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No bread in Subway sandwiches, rules court in Ireland

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According to a court ruling in Ireland, the stuff they wrap the filling with in Subway does not count as bread.

The Irish Supreme court has ruled that the bread served at Subway – a US sandwich food chain with branches in more than 100 countries – cannot be defined as bread.

Under Ireland’s Value-Added Tax Act of 1972 it cannot even be defined as a staple food, according to the Irish Independent, because it contains too much sugar.
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:eusa_shhh: All foods in the USA are carefully monitored and approved by the FDA, run by experts who are fresh from the industries they regulate, just like all other regulators. What could go wrong?
 
"The bread’s sugar content – five times the qualifying limit under the act – means that it falls outside of the legal definition of a staple food."

And this sounds tasty:

"The ruling is not the first slice of controversy for the brand. In 2014, Subway decided to start removing the flour whitening agent azodicarbonamide from its baked goods after a petition circulated online. The ingredient is commonly used in the manufacture of yoga mats and carpet underlay and has been banned by the European Union and Australia from use in food products."
 
I've been to America twice, and I was constantly unpleasantly surprised by how sweet so much of the supposedly savoury food was. I bought some broccoli & pasta salad in Walmart (desperation- you try being vegetarian in Las Vegas!), and it was as sweet as a dessert. Horrible.
 
As one who has lived for, lo, these many years with a keen and skilled home baker, my first question would be WTAF is that much sugar doing anywhere near bread?

And, regarding the actual court ruling: oh dear, a large trans-national company will have to pay the tax they should have all along. Flow my tears, the crocodile said.
 
Carrot Flower King said:
As one who has lived for, lo, these many years with a keen and skilled home baker, my first question would be WTAF is that much sugar doing anywhere near bread?

And, regarding the actual court ruling: oh dear, a large trans-national company will have to pay the tax they should have all along. Flow my tears, the crocodile said.
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They put sugar in bread because people like sugar. It keeps people coming back for more.

In this case I believe it was the franchisee who was attempting not to pay tax. Not Subway Inc.

I always believed sandwiches were 0 rated anyway.... interesting that they are being classed as hot takeaway food.
 
Cosmic Yak said:
I've been to America twice, and I was constantly unpleasantly surprised by how sweet so much of the supposedly savoury food was. I bought some broccoli & pasta salad in Walmart (desperation- you try being vegetarian in Las Vegas!), and it was as sweet as a dessert. Horrible.
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In college I had a work study job as sort of a guide / English tutor for new international students. We had a partnership with a Korean university so most of the students were Korean.

At that point I hadn't given much thought to the idea of a palate, but watching the new students eat American prepared food for the first few times was enlightening to say the least. Just as enlightening as me being introduced to noodles with hot bean paste, which about killed me seeing up to that point mild salsa would give me a runny nose.
 
RolandRat said:
"The bread’s sugar content – five times the qualifying limit under the act – means that it falls outside of the legal definition of a staple food."

And this sounds tasty:

"The ruling is not the first slice of controversy for the brand. In 2014, Subway decided to start removing the flour whitening agent azodicarbonamide from its baked goods after a petition circulated online. The ingredient is commonly used in the manufacture of yoga mats and carpet underlay and has been banned by the European Union and Australia from use in food products."
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Don't worry, I'm sure that post-Brexit UK bread will have all the sugar you want, plus all those USAian ingredients that make their bread so special; potassium bromate, azodicarbonamide, potassium iodate, butylated hydroxyanisole and butylated hydroxytoluene.
 
All fast food in the USA must have 5 times the sugar, salt, and fat vs actual food. And must have a storage life of several days.
 
Cosmic Yak said:
I've been to America twice, and I was constantly unpleasantly surprised by how sweet so much of the supposedly savoury food was. I bought some broccoli & pasta salad in Walmart (desperation- you try being vegetarian in Las Vegas!), and it was as sweet as a dessert. Horrible.
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Stay away from the cuisine of northwestern Africa. Baked chicken smothered in apricot sauce with little slices of apricots all over... hot mint tea... shredded chicken & ground almonds in sauce wrapped up in a filo pastry roll so covered in powdered sugar & cinnamon... baklava, small wafers of filo so soaked with honey (maybe boiled-down or filtered honey if there is such a thing?) that it's hard & brittle, and sweeter & more honeyish than the same amount of pure honey would be.
 
Someone should put together a patty made from the non-meat from Taco Bell and the non-bread from Subway for a true nothingburger.
 
This is a little silly. Subway's bread is very obviously bread. It contains the same ingredients, is baked in ovens, and has the form and texture that's unique to bread compared to other foods.
 
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Checkmite said:
This is a little silly. Subway's bread is very obviously bread. It contains the same ingredients, is baked in ovens, and has the form and texture that's unique to bread compared to other foods.
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IMO it's bread in the same way that Kraft slices are cheese.
 
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