the Irish Supreme court has ruled that the bread served at Subway Sandwich chain cannot be defined as bread instead it is a "confectionery or fancy baked good.".
Under Ireland’s Value-Added Tax Act 'staple food' gets a tax break of 0% VAT, and so a Subway franchisee brought a case claiming a tax refund due to Subway Sandwiches being a staple food.
The bread’s sugar content however is five times the qualifying limit under the act which means that Subway Sandwiches falls outside of the legal definition of a staple food and are a confectionery or fancy baked good instead.
The Ireland Supreme Court ruling said that the definition of “bread” was originally established to make a distinction between the starch in other baked goods, like cookies or cake or brownies, that are sugary and therefore not healthy enough to be considered essential foods.
Anyway half baked consumers of NSG do you agree that Subway Sandwiches are more comparable to confectionery than they are real bread meals? The differing food standards between US and the civilized world does mean that US produced food seems to be of inferior quality and taste, and directly leads to health issues. Theres this case of Subway 'bread' but also Hersheys chocolate doesnt meet the definition of Chocolate and various US versions of cheese are of dubious identity too.
So do you think US food processing uses too much sugar and other unnecessary chemical additives, does it actually qualify as food and does something need to happen about US food standards and world nutrition?
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