Subway Bread Doesn't Qualify as Bread Sugar content is way too high, Irish court says

[Demovictory9]

Court: Subway Bread Doesn't Qualify as Bread

Sugar content is way too high, Irish court says


https://www.newser.com/story/296905/court-subway-bread-doesnt-qualify-as-bread.html?utm_source=part&utm_medium=uol&utm_campaign=rss_top



(Newser) – Subway bread doesn't qualify for a value-added tax exemption because it doesn't meet the legal definition of "bread," or indeed "food" under the relevant law, Ireland's Supreme Court has decided. The court ruled that all six varieties of bread used in the company's sandwiches are far too sugary to officially qualify as bread, reports Food & Wine. The court found that Subway bread had a sugar content equivalent to 10% of the weight of the flour in the dough, when Ireland’s Value-Added Tax Act states that for a baked good to be exempt from the tax, ingredients like sugar and fat should not exceed 2% of the flour's weight, the Irish Independent reports.

[hunter]

1. Let them eat cake!

And pay the VAT.

[unblock]

2. Hmm why not just stick lunch meat and veggies between two slices of actual cake

Now that sounds delicious



Well no meat for me but for all you carnies...

[AnnaLee]

3. I like subway bread. I hope this doesn't cause a change in the recipe.ntp

[Massacure]

4. Under the 2% of flour weight standard, Brioche would not be considered bread either

I feel like Ireland's government went too strict with the 2% standard.

[mucifer]

5. I am just glad their white bread is vegan and I can get a sandwich in a pinch if I didn't pack a

lunch. Tho I don't do it too much. I know they are another evil company.

[safeinOhio]

6. Most likely why it taste good.

9 grain bread, provolone cheese, toasted veggie with no dressing.

The other day, the worker said he never had anyone order with no dressing, but a guy earlier ordered 5 different dressing on his.

[lettucebe]

7. Hilarious and explains why some like Subway

Just add sugar! Who'd a thought?

[SoCalNative]

8. Why is there any sugar in bread to begin with?

I've never understood that.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

9. Because bread with no sugar at all

are good, but limited. French and Italian breads often have no sugar, but many of those recipes call for at least a small amount.

Most bread has at least some sugar. Or other sweetner like honey. It helps the yeast to grow and make the bread rise properly.

[Mossfern]

10. True

but the sugar needed for yeast to grow is minimal

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

12. True, but larger amounts,

along with other ingredients, give the huge variety of breads that now exist.

I have a bread machine, which I don't use as often as I should, but my favorite bread recipe for it calls for a cup of some kind of whole grain cereal. I mostly use a banana nut crunch. Very flavorful bread. In fact, I made some a couple of days ago and I think I'll take a break from DU to make a slice of toast with it, then add butter and jam.

[lame54]

11. So, Hawaiian bread is not bread?

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

13. It's a sweet bread.

As opposed to sweetbreads which is something very different

Sweet bread is a valid kind of bread, an alternative to less sweet ones. Nothing wrong with that.

[BannonsLiver]

15. It's in a category all it's own: Disgusting

Why not just take a couple of glazed donuts and make a sandwich. Same thing.

[lame54]

17. ...

https://www.thrillist.com/news/nation/dunkin-beyond-sausage-donut-sandwich-snoop-dogg

[BeckyDem]

14. That's America, healthy first! lol

Not to exceed 2% and Subway is at 10%. wow

[BGBD]

16. Two problems here

one is the idea that we need to tell poor people what they can or can't eat. I can't speak for the Irish, but in the US the government funds coen production which is then used in every junk food out there.....but we want to tell pood people that they have to eat only the foods we approve to use assistance.

Second.....all breads break down in the body as glucose, so they are all sugar. The only difference is the speed at which that happens, but unless this Irish court is also going to rule that white enriched flour is also off limits, this is a pretty bad rule.

[marlakay]

18. Maybe they ought to go after fat next

I spent the whole summer there in 2019 and had a hard time eating healthy unless you were at expensive restaurants or a grocery store which is hard when staying at small B&B's or hotels.

Most small cafes or pubs don't offer any salads or low fat offerings.

My stomach had a hard time, I would go to health food stores in larger towns and buy snacks and nuts there and fresh fruit. After seeing how they all cooked I started eating plain yogurt and fruit for breakfast because their eggs even scrambled had too much butter in it.

I had planned before I went to order soup in the pubs but most of them added so much pepper I couldn't handle it.