The highest court in Ireland has ruled that bread sold by an American fast-food restaurant cannot be legally defined as bread. The court said Subway restaurant’s bread contains so much sugar that it failed to meet the legal definition of the food product. The ruling came in a tax dispute brought by Bookfinders Limited, which operates Subway restaurants in Ireland. Bread is one of the world’s most popular foods. It is made from a mixture of flour, water, and yeast, which causes the bread to expand when heated. Bookfinders had argued that some of its takeaway, or take-out, products should not be subject to a value-added tax. The list of products included hot drinks, such as tea and coffee, and heated sandwiches. Ireland’s Supreme Court rejected the company’s appeal. Its judges ruled that the bread sold by Subway contains too much sugar to be considered a “staple food.” A staple food is something that is eaten all the time and part of many people’s diets. Such foods are not subject to the value-added taxed. “There is no dispute that the bread supplied by Subway in its heated sandwiches has a sugar content of 10% of the weight of the flour included in the dough, and thus exceeds the 2% specified,” the court said. The law notes a difference between “bread as a staple food” and other baked goods “which are, or approach fancy baked goods,” the judgement read.
Title: Irish Court Finds US Company’s Bread… Isn’t Bread
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data-start-time='27417' data-end-time='40042'>The ruling came in a tax dispute brought by Bookfinders Limited, which operates Subway restaurants in Ireland.</span> <span data-start-time='40042' data-end-time='45292'>Bread is one of the world’s most popular foods.</span> <span data-start-time='45292' data-end-time='55583'>It is made from a mixture of flour, water, and yeast, which causes the bread to expand when heated.</span> <span data-start-time='55583' data-end-time='69375'>Bookfinders had argued that some of its takeaway, or take-out, products should not be subject to a value-added tax.</span> <span data-start-time='69375' data-end-time='79417'>The list of products included hot drinks, such as tea and coffee, and heated sandwiches.</span> <span data-start-time='79417' data-end-time='86104'>Ireland’s Supreme Court rejected the company’s appeal.</span> <span data-start-time='86104' data-end-time='98021'>Its judges ruled that the bread sold by Subway contains too much sugar to be considered a “staple food.”</span> <span data-start-time='98021' data-end-time='107229'>A staple food is something that is eaten all the time and part of many people’s diets.</span> <span data-start-time='107229' data-end-time='114063'>Such foods are not subject to the value-added taxed.</span> <span data-start-time='114063' data-end-time='138542'>“There is no dispute that the bread supplied by Subway in its heated sandwiches has a sugar content of 10% of the weight of the flour included in the dough, and thus exceeds the 2% specified,” the court said.</span> <span data-start-time='138542' data-end-time='154646'>The law notes a difference between “bread as a staple food” and other baked goods “which are, or approach fancy baked goods,” the judgement read.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' 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