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DNA tests show Subway sandwiches could contain just 50% chicken

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Re: DNA tests show Subway sandwiches could contain just 50% chicken

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Post by Symbiote »

vonmoltke wrote: post #144
maxerickson wrote: post #126

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Typically it has a significant amount of sugar (like, considerably more sugar than salt, 1 gram or more per slice). Also lots of dough conditioners which are added for various reasons. I know I've eaten commercial bread with enough lactylate ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactylate ) in it to give me some pretty awful gastrointestinal symptoms. My test wasn't blinded, but the effect was dramatic enough. At the momen…

> Typically it has a significant amount of sugar (like, considerably more sugar than salt, 1 gram or more per slice). Contrary to graycat's ingredient list, sugar is a key ingredient of nearly every leavened bread recipe. About 40g/loaf is the typical amount (about three tablespoons). I would be very surprised if you could find a bread recipe that doesn't have about that much sugar, unless it is specifically trying t…

Are we discussing added sugar? Traditional English bread doesn't include much sugar, if any. (By "traditional", I mean the bread my mum made by hand at home, or purchased from the local bakery. Most supermarkets don't sell it.) Modern recipes add sugar to increase shelf life.

How large is your loaf with 40g of sugar?

http://www.goodtoknow.co.uk/recipes/497085/paul-hollywood-s-...

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/2738662/simple-white-cru...

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/2060/easy-white-bread

Re: DNA tests show Subway sandwiches could contain just 50% chicken

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Post by chmars »

a3n wrote: post #107
TheSpiceIsLife wrote: post #21

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Who on a low carb / keto died eats a sandwich ?

I will often order a hamburger and leave the bun aside. The bun is just filler. I've done the same with other kinds of sandwiches.

Who eats your bun?

Re: DNA tests show Subway sandwiches could contain just 50% chicken

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Post by linuxkerneldev »

dvdhnt wrote: post #161
contingencies wrote: post #67

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corporate bean counters would have sold heroin to children if it was profitable and they could get away with it They sell nicotine, which is arguably worse.

Maybe in 1987[1]? Seriously, though, as someone who is staunchly anti-smoking, I'm interested to hear the argument as to why you think that is. 1. http://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/29/magazine/nicotine-harder-t...

> Maybe in 1987?

(Edit: this is in reference to the grandparent post which mentions selling heroin to infants )

Nestle still does the milk formula trick at hospitals and maternity courses, where try to get babies addicted to milk formula. They even have "pre-conception courses".

http://www.nestle-baby.ca/en/preconception

Notice, the WHO breastmilk popup on that page. This was put up after the boycott-nestle campaign.

http://www.babymilkaction.org/nestlefree

Re: DNA tests show Subway sandwiches could contain just 50% chicken

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Post by shimon_e »

lloydde wrote: post #155
alanfalcon wrote: post #152

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For a while there, Subway claimed that "footlong" "was just a word" and not an exact measurement (and often a footlong measued less than 12").

'As part of the settlement, Subway agreed to institute practices for at least four years to ensure its bread is at least 12 inches long. The judge approved $520,000 in attorney fees and $500 for each of the 10 individuals who were representatives of the class, but no monetary claims were awarded to potential members of the class. "It was difficult to prove monetary damages, because everybody ate the evidence," said T…

Only the lawyers win.

Re: DNA tests show Subway sandwiches could contain just 50% chicken

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Post by Symbiote »

kaybe wrote: post #89
JumpCrisscross wrote: post #73

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> Bread is really terrible for you Maybe for some people. But we don't have the nutritional science to say this definitively, let alone universally.

And let me just note that what the English-speaking world considers bread is an abomination. Sincerely, a German. (Seriously, if you can compact it easily to a third of the size, that's just wrong. And don't get me started on the strange interior.)

I can't deny that the awful bread has the majority of the market in Britain -- [0] has a very good overview -- but traditional English bread exists and should be much more appealing to you, for example these [1]. Naturally, it's closer to French than Germany style -- historically, there's much more French influence on at least English food.

[0] http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/featu...

[1] http://www.hambletonbakery.co.uk/range/ (not many local bakeries have websites, this is the best site I found)

Re: DNA tests show Subway sandwiches could contain just 50% chicken

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Post by ClassyJacket »

imjustsaying wrote: post #177
TheSpiceIsLife wrote: post #21

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Who on a low carb / keto died eats a sandwich ?

You can eat a sandwich on a low carb or even a keto diet while staying within carb limits. It's not like it's Kryptonite.

That's not true. You'll go out of ketosis if you eat a sandwich. Especially one as huge as a Subway roll. A six inch has 37 grams of carbs in the bread alone, and most low carbers stick to under 20 per day.

Re: DNA tests show Subway sandwiches could contain just 50% chicken

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Post by WillPostForFood »

CydeWeys wrote: post #101
WillPostForFood wrote: post #53

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In a good independent sandwich shop, you'll get a much better sandwich, with higher quality bread, and meat, but the meat is still going to be processed. Salami, ham, prosciutto, bacon, mortadella, pastrami, sausage, are all processed meats by definition. Most chicken and turkey will be processed/cured/flavored as well. You might occasionally find a sandwich shop that has a whole roast turkey or pig they'll slice, bu…

I'm not going to get a processed chicken breast sandwich at a local shop, but apparently that's all that Subway sells.

I guarantee you there are at least some processed chicken options at a local shop. Even an upscale one might have something like Boar's Head maple glazed.

http://boarshead.com/products/chicken

Re: DNA tests show Subway sandwiches could contain just 50% chicken

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Post by averagewall »

50% of the DNA is soy doesn't mean 50% of the mass of food is soy or 50% of the volume is soy. It could be that the DNA is the major part of the soy that's included while the chicken has all sorts of non-DNA components like the rest of the cells and fat.

This story is quite inconclusive and that result could mean anything.

Re: DNA tests show Subway sandwiches could contain just 50% chicken

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Post by [deleted] »

Spooky23 wrote: post #65
coldtea wrote: post #42

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> Subway has become the supplier of subs at the lowest cost. What this means is that bean counters dictate what the subs contain. Well, corporate bean counters would have sold heroin to children if it was profitable and they could get away with it. That's the thing, though: Subway should not be able to get away with it. As long as it calls the product it sells "chicken", it should be chicken, and anything else should…

They did! Heroin and cocaine were popular additions in the late 19th/early 20th to medicines of questionable value.

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