SaysWho? Posted October 1, 2020 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodporne Posted October 1, 2020 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclumber1 Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 Digestive Biscuit? WTF is that? Isn't that what Robocop has to eat? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted October 1, 2020 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted October 1, 2020 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwinIon Posted October 1, 2020 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted October 1, 2020 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted October 1, 2020 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimpleG Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 There is only one good digestive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentbob Posted October 1, 2020 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted October 3, 2020 Share Posted October 3, 2020 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLeon Posted October 3, 2020 Share Posted October 3, 2020 Main course and dessert in one. Classic American efficiency! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 I could have told anyone that shit wasn't bread. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anathema- Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 It smells like piss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LazyPiranha Posted October 4, 2020 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 The guacamole they have there probably isn't guacamole either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
best3444 Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 Subway is beyond gross. 9 hours ago, skillzdadirecta said: I could have told anyone that shit wasn't bread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercury33 Posted October 4, 2020 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spawn_of_Apathy Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 I make sandwiches with Hawaiian Rolls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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