Subway's sandwiches aren't actually made with "bread" rules the Irish Supreme Court

[robertmckenna]

…for tax exempt status. They’re allowed call it bread still.

I put it in the good stuff thread earlier, as I think this is a good development

Good (Encouraging) Stuff (Part 1)

Wasn’t sure whether to put this in Odd stuff or good stuff. But it’s good news: Subway bread failed the definition of bread in the Irish Supreme Court. My workplace had a Subway in it for a while and the stench… it smelled of sweet children’s vomit, singed plastic, and weirdly and very strongly, of vacuum cleaner bag dust. This doesn’t mean they can’t call it bread, just that they can’t avail of a tax break for staple food and instead get taxed as cake. Take the sugar out of it. ETA this arti…

The Grauniad article here links to another article about banned flour bleach that they had to take out of their dough in Europe. Which might explain the burnt plastic and carpet dust stench.