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"I Can't Believe It's Not Bread!": Subway vs. Ireland

The expression "looks can be deceiving" can be applicable to anyone or anything that ends up not being what it appears to be. This phrase especially applies to food products as there are a great deal of items that are deceitful in their appearance, albeit intentional, such as imitation crab, meat alternatives, and the spread that birthed the famous "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter" phrase. The fast-food industry is the poster child for "looks can be deceiving" as there have been multiple instances of chains serving items not exactly how they were in the commercials (McDonald's Big Mac being one notable example), and let's not even get into the fake ingredients because authentic fast food is basically an oxymoron.  For Ireland, authentic bread is definitely an oxymoron regarding the fast-food chain Subway, as back in 2020 the Irish Supreme Court declared Subway bread as not actually bread due to the abundance of sugar. Now, I've seen mul...