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Irish Supreme Court rules Subway sandwich bread isn’t legally bread

By Tyler Van Dyke
Published October 1, 2020 3:58pm ET
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Irish Supreme Court rules Subway sandwich bread isn’t legally bread
FILE - This Aug. 11, 2009, file photo, shows a chicken breast sandwich and water from Subway on a kitchen counter in New York. Subway says an ingredient dubbed the "yoga mat" chemical will be entirely phased out of its bread by the week of April 14, 2014. The disclosure comes as Subway has suffered from an onslaught of bad publicity since a food blogger petitioned the chain to remove the ingredient. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File) | Seth Wenig

The bread at Subway might be baked fresh, but according to the Irish Supreme Court, it’s not legally bread.

The five-judge court ruled Tuesday that the bread Subway uses for its sandwiches fails to comply with the legal definition of bread in Ireland. According to the Value-Added Tax Act of 1972, part of the legal qualifications of bread is that sugar cannot constitute more than 2% of the total weight of flour in the dough.

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