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DNA Test Shows Subway's 'Chicken' Only Contains 50 Percent Chicken (arstechnica.com)

According to an investigation by Canadian media outlet, CBC, the chicken in Subway Restaurants' chicken sandwiches may only contain around 50 percent chicken -- the rest of it is soy, spices and preservatives. The investigation involved DNA testing chicken sandwiches collected from five popular fast food restaurants. While the rest of the sandwiches contained mostly chicken, Subway's oven-roasted chicken and the chicken strips in its Sweet Onion Chicken Teriyaki sandwich clocked in with just 53.6 percent and 42.8 percent chicken, respectively. Ars Technica reports: Among all the chicken sampled, there was a total of about 50 ingredients other than chicken identified. The chicken samples had an average of 16 ingredients. Some of the ingredients are expected, such as salt and other seasonings. But many were commercial preservatives and fillers. One commonality was that they all had high levels of salt. Subway responded to the CBC in a statement: "SUBWAY Canada cannot confirm the veracity of the results of the lab testing you had conducted. However, we are concerned by the alleged findings you had conducted." You can read the full statement here.

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  1. Spin it properly by mi · · Score: 5, Funny

    However, we are concerned by the alleged findings you had conducted

    Piffle! That's a totally wrong spin! According to TFA, most of the other 50% is soy — the famously humane and environment-friendly replacement for meat.

    Restaurants should proudly admit to being ahead of their customers on both counts — and wow to make their sandwiches 90% meat-free by 2050, or something like that.

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    1. Re:Spin it properly by Dunbal · · Score: 3, Funny

      You're getting alleged chicken.

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    2. Re:Spin it properly by sconeu · · Score: 5, Funny

      Alternative Chicken

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  2. Re:Read the response in detail & between the l by BarbaraHudson · · Score: 5, Funny
    Subway's latest communique:

    We recognize that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, so our imitation chicken is leading us all into a new, more courageous* future, where we will be 100%, BRAVE, not CHICKEN!

    "courageous" is the intellectual property of Apple Inc. "chicken" includes, but is not limited to, dog, cat, yeast, nuclear waste, chicken feathers, beaks, claws, recycled newspaper (for that genuine cardboard-y takeout taste).May include nuts. May not include chicken..

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  3. Re:The Donald just tweeted... by BarbaraHudson · · Score: 5, Funny

    FAKE NEWS!

    Of course it's fake news. It's about fake chicken!!!.

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  4. Re:Read the response in detail & between the l by MightyMartian · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well, I'm personally relieved. I wouldn't want anything that was made with some percentage of unreal chicken.

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  5. Re:Read the response... by wonkey_monkey · · Score: 3, Funny

    It all gets extruded in the end (or out the end) anyway.

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  6. New Subway spokesweasel... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    New Subway spokesweasel Kellyanne Conway says that Subway is just offering "alternative chicken".