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The Irish Supreme Court has beef with metro bread. In fact, during a recent decision, the Court declared the companysandwich Bun should not even be calledbread.

The United States Sandwiches Chain Bread is not suitable for the invoice as a basic diet under the Ireland Value Added Tax Act of 1972, theIrish independent reports. The reason? It's too high in sugar. (In touch:21 best healthy cooking hacks of all time)

Under this Act, stapling foods served in restaurants such asCoffee, tea and sandwiches are not taxed if they are taken to go. However, after a subway deductible owner in Ireland challenged the tax authorities for their decision not to issue reimbursement of VAT (value added tax), the Supreme Court ruled that the metro bread can not not even consist of bread, so it's not a basic good. and is subject to the tax.

The question is that 10% of the weight of the flour bread in the dough is sugar and according to the law on VAT, sugar, fat and "bread improvement" can not constitute collectivelyMore than 2% of the weight of the flour. This act prevents pastries and other sweet bakery products from being exempted from tax. So, you see, the argument is not that the metro bread istoo sweet To be actually called bread, it's more about whether the chain sandwich deserves to be taxed or not.

"Metro bread is, of course, bread," metrosaid in a statement. "We have been cooking fresh bread in our restaurants for more than three decades and our guests come back every day for sandwiches made on bread that feels as good as it tastes."

For the context, a six-inch sub-bread contains between 3 and 5 grams of sugar, it is about as much sugar that is in oneOreo Cookie.

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