Subway bread is not bread, Irish court rules

[OrbitalDawn]

Subway bread is not bread, Irish court rules

Judge finds that sugar content of US chain’s sandwiches exceeds stipulated limit and they should thus be classified as confectionery

www.theguardian.com

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”.

 

[Aquila ka Hecate]

Subway bread is not bread, Irish court rules

Judge finds that sugar content of US chain’s sandwiches exceeds stipulated limit and they should thus be classified as confectionery

www.theguardian.com

That's typical American bread. Just too sweet for most non-Americans.
But I thought this was well known?

 

[Hamster]

 

[TheMightyQuin]

Subway bread is not bread, Irish court rules

Judge finds that sugar content of US chain’s sandwiches exceeds stipulated limit and they should thus be classified as confectionery

www.theguardian.com

A tax technicality exposes the madness that is US sugar addictions...Subway is kak anyway.

Interesting stuff...

 

[TheMightyQuin]

That's typical American bread. Just too sweet for most non-Americans.
But I thought this was well known?

What was "well known": the sugar content % of Subway bread?

 

[Aquila ka Hecate]

What was "well known": the sugar content % of Subway bread?

The sugar content of American bread in general.

 

[Pegging]

Is it Trump’s fault?

 

[TheMightyQuin]

Is it Trump’s fault?

Always....

 

[RedViking]

I miss Subway non-bread bread. Used to find it in Durban but haven't seen them around.

 

[Lupus]

I miss Subway non-bread bread. Used to find it in Durban but haven't seen them around.

Think they left SA, used to have one close to the IS offices in Rosebank, took a walk down and got me a sammich.

 

[Binary_Bark]

 

[B-1]

Getting hard for me to have sub for lunch used to have a few shops to choose from now is only woolies that have 3 options.

 

[Azbubu]

...and Pringles are biscuits.

 

[Aquila ka Hecate]

...and Pringles are biscuits.

...which is what Americans call scones.

 

[TheMightyQuin]

Getting hard for me to have sub for lunch used to have a few shops to choose from now is only woolies that have 3 options.

Make a sub at home and take it with you...10 times tastier AND cheaper.

 

[B-1]

Make a sub at home and take it with you...10 times tastier AND cheaper.

Never managed to convince myself to mealprep. Its also an excuse to actually have a 20 min lunch break other than eating at my desk.

 

[bwana]

We have one in East London.
It opened earlier this year or end of last year.

Saw it the other day but it looked closed?

 

[Azbubu]

Never managed to convince myself to mealprep. Its also an excuse to actually have a 20 min lunch break other than eating at my desk.

Only 20min? What’re you?

 

[B-1]

Only 20min? What’re you?

I only eat enough for one person so like 5mins of actual eating.

 

[Azbubu]

I only eat enough for one person so like 5mins of actual eating.

I’m more impressed that you use your lunch break for eating.

I eat at my desk and then take a two hour lunch break afterwards.