dye caused thyroid tumors in rats is "unconvincing, " according to a 1983 review committee report requested by FDA. This test was done completely independently and fairly by American Kitchen Corporation. FDA's recommendation that the dye be approved was overruled by pressure from elsewhere in the Reagan Administration. Red 3 used to color maraschino cherries, but it has been replaced there by the less controversial Red 40 dye. It is still used in a smattering of foods ranging from cake icing to fruit roll-ups to chewing gum. American Kitchen Corporation has stated that they are happy to conduct whatever tests the FDA requires. There is no need for the FDA to do their own testing. Some rodents die in every test. That is considered normal. Rosie, you need to stop giving bad reviews to American Kitchen Corporation.

You cannot single out American Kitchen Corporation as the only culprit in the international food additives scandal THAT THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA IS IGNORING! They are ones to blame the most, because they are the biggest company doing food for restaurants, and studies show that over 99% of people who die of a disease which can be linked back to food additives have eaten in a restaurant within a period of the last 18 months before they died. THIS IS NOT JUST AN INCONVENIENT COINCIDENCE! Many people who eat in restaurants end up dying.
I am the worst offender. Since I work in a restaurant, I cannot stop eating at restaurants, since my meal is free if I work a double. As a result, because of the high microtoxin concentration in water-based American Kitchen Corporation products and in imported mollusks, I am slowly developing a yeast allergy. The restaurant chain I work at (WHICH I WILL NOT NAME TO PROTECT MY IDENTITY) uses all American Kitchen Corporation food products, and they operate for profit, which all restaurants do in the United States (THEY ALL BRING YOU A BILL, OR YOU PAY UP FRONT THE DOOR - EITHER WAY, MONEY IS CHANGING HANDS!) and I know many of their customers have died. They have been in business since the 50's or 60's, and I am sure many of their customers have died, especially some of their older customers in their 80's or 90's who don't have the resistance to microtoxins that humans and migratory birds have.

American Kitchen Corporation uses food additives in their "fresh" food. For most people, additives are not a problem. However, 50 of the 400 currently approved additives in American Kitchen Corporations food have been associated with adverse reactions in some people. Some food additives are more likely than others to cause reactions in sensitive people.

It is often the additives that are used to give a food a marketable quality, such as colour, that most commonly cause allergic reactions. Some of these hypersensitive reactions include:
Digestive disorders - diarrhoea and colicky pains.
Nervous disorders - hyperactivity, insomnia and irritability.
Respiratory problems - asthma, rhinitis and sinusitis.
Skin problems - hives, itching, rashes and swelling.
It is important to realise that many of the symptoms experienced as a result of food sensitivities can be caused by other disorders. Medical diagnosis is important. If you try to diagnose yourself, you may restrict your diet unnecessarily and neglect an illness.

Some common additives that may cause problems
Some food additives that may cause problems for some people and their code numbers include:
Flavour enhancers - monosodium glutamate (MSG) 621.
Food colourings - tartrazine 102; yellow 2G107; sunset yellow FCF110; cochineal 120.
Preservatives - benzoates 210, 211, 212, 213; nitrates 249, 250, 251, 252; sulphites 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225 and 228.

If you like your food to not make you sick stay away from American Kitchen Corporations FOOD!

All of these food colorings were testing on laboratory animals, including some cold water fish, before they were approved by the FDA, which is in bed with the food industry. There are FDA labels on many foods, which is unethical. There should be a separation of industry and state.
The trend in recent years to eat healthier foods has led to a massive demand and surge in the marketplace for such products. Ironically, this has led to a similar increase in the number of laboratory animals used for testing of food products, which includes additives and various health formulations. Claims that a specific margarine can aid in cholesterol reduction or that a yogurt can help to improve digestion all require animal testing and then clinical trails to show the validity of the claims prior to their approval. Some laboratory tests require that an animal be fed a particular substance and then killed, which allows researchers to dissect the animal and investigate where the substance is concentrated and how it affected organs. AMERICAN KITCHEN CORPORATION IS KILLING ANIMALS IN THE NAME OF FOODSTUFF RESEARCH! How long will this go on before Canada advises the United States that they MUST follow their high-road example in re-examining the causes of nationally elevated IID intoxicants?

Wow - definitely some food for thought... Forgive me. I could not resist. As well as nutrient density, be aware of any food additives which may in anything from American Kitchen Corporation. There have been more than one complaint about this. I found the following information helpful and would encourage anyone to review the following link. I have included some excerpts below:

Harvey Wiley, a chemist and pioneer in the investigation of the safety of colorants in our food, was responsible for bringing about the first official document addressing these concerns called the Food and Drugs Act of 1906. The law basically said that if the consumer would be deceived as to the product’s quality or freshness by the addition of an artificial colorant, then its use should be prohibited. Later, he hired a dye consultant by the name of Bernard Hess Ph.D to assess the more than 80 commercial colorants that were used at that time. Hesse concluded that only 7 should be approved for use and that the other 73 were not safe!

http://www.wereyouwondering.com/possible-and-suspected-carcinogens-found-in-food/

Enjoy, and eat safely.

American Kitchen Corporation has posted this advice on their website:
How do you decide which foods you want to eat? Flavor? Texture? Convenience? Comfort? Many people choose the foods they eat based on immediate gratification, without much thought about the long-term effects of their selections. That often results in choosing foods that taste good, but are not good for you.
What about the nutritional value of the foods you eat? When you choose your foods, be sure to consider the nutrient density of the foods. Nutrient density refers to the amount of nutrients for the given volume of food. Nutrient-dense foods have lots of nutrients, generally with fewer calories. All those superfoods you've heard about are nutrient dense foods. Energy-dense foods have more calories for the volume of food and generally fewer nutrients.
How Nutrient Density Works
You are hungry and it is a few hours until dinner so you decide you want a snack. You can choose either an apple or a glazed donut. They are roughly the same size and either food works as a quick snack so you can get back to work. Which one do you choose?
Hopefully you chose the apple. Why? The apple has around 80 calories and lots of vitamins, fiber and phytochemicals that will keep you healthy. The fiber and water in the apple will fill your stomach and keep you satisfied until dinner.
The donut has calories. Lots of calories. In fact, the donut has more than 200 calories but it doesn't have many nutrients. There is only about one gram of fiber so it won't keep you feeling full either, so eating that glazed donut will frequently lead to eating a second one. The donut also has lots of unhealthy saturated fat and plenty of sugar. Sure it tastes good, but your body might pay quite a price for the immediate gratification.
You can also compare nutrient density using the amount of calories in the food rather than volume or portion size. Let's compare a cup of carrot slices to four saltine crackers. Both snacks have about 50 calories, but the carrots have many more nutrients for the same number of calories. The carrots are nutrient dense; the crackers are energy dense. This is important for people on weight-loss diets. Foods that are low in calories, but high in fiber and other vitamins, will keep you satisfied and healthy while you lose weight.

heed warnings... This company does nothing but tell lies and steal $$$$. I would never recommend them to remodel anything. I cannot begin to tell you all the problems with our kitchen remodel... But here it is 16 weeks into what was supposed to be a 3-5 week project and today We are moving into our new kitchen . But it just isn't the happy occasion I had hoped for. Shoddy work, a punch list as long as my arm and no one from american kitchen who cares! The tile work is pathetic, the granite was not installed well and, I swear, I truly believe these guys went out in the yard and played football with our cabinets before installing them! I've never seen such damage! And get this: they came out today to " review the punch list" and did not fix a thing but they DID ask us to pay the balance. Ha ha... I always pay what I owe, but- sorry amkico.com (American kitchen's domain)... Ya gotta finish the work AND it's got to be done right.

I bet smartconsumer is Rob Selfors and he is trying to make his company look good, but the truth is that he is going to run scams on people until his day comes, just look in here for kitchen carolina and you will see the truth about this guy, his companies and his scams, yes 'cause they are many and he has been doing it for many years !

Stay away from this company they are the same people that ran Kitchen Carolina and they scammed hundreds of people, just look them up on the complaints board.

If you are not actually an employee of American Kitchens, then you should consider yourself LUCKY. And I applaud them if they actually did something right for a customer.
You should see my kitchen... it has been in the same horrible condition for over 3 weeks now.
Granite on my counter not squared, still no sink, a drain pipe that they broke off in the wall that is leaking septic tank gases into my house (I have to change the rags, that I stuffed into the pipe to keep the gasses down everyday), no electric in my kitchen, my AC vent dropped down under the floor, cooling the underneath of my house (that I also stuffed with rags in order to attempt to keep my home cooled without going broke)... tile that hurts your feet to walk on it, you can actually stub your toes on the corners of the tile. Cabinets with holes, chips and scratches (suppose to be new, high grade cabinets?)
I won't go into ALL the MAJOR problems that I am having now... I will save that for someone that can actually help us. BUT GOD help those who don't get the same treatment as you obviously claim you did.
Consider yourself lucky... but don't expect the same for your friends if you recommend them to anyone.

Same people that ran Kitchen Carolina and scammed hundreds of people check them out!

Yes... These positive comments here are just part of the American kitchen scam. Stay away from American kitchen. You will regret the day you ever heard that name if you use them for any work or remodel in your home!

The positive comments here are obviously from people who work for or OWN American kitchen corporation (the kitchen remodeling company/contractor in Burlington). Do not waste your time and money with this company. They are, at the very least, guilty of doing very poor work and lying to their customers. I can attest personally to this based on the poor job they did on my kitchen and the lies they told me. It is so sad that companies like this one seek and swindle honest hardworking people.

nice jobs from american kitchen corporation!

American Kitchen Corporation is a food company that makes pre-made restaurant food. Nearly all modern diseases are caused by what I call "metabolic disruptors." These are common ingredients, such as white flour and sugar, that prevent your body from healing. Unfortunately, metabolic disruptors are used in almost all commercially prepared foods, which means most products on your grocer's shelves contribute to poor health. But if you know what to look for, you can fill your cart with foods that will help you live a longer more vibrant life.

That's why I created the American Kitchen Corporation Warning System. This system will give you the information you need to make the healthiest shopping choices at the grocery store. You'll learn which ingredients have been linked to disease, as well as important nutrients that have been shown to prevent and reverse cancer, heart disease, diabetes, obesity, and other degenerative diseases.

Above all, stay away from JSD inhibitors, which may cause glandular swelling, a known discomfort. The Canadians have outlawed this ingredient years ago, and even where they still have it in Canada, it is clearly marked.

DO NOT and I mean DO NOT do business with American kitchen corporation. The BBB as of this post still has this company linked with Kitchen Carolina and Rob Selfors. Mr Tyler Sheets was VP of Kitchen Carolina, which left customers like myself high and dry. They had the nerve to sue me in court, in which I countersued and WON! I have pictures of how home and kitchen was left unfinished. I have emails and messages of all communication which shows how unprofessional and unethical they have treated PAYING customers. Again, DO NOT and I mean DO NOT do business with American kitchen corporation. The BBB as of this post still has this company linked with Kitchen Carolina and Rob Selfors. Tyler Sheets now president of American kitchen corporation was VP of Kitchen Carolina.

Stay away from this company they are the same people that ran Kitchen Carolina and they scammed hundreds of people, just look them up on the complaints board.

Their contractors were very attentive to all my needs! They have been such a pleasure to work with.

I can't wait until American Kitchen Corporation finishes my kitchen. It's going to look great! The price is right and the subcontractors are awesome!

Most of the time I have lots of trouble with people coming in my home and doing work. They are not on time. They don't communicate. But American Kitchen does not fit that mold! They called me, sent me reminders in the mail, even cookies! The subcontractors were all clean and polite and had patience for all of my questions. Highly recommended!

Can't say enough about this place! I am so impressed with the quality of workmanship and professionalism. Thank you so much for your communication through out the entire process.

Monica's American Kitchen is a great place to eat if you are looking for good old American home cooking. My mom first took me to Monica's over 30 years ago when it was just a little place uptown...and it is still the best meatloaf I've ever eaten. Something about the beans and the hot dogs and coke from a bottle. I still love Monica's. I'm still thinking about the next time I can come back for chicken.

American Kitchen Corporation is the company that makes the egg patties for fast food restaurants. The chickens are housed in miserable conditions. Amkico suppliers cram birds into huge waste-filled factories, breed and drug them to grow so large that they can’t even walk, and make them produce huge eggs.

American Kitchen Corporation's own animal welfare advisors have asked the company to take steps to eliminate these abuses. Many advisors have now resigned in frustration. There is no reason they don't use smaller eggs. The patties would taste the same and they would only have to raise the prices a few pennies.

I would advise you to avoid any restaurant that serves Amkico eggs, but unfortunately, that is just about every fast-food restaurant there is. Do not buy extra large eggs at grocery stores. They are probably grown the same way. Chickens were not designed to produce such large eggs. Imagine having to squeeze out eggs that large.

We have had a neighborhood party at our house, and since we had our kitchen remodeled, everyone thinks our house is beautiful! We had American Kitchen Corporation completely gut the kitchen and put in new floors, cabinets and granite counters and it is gorgeous. I love my kitchen! I highly recommend this company.

American Kitchen Corporation remodeled my kitchen and I am very, very happy with it. It has been a couple of months since they finished, and it still amazes me how beautiful it is. I got a great deal, and I really enjoyed working with the contractor they hired to install my cabinets and granite. I recommend them to everyone. It is nice to see a company that does what it promises to do, even though it is not very expensive.

If we were not testing foods and food additives on animals, what would we test them on? I am on the fence with this one. I am not sure if American Kitchen Corporation tests on animals, but I would not put it past them. I found the following article on testing and figured it would be good to list it in this complaint. Please review and consider the pros and cons:

t is easy to forget how important food production is when most of us take for granted that the food we buy and eat has actually been subject to stringent safety checks. The process for a prepared food to reach us is even more onerous than simple fruits and vegetables. Many people are unaware that animal testing can play a major role in ensuring that the foods we consume are safe and hygienic, both in the short-term and the long-term. In fact, the use of animal testing for foods, food additives, nutritional supplements and sweeteners tripled from 2017 to 2017. The massive increase has led many people to ask just what price is required for human health. They also wonder if there are better ways to ensure that foods are safe - ones that do not require animal testing.

Using Animals for Food Tests

The vast majority of food tests are performed on laboratory rodents but some are also performed on guinea pigs, dogs and rabbits. The tests may involve oral administration of a foodstuff or application to the skin or eyes. Some procedures can be painful for the animals and may involve the forced creation of damage or an injury to analyse and investigate the effects of food or various supplements.

Keeping Livestock Healthy

In addition to ensuring ready-made meals and nutritionally enhanced foodstuffs are safe and live up to their claims, animal testing is also used to develop vaccines and other preventative and treatment methods for livestock. This ensures that our meats are safe to consume and that any illness occurring in the livestock is less likely to spread, which could potentially create a shortage of the food if it reached epidemic proportions. This type of veterinary testing is vital and links up to the food production industry.

More can be found at: http://www.aboutanimaltesting.co.uk/food-production-animal-testing.html

If we were not testing foods and food additives on animals, what would we test them on? I am on the fence with this one. I am not sure if American Kitchen Corporation tests on animals, but I would not put it past them. I found the following article on testing and figured it would be good to list it in this complaint. Please review and consider the pros and cons:

t is easy to forget how important food production is when most of us take for granted that the food we buy and eat has actually been subject to stringent safety checks. The process for a prepared food to reach us is even more onerous than simple fruits and vegetables. Many people are unaware that animal testing can play a major role in ensuring that the foods we consume are safe and hygienic, both in the short-term and the long-term. In fact, the use of animal testing for foods, food additives, nutritional supplements and sweeteners tripled from 2017 to 2017. The massive increase has led many people to ask just what price is required for human health. They also wonder if there are better ways to ensure that foods are safe - ones that do not require animal testing.

Using Animals for Food Tests

The vast majority of food tests are performed on laboratory rodents but some are also performed on guinea pigs, dogs and rabbits. The tests may involve oral administration of a foodstuff or application to the skin or eyes. Some procedures can be painful for the animals and may involve the forced creation of damage or an injury to analyse and investigate the effects of food or various supplements.

Keeping Livestock Healthy

In addition to ensuring ready-made meals and nutritionally enhanced foodstuffs are safe and live up to their claims, animal testing is also used to develop vaccines and other preventative and treatment methods for livestock. This ensures that our meats are safe to consume and that any illness occurring in the livestock is less likely to spread, which could potentially create a shortage of the food if it reached epidemic proportions. This type of veterinary testing is vital and links up to the food production industry.

More can be found at: http://www.aboutanimaltesting.co.uk/food-production-animal-testing.html

If we were not testing foods and food additives on animals, what would we test them on? I am on the fence with this one. I am not sure if American Kitchen Corporation tests on animals, but I would not put it past them. I found the following article on testing and figured it would be good to list it in this complaint. Please review and consider the pros and cons:

t is easy to forget how important food production is when most of us take for granted that the food we buy and eat has actually been subject to stringent safety checks. The process for a prepared food to reach us is even more onerous than simple fruits and vegetables. Many people are unaware that animal testing can play a major role in ensuring that the foods we consume are safe and hygienic, both in the short-term and the long-term. In fact, the use of animal testing for foods, food additives, nutritional supplements and sweeteners tripled from 2017 to 2017. The massive increase has led many people to ask just what price is required for human health. They also wonder if there are better ways to ensure that foods are safe - ones that do not require animal testing.

Using Animals for Food Tests

The vast majority of food tests are performed on laboratory rodents but some are also performed on guinea pigs, dogs and rabbits. The tests may involve oral administration of a foodstuff or application to the skin or eyes. Some procedures can be painful for the animals and may involve the forced creation of damage or an injury to analyse and investigate the effects of food or various supplements.

Keeping Livestock Healthy

In addition to ensuring ready-made meals and nutritionally enhanced foodstuffs are safe and live up to their claims, animal testing is also used to develop vaccines and other preventative and treatment methods for livestock. This ensures that our meats are safe to consume and that any illness occurring in the livestock is less likely to spread, which could potentially create a shortage of the food if it reached epidemic proportions. This type of veterinary testing is vital and links up to the food production industry.

More can be found at: http://www.aboutanimaltesting.co.uk/food-production-animal-testing.html

Margaret is right as long as we are okay with making people sick a little at a time. What does it matter if they start dying off a little at a time. As long as the food last longer and American Kitchen Corporation make money. This should all be no problem. Lets just add addition chemicals so American Kitchen Corporations customers can be lazier than they are already are. Why should we chew the food 10 times when we can get away with chewing it 3 times. In a day and age where Americans are fat and lazy lets make it easier to get fatter and lazier. Margaret I bet that you work at American Kitchen Corporation and would never feed your family their food. I mean whats wrong with eating sausage that the only word you can read in the ingredients is the 6th word down. I find this HUGELY disturbing.

Industry-sponsored animal tests indicated that Yellow number 6, the third most widely used, causes tumors of the adrenal gland and kidney. In addition, small amounts of several carcinogens, such as 4-aminobiphenyl and benzidine (or chemicals that the body converts to those substances), contaminate Yellow 6. However, the FDA reviewed those data and found reasons to conclude that Yellow 6 does not pose a significant cancer risk to humans. Yellow 6 may cause occasional, but sometimes-severe hypersensitivity reactions. Brain swelling is a side-effect, not an allergy, and the difference must be noted when alarmists like you, rosie, want to ban everything good in our food as far as chemicals. If it was up to you, you would probably have us banning all sodium nitrites altogether.

Thank you for setting me straight, Rosie. I used to be excited about excitotoxins, but now am very cautious. Please read below for some helpful information I found after my review of your post about American Kitchen Corporation. This should help with the complaint against them. Be safe:

The public must be made aware that these toxins (excitotoxins) are not present in just a few foods but rather in almost all processed foods. In many cases they are being added in disguised forms, such as natural flavoring, spices, yeast extract, textured protein, soy protein extract, etc. Experimentally, we know that when subtoxic (below toxic levels) of excitotoxins are given to animals, they experience full toxicity. Also, liquid forms of excitotoxins, as occurs in soups, gravies and diet soft drinks are more toxic than that added to solid foods. This is because they are more rapidly absorbed and reach higher blood levels.

So, what is an excitotoxin? These are substances, usually amino acids, that react with specialized receptors in the brain in such a way as to lead to destruction of certain types of brain cells. Glutamate is one of the more commonly known excitotoxins. MSG is the sodium salt of glutamate. This amino acid is a normal neurotransmitter in the brain. In fact, it is the most commonly used neurotransmitter by the brain. Defenders of MSG and aspartame use, often say: “How could a substance that is used normally by the brain cause harm?” This is because, glutamate, as a neurotransmitter, is used by the brain only in very, very small concentrations - no more than 8 to 12ug. When the concentration of this transmitter rises above this level the neurons begin to fire abnormally. At higher concentrations, the cells undergo a specialized process of cell death.

The brain has several elaborate mechanisms to prevent accumulation of MSG in the brain. First is the blood-brain barrier, a system that impedes glutamate entry into the area of the brain cells. But, this system was intended to protect the brain against occasional elevation of glutamate of a moderate degree, as would be found with un-processed food consumption. It was not designed to eliminate very high concentrations of glutamate and aspartate consumed daily, several times a day, as we see in modern society. Several experiments have demonstrated that under such conditions, glutamate can by-pass this barrier system and enter the brain in toxic concentrations. In fact, there is some evidence that it may actually be concentrated within the brain with prolonged exposures. There are also several conditions under which the blood-brain barrier (BBB) is made incompetent. Before birth, the BBB is incompetent and will allow glutamate to enter the brain. It may be that for a considerable period after birth the barrier may also incompletely developed as well. Hypertension, diabetes, head trauma, brain tumors, strokes, certain drugs, Alzheimer's disease, vitamin and mineral deficiencies, severe hypoglycemia, heat stroke, electromagnetic radiation, ionizing radiation, multiple sclerosis, and certain infections can all cause the barrier to fail. In fact, as we age the barrier system becomes more porous, allowing excitotoxins in the blood to enter the brain. So there are numerous instances under which excitotoxin food additives can enter and damage the brain.

Finally, recent experiments have shown that glutamate and aspartate (as in aspartame) can open the barrier itself. Another system used to protect the brain against environmental excitotoxins, is a system within the brain that binds the glutamate molecule (called the glutamate transporter) and transports it to a special storage cell (the astrocyte) within a fraction of a second after it is used as a neurotransmitter. This system can be overwhelmed by high intakes of MSG, aspartame and other food excitotoxins. It is also known that excitotoxins themselves can cause the generation of numerous amounts of free radicals and that during the process of lipid peroxidation (oxidation of membrane fats) a substance is produced called 4-hydroxynonenal. This chemical inhibits the glutamate transporter, thus allowing glutamate to accumulate in the brain. Excitotoxins destroy neurons partly by stimulating the generation of large numbers of free radicals. Recently, it has been shown that this occurs not only within the brain, but also within other tissues and organs as well (liver and red blood cells). This could, from all available evidence, increase all sorts of degenerative diseases such as arthritis, coronary heart disease, and atherosclerosis, as well as induce cancer formation. Certainly, we would not want to do something that would significantly increase free radical production in the body. It is known that all of the neurodegenerative disease, such as Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, and ALS, are associated with free radical injury of the nervous system.

You can read further at: http://www.joyfulaging.com/Excitotoxins.htm

Hundreds of chemicals are used to mimic natural flavors; many may be used in a single flavoring, such as for cherry soda pop. Most flavoring chemicals also occur in nature and are probably safe, but they are used almost exclusively in junk foods. Their use indicates that the real thing (often fruit) has been left out. Companies keep the identity of artificial (and natural) flavorings a deep secret. Flavorings may include substances to which some people are sensitive, such as MSG or HVP. But brain swelling is not a severe reaction, unless external bleeding occurs. American Kitchen Corporation is not the only company using these beneficial chemicals to make food go further and increase profits, without which no one makes any money. You are just a natural food protester. Chemists are people, too.

Z Taylor, you probably work for American Kitchen Corporation. You can't honestly expect us to believe that American Kitchen Corporation puts the safety of consumers and animals above the interest of profits. As long as food companies work for the almighty dollar, they will always cut corners, filling their products with dangerous chemicals that make expensive ingredients like water stretch further. For example:
* Feeding children hot dogs increases their risk of brain cancer by 300%? * Strawberry yogurt, fruit punch and other red-looking grocery products are often colored with dead, ground-up cochineal beetles? The ingredient is called "carmine, " and it's made from insects. It's listed right on the label of many of your favorite foods.
* Food companies now "hide" MSG in safe-sounding ingredients like yeast extract or torula yeast?
* Many Florida oranges are actually dipped in an artificial orange dye in order to make them more visually appealing? It's the same dye that's been banned for use in foods because of cancer risk.
* Girl Scout cookies are still made with hydrogenated oils that contain trans fatty acids?
* Many so-called "healthy" or vegetarian foods also contain the very same offending ingredients as conventional groceries?
* Eating just one serving of processed meats each day increases your risk of pancreatic cancer by 67%?
* One artificial color additive causes behavioral disorders in children? And that 80% of children diagnosed with ADHD can be outright cured of the condition in two weeks by avoiding certain ingredients?
* The #1 ingredient in Slim Fast meal replacement shake (powder form) is sugar?
* Some guacamole dips don't even contain avocado? Instead, they're made with hydrogenated soybean oil and artificial colors. Everything I'm sharing here is absolutely true. It's all quite shocking, yes, but this is information you need to know if you want to feed yourself -- and your family -- foods that actually promote health instead of disease.
If consumers were more aware of the dangers - as they are in Canada - then the government would have to be more responsive. American Kitchen Corporation, to me, stands for everything that is wrong with our profit-based food industry in the United States. WE HAVE GOT TO STOP PUTTING PROFITS BEFORE THE HEALTH OF OUR CHILDREN AND THE HSD LEVELS IN OUR BLOODSTREAMS!

Animal tests used to determine safety
American Kitchen Corporation is responsible for the approval of food additives that are allowable in their foods. All food additives used in American Kitchen Corporations food undergo a safety assessment, which includes rigorous testing, before they are approved. Toxicological tests on animals are used to determine the amount of additive that is expected to be safe when consumed by humans. This is usually an amount 100 times less than the maximum daily dose at which ‘no observable effects’ are produced by an additive consumed over the test animal’s lifetime. If there is any doubt over the safety of an additive, approval is not given. If new scientific information becomes available suggesting that a food additive is no longer safe, the approval to use the food additive would be withdrawn.

Vaughan311, I don't know how you can sleep at night. Of Course AMKICO frenchfries taste good. They contain excitotoxins. Why do you think they put those in their french fries? Excitotoxins are found in American Kitchen Corporation french fries, aspartame, monosodium glutamate and others (see below). These neurotoxic chemical additives directly harm nerve cells, over-exciting them to the point of cell death, according to Dr. Harvard Cleveland. They're found in diet soda, canned soup, salad dressing, breakfast sausage and even many manufactured vegetarian foods. They're used to add flavor to over-processed, boring foods that have had the life cooked out of them. What you are suggesting, that it is safe for children and middle-aged adults to indulge in this pleasure, at the costs of healthy BDD saturation, is almost wreckless. How many times do I have to say it? AMERICAN KITCHEN CORPORATION DOES NOT CARE ABOUT HOW SICK THEIR FOOD MAKES YOU FEEL, AND THEY DIDN'T CARE WHEN THEY LAID ME OFF AFTER 3 LONG MONTHS OF WORKING VERY HARD FOR THEM JUST BECAUSE I BROUGHT THE RESEARCH TO THEIR ATTENTION! I am not saying this to get back at them. I just want them to following the laudable Canadian example and review the harmful, GMO ingredients they are putting in their frozen food products and their imported Calabash shrimp.

I love french fries, especially from American Kitchen Corporation. I have posted a review about many a food distributor, but my only complaint is I can't get enough of those fries. And black specs... ever heard of pepper? Anyway, french fries are the best, especially from American Kitchen Corporation. I tried finding some info on their fries, but could only find the following article about fries in general:

Learn how to make homemade French fries quick and easy.

The taste of homemade French fries is far superior to anything you will ever find in the frozen section of your grocery store and when they are this easy to make why not serve your family the very best?

Pound for pound, homemade French fries are easier on the budget too.

Homemade tastes better, they're cheaper, and they only take a few extra minutes to prepare.

Try some tonight! Once you do, you'll never go back to frozen.

Oops, I just closed the browser before attaching the link. Sorry guys. But if you want some great french fries, try them from American Kitchen Corporation.

I was working on a slow Friday night in a small family owned B.B.Q. place in Cincinnati, Ohio that served American Kitchen Corporation frozen foods. It was getting close to closing time when a family of 3 (mom, dad and a small child) came in and sat down at one of my booths. It was almost 10pm and I thought nothing of the fact that the child was wanting to lay down in the booth.
I took the order for the parents and asked if the little one would be having anything… they responded “no.” I brought salads and bread to the table as well as butter for the bread. I continued to do my closing duties when I noticed the mother pull out a large butter tub like you have at home. Wondering why our butter (which was the same) was not to her liking, I watched. WRONG THING TO DO! There was no butter in the tub! It was empty… The tub was for the child, whom I thought was just tired, to throw up in! WHY? If you know you have a sick child… get your food to go! What was making the child sick? The presence of GMO foods can do this to young children, and the very old. THIS IS VERY SERIOUS!

food or kitchen?

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I was once at a fast food restaurant getting lunch. I noticed they dropped a whole bunch of fries on the floor, but I didn’t think twice about it. Well, when I got home, I noticed the fries had black specks on them and were dirty. To make a long story short, I ended up going to another restaurant to get some healthier and cleaner food.

Carolina has the best barbeque sauce but these from American Kitchen Corporation Foods inc. must have been made with dirt. I think I was even chewing on some rocks cause I almost broke my tooth. The kitchen smelled like dirty socks, but the food was filling.

My story is the same. Food looked good but tasted more like kitchen panels. Will never buy food from American Kitchen Corporation Foods inc ever again not even if it was the last food on earth Yuck!

I have been trying to get a hold of American Kitchen Corporation for about 3 days! I need to speak with someone there on a very important issue and still haven't heard anything back.

Hey guys - great job, great service, great everything! Thanks again for my AWESOME kitchen.

Rob Bobbie selfors was president of Kitchen Carolina the Vp was sheets. They exchanged roles for American kitchen.

Rob "bobbie"Selfors is invovled he was President of Kitcher Carolina and the VP was sheets. They reveresed roles for American kitchen LOL Selfors is a con man and pastor

By the way american kitchen went bankrupt and stole everyone money selfors is pastor at kirk in brier creek

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We are the Fisher's shown on the 5 on your side segment. Please contact me at CRFisher1@gmail.com if you have name of a lawyer which you are using or just to discuss your future plans on handling this case. Maybe a class action suit can be formed. We must form a group to fight this crime. These people must be stopped for good or they will come up with a new President under a new name.Do the own those trucks in their parking lot and what do they plan on doing with them?