Irish court rules Subway bread can't be legally defined as bread

[Cyclones_R_GR8]

They say it contains too much sugar so it can no longer be classified as a staple food and is thus taxable

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/subway-bread-isnt-bread-irish-125754259.html

 

[JM4CY]

Seems like an odd hill to die on

 

[Mr Janny]

Seems like an odd hill to die on

It's for the purposes of taxation, so that makes more sense why the courts got involved. If it's not a staple food, then the law says they have to pay taxes on it. Subway, would obviously prefer that they didn't, but it seems the bread exceeds the established limit for sugar content.

 

[VeloClone]

It's for the purposes of taxation, so that makes more sense why the courts got involved. If it's not a staple food, then the law says they have to pay taxes on it. Subway, would obviously prefer that they didn't, but it seems the bread exceeds the established limit for sugar content.

Now I'm going to have to look at how much sugar is in Subway bread...

Edit: oops, sorry, I should have said "bread".

 

[NorthCyd]

So why doesn't Subway just roll with it and say they serve their sandwiches on "fancy" bread.

 

[cyclonesurveyor]

Northern Ireland is weird with sugar too, it was hard to find soda that wasn't sugar free, but luckily my kiddos liked it.

 

[ArgentCy]

My question to the court. So if you say it isn't bread then what is it?

 

[coolerifyoudid]

Subway CEO John Chidsey commented, "Honestly, we're pretty stoked to be involved in a court case involving our food for a change."

 

[VeloClone]

My question to the court. So if you say it isn't bread then what is it?

That is my question to a lot of fast food joints about a lot of their "food".

 

[Busch__Latte]

My question to the court. So if you say it isn't bread then what is it?

I don't think it's relevant. It's still bread, but it will now be taxed due to the sugar level content.

 

[brett108]

It's for the purposes of taxation, so that makes more sense why the courts got involved. If it's not a staple food, then the law says they have to pay taxes on it. Subway, would obviously prefer that they didn't, but it seems the bread exceeds the established limit for sugar content.

I wonder if this is only a bread limit. The court cited Subway bread as having 10% of the mass content as sugar. The limit was 2%. Apples and Oranges have 10% sugar, as does alot of fruit. I suspect they might only be going after Subway at this point.

 

[brett108]

My question to the court. So if you say it isn't bread then what is it?

A confectionary. Like a chocolate bar. That is what was ruled.

 

[Cyclones_R_GR8]

When I bake a loaf of bread I use about 3.5 cups of flour and 1 1/2 TBLS of sugar. 10% of the flour would be 3/8 cup of sugar. That would be like 6 TBLS of sugar

 

[Busch__Latte]

When I bake a loaf of bread I use about 3.5 cups of flour and 1 1/2 TBLS of sugar. 10% of the flour would be 3/8 cup of sugar. That would be like 6 TBLS of sugar

That sounds like it is a lot (I don't know baking)

 

[Mr Janny]

I wonder if this is only a bread limit. The court cited Subway bread as having 10% of the mass content as sugar. The limit was 2%. Apples and Oranges have 10% sugar, as does alot of fruit. I suspect they might only be going after Subway at this point.

I think the sugar content limit was for bread only. And I get that. You put a limit on sugar content, otherwise every donut and cupcake on the block is claiming they're "bread" and therefore untaxable as a staple food. I have no idea if 10 percent is a fair standard or not, but it hardly seems like it was implented for a whole nation, just to eff with Subway.

 

[KHoing07]

I wonder if this is only a bread limit. The court cited Subway bread as having 10% of the mass content as sugar. The limit was 2%. Apples and Oranges have 10% sugar, as does alot of fruit. I suspect they might only be going after Subway at this point.

I feel like since apples and oranges have natural sugar it is ok. The Subway bread the sugar gets added.

 

[VeloClone]

I think the sugar content limit was for bread only. And I get that. You put a limit on sugar content, otherwise every donut and cupcake on the block is claiming they're "bread" and therefore untaxable as a staple food. I have no idea if 10 percent is a fair standard or not, but it hardly seems like it was implented for a whole nation, just to eff with Subway.

On top of that, in most (if not all) states of the U.S. a ready to eat item like a Subway sandwich is considered...um..."ready to eat" and is therefore taxed unlike a grocery item.

 

[heitclone]

In these times of social justice, fighting systematic racism and Covid 19, Ireland is tackling the big issues.

 

[bluestarcyclone]

I think the sugar content limit was for bread only. And I get that. You put a limit on sugar content, otherwise every donut and cupcake on the block is claiming they're "bread" and therefore untaxable as a staple food. I have no idea if 10 percent is a fair standard or not, but it hardly seems like it was implented for a whole nation, just to eff with Subway.

It might just hit subway harder because of american standards? Havent been to europe myself to know it, but have seen a lot of people from europe talk about how all our bread is very sweet compared to theirs.

 

[VeloClone]

A confectionary. Like a chocolate bar. That is what was ruled.

Or more likely like a cake or pastry.