Sugar content exceeds permitted
The Irish Supreme Court today ruled that bread used in Subway sandwiches cannot be included in the legal definition of food, as its sugar content is 10% of the weight of the flour used in the dough. A franchise from the network argued in court that it is not responsible for the composition, but the appeal was not upheld. The country's 1972 law states that sugar, fat and other ingredients may not exceed 2% of the weight of flour. According to the Irish Times, shops will continue to sell bread as normal, but will have to pay more fees. Subway has already been criticised for its bread in the US in 2014, when they discovered a bleaching agent in the recipe, also used to make yoga mats, synthetic leather and shoe soles. Following a petition, the chemical azodicarbonamide was removed from the US net formula.
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