Ireland Rules That Subway Bread Has Too Much Sugar to Count as Bread | Eater

"A global sandwich chain was at the center of an Irish Supreme Court ruling that found its sandwich loaves contain far more sugar than Ireland’s VAT rules allow for staple bread. The law specifies that sugar must not exceed 2% of the weight of the flour in the dough to qualify as VAT-exempt bread, but the loaves were measured at about 10%, leading the court to treat them as taxable confectionery rather than staple bread. The decision helps explain the noticeably sweet, cake-like aroma many customers have observed and has provoked both humorous and serious debate about whether sweet, bakery-style rolls should be classified as bread for tax purposes." - Jaya Saxena