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Subway in Ireland lost a court case about VAT because the bread they sell is not bread but cake because of the high sugar content. Bread is VAT exempt because
by kwhitefoot 3y ago
Subway in Ireland lost a court case about VAT because the bread they sell is not bread but cake because of the high sugar content. Bread is VAT exempt because it is a staple food while cake is not.
- crazygringo 3y agoWow that's hilarious: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/01/irish-court-rules-subway-bread-is-not-bread https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/01/irish-court-ru... I'm actually shocked that Subway bread is ~10% sugar. Because it's not like it tastes sweet. It just tastes like bread. Not great bread, don't get me wrong. But I would have thought that a 10-to-1 flour-to-sugar ratio would be very, very noticeably sweet. But I don't bake bread so I guess I just don't know these things.
- dessimus 3y agoLikely the high sodium content in the highly processed cold cuts and sauces balance out the sweetness.
- kwhitefoot 3y agoMost of the bread I have had when visiting the US tasted sweet to me. Even my children (brought up in Norway and aged then between 5 and 15) complained that everything was too sweet.