Editing Subway (restaurant) (section)

===Ingredients===
Subway removed [[azodicarbonamide]] from its bread after food blogger and activist [[Vani Hari]] gathered more than 50,000 signatures in a [[petition]] drive.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.subway.com/subwayroot/about_us/PR_Docs/QualityBread.pdf | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140226214846/http://www.subway.com/subwayroot/about_us/PR_Docs/QualityBread.pdf | url-status = dead | archive-date = February 26, 2014 |title=Our Commitment to Our Customers: Serving Quality Products Subway Introduces Azo Free Bread in the US and Canada |publisher=subway.com}}</ref> Before Vani Hari's petition, Subway had used azodicarbonamide as a bread conditioner, to whiten the dough and allow [[sandwich bread]] to bake more quickly. {{as of|2016}}, the ingredient was still used by other fast food restaurants.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/business/consumer/chemical-subway-ditched-mcdonalds-wendys-use-it-too-n25051 |title=That Chemical Subway Ditched? McDonald's, Wendy's Use it Too - NBC News |newspaper=NBC News |access-date=December 31, 2016 |archive-date=January 24, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170124233345/http://www.nbcnews.com/business/consumer/chemical-subway-ditched-mcdonalds-wendys-use-it-too-n25051 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In August 2015, Vani Hari again petitioned Subway in conjunction with [[Natural Resources Defense Council]], [[Friends of the Earth (US)|Friends of the Earth]], the [[Center for Food Safety]], [[Public Interest Research Group|U.S. Public Interest Research Group]] to commit to buying meat produced without the routine use of [[antibiotics]] and to provide a timeline for doing so.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bigstory.ap.org/article/281c67ec64564506b17f8f59c8083395/subway-transition-meat-raised-without-antibiotics|title=Subway to transition to meat raised without antibiotics|website=The Big Story|language=en-US|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151023210006/http://bigstory.ap.org/article/281c67ec64564506b17f8f59c8083395/subway-transition-meat-raised-without-antibiotics|archive-date=23 October 2015|access-date=April 20, 2016}}</ref> In October 2015, Subway announced it would transition to chicken raised without antibiotics in 2016 and turkey within the following 2–3 years, and would also transition beef and pork raised without antibiotics by 2025.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/10/20/450314991/subway-joins-the-fast-food-antibiotic-free-meat-club |title=Subway Joins The Fast-Food, Antibiotic-Free Meat Club |newspaper=NPR |date=October 20, 2015 |access-date=April 20, 2016 |archive-date=April 13, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413191817/http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/10/20/450314991/subway-joins-the-fast-food-antibiotic-free-meat-club |url-status=live |last1=Charles |first1=Dan }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.subway.com/subwayroot/about_us/PR_Docs/AntibioticFreeRelease10.20.15.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423013158/https://www.subway.com/subwayroot/about_us/PR_Docs/AntibioticFreeRelease10.20.15.pdf |archive-date=April 23, 2016 |url-status=dead |title=SUBWAY Restaurants Elevates Current Antibiotic-Free Policy U.S. Restaurants Will Only Serve Animal Proteins That Have Never Been Treated With Antibiotics |website=Subway.com }}</ref>

In 2020, the [[Supreme Court of Ireland]] ruled that Subway bread had too high a sugar content to be classed as bread for VAT reasons, with its recipe including sugar equal to 10% of the weight of the flour.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sandwiches in Subway 'too sugary to meet legal definition of being bread' |url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/sandwiches-in-subway-too-sugary-to-meet-legal-definition-of-being-bread-39574778.html |access-date=1 October 2020 |work=independent |language=en |archive-date=October 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001120742/https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/sandwiches-in-subway-too-sugary-to-meet-legal-definition-of-being-bread-39574778.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2021, a lawsuit was filed against the company alleging that the ingredient Subway bills as "[[tuna]]" was a mixture of "various concoctions that do not constitute tuna, yet have been blended together by defendants to imitate the appearance of tuna". The company's senior director for global food safety and quality said in a statement that "Our restaurants receive pure tuna, mix it with mayonnaise and serve on a freshly made sandwich to our guests."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Carman |first1=Tim |title=Subway's tuna is not tuna, but a 'mixture of various concoctions,' a lawsuit alleges |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/food/2021/01/27/subway-tuna-lawsuit/ |access-date=29 January 2021 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=27 January 2021}}</ref> The investigative TV show ''[[Inside Edition]]'' sent samples of Subway's tuna salad to [[Applied Food Technologies]], a Florida company that carries out DNA testing of seafood. According to that company, "Yes, we confirmed that tuna was definitely in all three samples we received."<ref>{{cite news | author = Staff| title =Do Subway's Tuna Sandwiches Actually Contain Tuna? Inside Edition Investigates | newspaper =[[Inside Edition]]| location = | pages = | language = | publisher = | date =February 11, 2021 | url =https://www.insideedition.com/do-subways-tuna-sandwiches-actually-contain-tuna-inside-edition-investigates-64885| accessdate =June 22, 2021 }}</ref> Subway established a website, SubwayTunaFacts.com, to refute the claims that they did not use real tuna, which they have denied unambiguously.<ref>{{cite web | url =https://subwaytunafacts.com/| title =Subway Tuna is ''Real'' Tuna| last = | first = | date =2021 | website =SubwayTunaFacts.com| publisher =Subway| access-date =July 22, 2021 | quote = The truth is, Subway uses wild-caught skipjack tuna regulated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). A favorite among sub lovers, our tuna is and has always been high-quality, premium and 100% real.}}</ref>