Subway Bread, Not Bread

OK, there's nothing known as “subway bread”, but when you refer to bread made by the restaurant franchise “Subway”, then that's a thing. But then again, what makes bread, bread? It could be hard to agree on a legal definition of bread, though the common definition is that the sugar allowed in bread could be no more than 2% of the total weight of flour in the dough according to the Value-Added Tax Act of 1972 in Ireland, but Subway had 10% sugar.

And here's the fun part, the Ireland Supreme Court ruled that Subway’s bread didn't meet those standards because it had 10% sugar, so it wasn't considered “bread”. Instead, it was considered a “fancy baked good”. Bread is a “stapled food”, but “non-staple foods” were another category, so when the “non-bread” of Subway was taxed, it would be free from the value-added tax of Ireland. This would save Subway money.

What a sneaky way to save money! But if the bread is as sweet as a cake, then wouldn't sandwiches made from this bread be “cake-wiches”?