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[plagiarize]

There was some bullshit about the ingredients in their bread not long ago. Something about the same chemicals used to make tires.

Bullshit is the right word.

Because it was just a food additive that also happens to be used for non food things too. Like water. And Salt. Like loads of stuff. These scaremongering stories about fast food only tend to be accurate about 5% of the time in my estimation.

I can think of much worse things to cut chicken with than soy.

 

[RecRoulette]

I only get the meatball sub there, which is probably like 7 percent meat of some kind. Know your enemy.

Last I heard, it was the most popular restaurant in the world.

I think KFC has this crown. KFC is insanely popular all over the world.

 

[AlfonzoPalutena]

Love A&W and glad to see their chicken is good.

Seriously, A&W is the shit, but there aren't any near me

 

[Undefined]

this just makes subway even better.

best food of all time. mcdonalds aint got nothin on this.

 

[jmdajr]

I think it was a clueless food blogger who made it a much bigger deal than it actually was.

I actually like Subway's chicken sandwiches, but I was never under the illusion that it was healthy.



Learn to cook.

I mean the chicken doesn't look like chicken. Like wtf right?

But yes learn to cook.

 

[BumperLips]

First the 11 inch footlong and now this.

Those bastards...

 

[Fuchsdh]

I think it was a clueless food blogger who made it a much bigger deal than it actually was.

I actually like Subway's chicken sandwiches, but I was never under the illusion that it was healthy.



Learn to cook.

It's still probably healthier than your fast food alternatives (you can get whole wheat bread and put as many veggies as you want) but I'm sure the bigger issue for a lot of people is how much they're eating out overall.

 

[jmdajr]

So if you get a Mc Donalds chicken Sandwich and a side salad, you're eating just about as healthy really.

 

[Futureman]

Well soy isn't that bad. I thought the other 50% was going to be shoe.

University of Pittsburgh just released a study today that men in the US see less health benefits from eating soybeans than Japanese men:

While a plurality of Japanese men experience heart-health benefits from consuming soybeans — tofu, soy milk, edamame, tempeh and other soy-based foods — the same occurs far less often in American men.

http://www.post-gazette.com/news/he...soy-food-on-heart-health/stories/201702230208

 

[zelas]

I wonder if it's the same in America or if federal regulations mandate otherwise.

 

[Kaladin]

Taco Bell beef is 88% beef.

 

[shira]

"No more soy or they just out of soy?"

lul

 

[Samara]

"No more soy or they just out of soy?"

Lmao

Subway is trying make people vegetarian.
Question is : why the hell is their a 7 dollar vegetarian pattie compared to the regular ones?

 

[Umibozu]

If anyone wants to watch the cbc investigation, here it is:
https://youtu.be/xd3Trr8Xrdc

 

[Philly40]

Chicken has no flavor so no wonder they have to add a bucket of salt and flavorings on that tasteless hell-meat.

American fast food diet:
30% soy
30% corn (mostly high-fructose corn syrup)
30% bleached white flour
10% "chicken"

Chicken has plenty of flavour if it's cooked whole - even without any seasonings.

It's when you mechanically strip the meat off the carcass that you lose the taste.

 

[Magwik]

Always knew Subway chicken tasted like shit. Y'all need a Potbelly around you for a real sandwich and not Jimmy John's trash

 

[Saucycarpdog]

Well this explains why the chicken has always tasted like water rather than meat.

Now they just have to figure out why the bread tastes like filler.

 

[Moose Biscuits]

It is. Cattle grid in windsor does it, so worth checking some steak restaurants near you just in case.

Will do, thanks for the tip.

The real injustice is that there's some takeout near me with Canada in the name (and the leaf for a logo) but when I looked on the menu, NO POUTINE.

 

[Into the Light]

The other half is rubber.

It tastes like it.

 

[sir_kevith]

Always knew Subway chicken tasted like shit. Y'all need a Potbelly around you for a real sandwich and not Jimmy John's trash

I like the roast beef with the hot peppers (aka giardiniera). That place is also really affordable.

On Subway, I thought everything was made of chicken like even the pepperoni and salami? That always sounded like BS to me but then this is probably worse if half the chicken is soy. It's sad that you could make a better sandwich with Carl Buddig meat.

 

[-Gozer-]

I never understood why they bother with the fake grill marks on the chicken.

Subway - "Those aren't grill marks. They're flavor stripes."

 

[Uno Venova]

Best Subway alternative in NYC? I like Potbelly.

 

[lastplayed]

I never understood why they bother with the fake grill marks on the chicken.

Looks like a bucket of shoes.

 

[ReAxion]

I never understood why they bother with the fake grill marks on the chicken.

Subway - "Those aren't grill marks. They're flavor stripes."

.

 

[perfectchaos007]

Looks like a bucket of shoes.

thongs!

 

[Kayhan]

I never understood why they bother with the fake grill marks on the chicken.

Subway - "Those aren't grill marks. They're flavor stripes."

Those are shoes. Flip-flops.

 

[WaterAstro]

Eat Fresh my ass

It might be fresh Soy...

Spoiler

even the Soy might be artificial.

 

[Barkley's Justice]

Wouldn't that unknowingly endanger people with soy allergies? Wouldn't we have heard about this already if it were truly the case?

 

[antibolo]

Processed chicken in general is pretty disgusting. Subway or otherwise. I avoid it whenever I can.

 

[RageWaffles]

"But from a sodium perspective you might as well eat a big portion of poutine."

great, now I want poutine for dinner.

 

[MindofKB]

I've known that it was this bad for quite some time. My mother-in-law works in corporate food services and knows all about the meats and vegetables used at fast food chains. She says she would NEVER eat a sandwich at Subway after seeing how much soy and water they pump into their protein mixture.

She also told me that she was bummed Quiznos tanked because they had the highest quality protein out of all of the major sandwich chains. She was willing to pay the extra cost every time knowing that the beef and chicken in the sandwich wasn't so heavily diluted. She also told me why some pizza chains are able to sell pies for only $5. Apparently, the quality of ingredients they buy from major suppliers is incredibly low. One major pizza chain in particular apparently uses pepperoni that's 1 grade above what is used in dog food.

The more you know.

 

[jmdajr]

I've known that it was this bad for quite some time. My mother-in-law works in corporate food services and knows all about the meats and vegetables used at fast food chains. She says she would NEVER eat a sandwich at Subway after seeing how much soy and water they pump into their protein mixture.

She also told me that she was bummed Quiznos tanked because they had the highest quality protein out of all of the major sandwich chains. She was willing to pay the extra cost every time knowing that the beef and chicken in the sandwich wasn't so heavily diluted. She also told me why some pizza chains are able to sell pies for only $5. Apparently, the quality of ingredients they buy from major suppliers is incredibly low. One major pizza chain in particular apparently uses pepperoni that's 1 grade above what is used in dog food.

The more you know.

Little Caesars???

 

[see5harp]

My whole thing is if they somehow got a bunch of Soy to taste decent enough to eat then good for them. Please don't everything on sodium content though. That's sorta idiotic as if eating some Brocolli with a lot of salt would be worse for you than eating an entire serving of Poutine.

 

[Walter White Walker]

I've had their chicken. I'm surprised it wasn't revealed that it's 50% sodium not soy. Healthy food my ass.

 

[MindofKB]

Little Caesars???

I won't say which pizza chain, but that's a great guess!

 

[old manatee]

Bullshit is the right word.

Because it was just a food additive that also happens to be used for non food things too. Like water. And Salt. Like loads of stuff. These scaremongering stories about fast food only tend to be accurate about 5% of the time in my estimation.

I can think of much worse things to cut chicken with than soy.

Eh, if you say you are selling people chicken it should be chicken. I don't care if it's soy. If they are willing to lie about that then everything they sell is suspect.

 

[Trojita]

The chicken looks so gross just sitting in their sub making spot.

 

[Kuro Madoushi]

Awwwww yissss Wendy's!

 

[ginger ninja]

I had rotisserie chicken yesterday which isn't listed here to my relief. Other than that I only go for thier tuna which I love. Their sandwiches are kinda bald but I seemingly think they are healthy given how many veggies I eat with it. Plus they are cheap. But holy fuck at that sodium level, one sub is exceeding daily value. I wish I had decent food places close to me.

 

[WhiteRabbitEXE]

They have a ridiculous amount of locations, but their average store revenue sucks.
In N Out has three-quarters as much revenue from 300 stores as Subway has from 44,000.

I'm not surprised In-N-Out has disproportionately high revenue being that it's In-N-Out, but holy shit. How is Subway only pulling in $1.1 billion across 44,000 stores?! That doesn't even seem possible.

 

[-tetsuo-]

Chicken has no flavor

 

[teh_pwn]

Not really surprising. Even cheap cuts of chicken are going to be hard to use and be profitable with foot long sandwiches at $5-6.

Pretty much any locally owned sandwich or pita shop is going to be miles better than subway, but also cost $3-4 more per meal.

 

[Oersted]

Last I heard, it was the most popular restaurant in the world.

Most restaurants. They had a aggressive, nonsensical franchise strategy.

 

[Frozenprince]

I knew there was a good reason it made me sick.

 

[Jackpot]

Subway's bread is the real crime. Good bread is the core of any sandwich and Subway's is uniquely bad.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

Chicken has no flavor

Let me introduce you to my good friend chicken thighs.

 

[Ultryx]

Damn.

 

[woolley]

I thought it was flavored turkey meat so thats a lot more chicken than I originally thought.

 

[Fried Food]

thats why you get the carved turkey, SOOO

 

[NoRéN]

I don't get it... What is the other 50% made of of?

The books you don't read.