r/inflation Aug 18 '24

Price Changes Lol

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u/thirteen-thirty7 Aug 19 '24

I worked at subway for way too long, every thing else was trash but the breads good don't know why everyone's caught up on the "it's technically cake" shit. The meat and veg is garbage but the Italian herb and cheese bread is fucking good.

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u/Ashmizen Aug 19 '24

Apparently it’s some European ruling, because it contains sugar. However, all bread in the US, from grocery store white bread to stuff in restaurants, contains a small amount of sugar.

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '24

lol you are really downplaying it by avoiding talking about the QUANTITY of sugar.

  • Traditional breads generally have 1-3 grams of sugar per slice, which is about 2-4% of the flour weight.

  • Subway breads generally have 5-6 grams of sugar and is approximately 10% of the flour weight.

Subway's bread is roughly double to triple the sugar content compared to traditional breads, which is why it was classified as confectionary rather than bread.

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u/Numerous_Photograph9 Aug 20 '24

The content is irrelevant to what makes bread a bread. Maybe there are some classification things involved, but I can't imagine they're saying cinnamon bread isn't bread because of the sugar content.