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.
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Read a story about two guys who made a bet the nuggets weren’t nuggets at all. One of them is very allergic to chicken. With epi pen ready, he ate the nuggies and waited. Not one reaction. Nothing.
This was debunked on TV here in Reno market.
Random samples of Subway tune sent to a testing lab...Multiple samples.
ALL came back as 100% tuna.
Subway is the biggest fast food chain in the USA.
Who is trying to take them down???
Depends on how you calculate "big". In terms of number of stores the lead. Not so much in sales generated. Avg McDs franchise produces $2.4 million per store. Subway less than 20% of that.
https://www.qsrmagazine.com/content/23-biggest-fast-food-chains-america
Depends on how you calculate "big". In terms of number of stores the lead. Not so much in sales generated. Avg McDs franchise produces $2.4 million per store. Subway less than 20% of that.
https://www.qsrmagazine.com/content/23-biggest-fast-food-chains-america
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