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Subway’s tuna is not tuna, but a ‘mixture of various concoctions,’ a lawsuit alleges
Washington Post ^ | 1/27/2021 | Tim Carman

Posted on 02/14/2021 6:37:27 PM PST by simpson96

Subway describes its tuna sandwich as “freshly baked bread” layered with “flaked tuna blended with creamy mayo then topped with your choice of crisp, fresh veggies.” It’s a description designed to activate the saliva glands — and separate you from your money.

It’s also fiction, at least partially, according to a recent lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The complaint alleges the ingredient billed as “tuna” for the chain’s sandwiches and wraps contains absolutely no tuna.

A representative of Subway said the claims are without merit. The tuna sold at the chain is wild-caught, the company says, which is how the vast majority of tuna is harvested. Only a tiny percentage of bluefin and yellowfin tuna is farmed.

The star ingredient, according to the lawsuit, is “made from anything but tuna.” Based on independent lab tests of “multiple samples” taken from Subway locations in California, the “tuna” is “a mixture of various concoctions that do not constitute tuna, yet have been blended together by defendants to imitate the appearance of tuna,” according to the complaint. Shalini Dogra, one of the attorneys for the plaintiffs, declined to say exactly what ingredients the lab tests revealed.

“We found that the ingredients were not tuna and not fish,” the attorney said in an email to The Washington Post.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


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KEYWORDS: sandwich; submarinesandwich; subway; tuna
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To: HighSierra5

Parts is Parts!”


21 posted on 02/14/2021 7:06:37 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: simpson96; Daffynition
flaked tuna blended with creamy mayo ... It’s a description designed to activate the saliva glands

In what species?

22 posted on 02/14/2021 7:07:08 PM PST by Ezekiel (The pun is mightier than the s-word. Goy to the World!)
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To: simpson96

Beyond Tuna! It’s vegan!


23 posted on 02/14/2021 7:22:44 PM PST by Yaelle
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To: simpson96

Yeah, right. I have eaten the tuna sandwich many times. Looks like tuna, tastes like tuna...it must be tuna.


24 posted on 02/14/2021 7:28:50 PM PST by DennisR (Look around - God gives countless clues that He does, indeed, exist.)
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To: simpson96

Sometimes, the customer knows it’s ‘enhanced advertising’, but they chose to buy it anyway.
For example: I like Imitation Crab every so often.
I know it’s not the real thing, but it tastes good and is very affordable, so I don’t care.
It also stays safe to eat for a long time, even when unfrozen.


25 posted on 02/14/2021 7:29:14 PM PST by lee martell
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To: Meatspace

But you can tune a salad?


26 posted on 02/14/2021 7:30:12 PM PST by DennisR (Look around - God gives countless clues that He does, indeed, exist.)
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To: lee martell

I also like imitation crab. Don’t know what it is, but it tastes great. I’m not fond of meat salads as a rule, but imitation crab salad is wonderful.


27 posted on 02/14/2021 7:52:51 PM PST by Some Fat Guy in L.A. (Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite its unfashionability)
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To: simpson96

Good grief. Now they’ll take it off the menu. Why don’t people just order something else. So many jerks living in the United States.


28 posted on 02/14/2021 8:02:13 PM PST by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016 )
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To: Some Fat Guy in L.A.

Agree 😉


29 posted on 02/14/2021 8:03:35 PM PST by Beowulf9
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To: simpson96

This claim has been debunked. LeeAnn Applewhite of Applied Food Technologies in Florida, a lab that specializes in conducting DNA testing of fish, tested three samples and confirmed it is tuna.


30 posted on 02/14/2021 8:04:40 PM PST by TennesseeGirl
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To: simpson96

It probably IS tuna fish.

The real story here is Subway ain’t no Subway!!!


31 posted on 02/14/2021 8:08:03 PM PST by Beowulf9
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To: simpson96

Tuna-gate !!!!
When did subway know and when did they know it?

My complaint with Subway is the meat is so thinly sliced it’s like not there al all. I always have to get double meat (what a scam) to taste the meat.
It’s a bread sandwich with slightly limp veggies.

I like Arby’s and In-And-Out Burger


32 posted on 02/14/2021 8:09:33 PM PST by TheGreatFazool (The Great Fazool)
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To: simpson96

I eat at subway all the time

Mostly the veggie patties. Sometimes the tuna. It’s TUNA for sure !

Their bread is great. And they make it right in front of you


33 posted on 02/14/2021 9:10:36 PM PST by Truthoverpower (The guv-mint you get is the Swamp express to communist hell !! )
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To: All

Now with 70% more dolphin!!!


34 posted on 02/14/2021 9:35:18 PM PST by LegendHasIt
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To: simpson96
taken from Subway locations in California

But, what about Subway locations actually located in the United States?

35 posted on 02/14/2021 10:11:13 PM PST by Bernard (“When once the guardian angel has taken flight, everything is lost”. – William H. Seward, 1/12/1861)
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To: Some Fat Guy in L.A.

Alaskan Pollock and seasoned Surimi paste.


36 posted on 02/14/2021 11:37:35 PM PST by Ozark Tom
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To: HighSierra5

Could be part chicken salad. Not so bad

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No chicken in their tuna. This I know because I eat their tuna and don’t puke my guts out.


37 posted on 02/15/2021 12:45:00 AM PST by Graybeard58 (The China virus doesn't scare me, Venezuelaism does.)
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To: simpson96

The Washington Post again shows how incompetent its reporting is since they didn’t list the so-called “ingredients” alleged in Subway’s tuna, something that should have been found on the original lawsuit complaint.

Somebody is lying, covering up, or totally incompetent. Perhaps all 3 and its’ not just the plaintiff and their possible frivolous and criminal extortion lawsuit.


38 posted on 02/15/2021 1:37:36 AM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: Some Fat Guy in L.A.

I also like imitation crab. Don’t know what it is, but it tastes great.


Its processed hake - a formerly garbage fish. Process was finalized in the 90s, making some people a lot of money.


39 posted on 02/15/2021 3:01:23 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
the attorney said in an email to The Washington Post.

Here is a bigger story than fake tuna salad:

That the WaPoPo decides to run a story based entirely on an email from the lawyer of the (unknown) plaintiff.

They toss in a random quote from the company's PR firm, to make it seem "balanced".

The new kids in "journalism" are just lazy shills looking for a bad byline in a crummy bar.

And this puff piece ran after being reviewed by the WaPoPo editors?

40 posted on 02/15/2021 3:28:08 AM PST by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120) Cure Alzheimer's!)
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