Irish court rules Subway loaves are too sugary to be called bread

Bread in Subway's hot sandwiches contains too much sugar to meet Ireland's legal definition for bread, the country's Supreme Court has ruled.

The judgment was handed down on Tuesday in response to a Subway franchisee who had appealed for a tax refund, arguing that its bread is a "staple" food and therefore subject to a 0% tax rate.

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