SaysWho? Posted October 1, 2020 Posted October 1, 2020 Subway bread is not bread, Irish court rules | World news | The Guardian WWW.THEGUARDIAN.COM Judge finds that sugar content of US chain’s sandwiches exceeds stipulated limit and they should thus be classified as confectionery Quote In a judgment published on Tuesday, the court ruled that the bread served at Subway, the US chain that hawks giant sandwiches in 110 countries and territories, could not in fact be defined as bread because of its high sugar content. The ruling followed an appeal by Bookfinders Ltd, Subway’s Irish franchisee. The company had argued that the bread used in Subway sandwiches counted as a staple food and was consequently exempt from VAT. However, as the court pointed out, Ireland’s Value-Added Tax Act of 1972 draws a distinction between staple foods – bread, tea, coffee, cocoa, milk and “preparations or extracts of meat or eggs” – and “more discretionary indulgences” such as ice-cream, chocolate, pastries, crisps, popcorn and roasted nuts. The clincher was the act’s strict provision that the amount of sugar in bread “shall not exceed 2% of the weight of flour included in the dough”. Subway’s bread, however, contains five times as much sugar. Or, as the supreme court put it: “In this case, there is no dispute that the bread supplied by Subway in its heated sandwiches has a sugar content of 10% of the weight of the flour included in the dough.” I didn't know the bread and a Big Mac bun had that much sugar in it. Huh. Quote
Bloodporne Posted October 1, 2020 Posted October 1, 2020 5 minutes ago, SaysWho? said: Subway bread is not bread, Irish court rules | World news | The Guardian WWW.THEGUARDIAN.COM Judge finds that sugar content of US chain’s sandwiches exceeds stipulated limit and they should thus be classified as confectionery I didn't know the bread and a Big Mac bun had that much sugar in it. Huh. It is American. What else was it going to have in it, healthy, non-addictive shit? Where's the medical debt in that!? Quote
mclumber1 Posted October 1, 2020 Posted October 1, 2020 Digestive Biscuit? WTF is that? Isn't that what Robocop has to eat? 1 Quote
Jason Posted October 1, 2020 Posted October 1, 2020 18 minutes ago, mclumber1 said: Digestive Biscuit? WTF is that? Isn't that what Robocop has to eat? And jaffa cakes. Kree? Quote
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted October 1, 2020 Posted October 1, 2020 25 minutes ago, mclumber1 said: Digestive Biscuit? WTF is that? Isn't that what Robocop has to eat? http://en.wikipedia.org//static/favicon/wikipedia.ico Digestive biscuit - Wikipedia EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG Quote A digestive biscuit, sometimes described as a sweet-meal biscuit, is a semi-sweet biscuit that originated in Scotland. The digestive was first developed in 1839 by two Scottish doctors to aid digestion. The term "digestive" is derived from the belief that they had antacid properties due to the use of sodium bicarbonate when they were first developed. 2 Quote
TwinIon Posted October 1, 2020 Posted October 1, 2020 Great headline. Does the US tie tax rates to nutrition in any real way? Seems like a fine idea. Of course, any time the state does anything to make us healthier there's a huge pushback, so I'd kinda be surprised if there is. Quote
Jason Posted October 1, 2020 Posted October 1, 2020 Just now, TwinIon said: Great headline. Does the US tie tax rates to nutrition in any real way? Seems like a fine idea. Of course, any time the state does anything to make us healthier there's a huge pushback, so I'd kinda be surprised if there is. lol 1 Quote
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted October 1, 2020 Posted October 1, 2020 1 hour ago, Jason said: And jaffa cakes. Kree? http://en.wikipedia.org//static/favicon/wikipedia.ico Jaffa Cakes - Wikipedia EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG Quote Jaffa Cakes are biscuit-sized cakes introduced by McVitie and Price in the UK in 1927 and named after Jaffa oranges. Quote
silentbob Posted October 1, 2020 Posted October 1, 2020 So anyone think Jared drove around in his hay day of fame trying to lure kids into his white van with Subway bread Quote
TheLeon Posted October 3, 2020 Posted October 3, 2020 Main course and dessert in one. Classic American efficiency! Quote
skillzdadirecta Posted October 4, 2020 Posted October 4, 2020 I could have told anyone that shit wasn't bread. 1 Quote
LazyPiranha Posted October 4, 2020 Posted October 4, 2020 People are confused by digestives and jaffa, but we’re all just casually strolling by M&S Colin the Caterpillar cake? Quote
Keyser_Soze Posted October 4, 2020 Posted October 4, 2020 The guacamole they have there probably isn't guacamole either. Quote
Best Posted October 4, 2020 Posted October 4, 2020 Subway is beyond gross. 9 hours ago, skillzdadirecta said: I could have told anyone that shit wasn't bread. Quote
Mercury33 Posted October 4, 2020 Posted October 4, 2020 I knew that McDonalds puts a shit load of sugar in everything, that’s why when you eat it consistently, you crave it. But it’s impressive that Subway has that much sugar in the bread and it still tastes like shit. Quote
Spawn_of_Apathy Posted October 4, 2020 Posted October 4, 2020 I make sandwiches with Hawaiian Rolls. Quote
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