Food and Drink Subway Tuna May Be Mystery Meat - Page 4

**gblowfish** · 06-22-2021, 09:11 AM

What is that smell???
https://www.eatthis.com/news-subway-...investigation/

There's been an interesting, ongoing discussion about the authenticity of Subway's tuna since two Subway customers filed a lawsuit against America's biggest fast-food chain last January. They argued that Subway "falsely advertised" its tuna as real tuna, while alleging that the ingredient Subway serves is "anything but tuna." Now, the New York Times has completed an investigation of multiple samples of Subway's tuna. The verdict? A fish-testing lab says it's hard to say.

On Saturday, Julia Carmel, the reporter who conducted the investigation just published in the New York Times, said on Twitter: "In January, @Choire thought it would be funny to test a Subway tuna sandwich." She refers to fellow writer and former New York Times Style section editor Choire Sicha, as the two seemed to have hit on a worthy question by fishing around about Subway's tuna—as Carmel tweeted: "Nearly 6 months later, I can finally show the world this 2,500-word deep dive into the world of Big Tuna."

It was a "deep-dive" indeed, as the journalist described her method of procuring samples of Subway tuna sandwiches from three Los Angeles-area Subway restaurants. "It seemed logical to order only tuna on the sandwiches—no extra vegetables, cheese or dressing—as the lab was already wary about the challenges of identifying a fish that's been cooked at least once, mixed with mayo, frozen and shipped across the country." Then, Carmel reported, "I was told that if I packed a Ziploc of Subway tuna into a Styrofoam shipping cooler with a few ice packs and mailed it across the country, the lab could test it."

Carmel reports that in a month's time, the lab (which requested not to be named in the New York Times report) relayed their findings, as quoted in this New York Times article excerpt:

"No amplifiable tuna DNA was present in the sample and so we obtained no amplification products from the DNA," the email read. "Therefore, we cannot identify the species."

The spokesman from the lab offered a bit of analysis. "There's two conclusions," he said. "One, it's so heavily processed that whatever we could pull out, we couldn't make an identification. Or we got some and there's just nothing there that's tuna." Subway declined to comment on the lab results.

htismaqe · 06-22-2021, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Donger

No. In no particular order:

Marmite on toast
Eggy Soldiers
Shepard's Pie
Fisherman's Pie
Fish and Chips
Pickled Onions

Those are the standouts.

freak.

Jewish Rabbi · 06-22-2021, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Titty Meat

I'm referring to their chicken breast it also feels rubbery

I thought you were an ass man

KCUnited · 06-22-2021, 02:08 PM

The British will take something everyone else in the world knows as lobster rolls and name it piddywinkles and chonkers

**Donger** · 06-22-2021, 02:11 PM

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Originally Posted by htismaqe

freak.

Oh, and Bangers and Mash

The only thing close to it that I've had since moving here was at a pub in the Gaslamp.

ChiefBlueCFC · 06-22-2021, 02:18 PM

Pretty sure everything at Subway is a mystery "food"

htismaqe · 06-22-2021, 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Donger

Oh, and Bangers and Mash

The only thing close to it that I've had since moving here was at a pub in the Gaslamp.

Yeah, I'm just messing with ya. I like pretty much all of the things you listed.

**Donger** · 06-22-2021, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by htismaqe

Yeah, I'm just messing with ya. I like pretty much all of the things you listed.

I was only seven, so it's not like I had much of a choice.

Found the pub:

https://thefield.com/

I forgot that it's an Irish pub. But the food makes tolerating that easier.

Pablo · 06-22-2021, 02:31 PM

Jimmy John's tuna salad seems alright to me. Just rare that I'm ever in the mood to run out and order a tuna sandwich from anywhere. And I never have the urge to run out and get some Subway.

ping2000 · 06-22-2021, 02:38 PM

FAX · 06-22-2021, 04:13 PM

As the immortal Jared Fogle used to aver ...

"If you can gag it down, it's meat."

FAX

**bevischief** · 06-22-2021, 04:18 PM

Then you must not have seen some the documentaries about commercial fishing industry...

D.A.P. · 06-22-2021, 05:15 PM

Never been to a Subway.

BlackOp · 06-22-2021, 05:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Kellerfox

I remember learning a few years ago (from a Subway corporate exec…) that their “ham” products are actually just turkey dyed with food coloring. For legal reasons, they do contain like 1% ham… but they are 95% turkey.

That's just ****ed up...I mean if they are willing to go to those lengths to deceive their customers....who knows what else they are doing.

It takes real effort to be that dishonest...

I dont even want to think about what's in their meatballs....

Eureka · 06-22-2021, 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by BlackOp

That's just ****ed up...I mean if they are willing to go to those lengths to deceive their customers....who knows what else they are doing.

It takes real effort to be that dishonest...

I dont even want to think about what's in their meatballs....

Here is a picture of the meatballs before they're meatballs. A little bit of sauce and Mmmmmmm

Stewie · 06-22-2021, 06:31 PM

Tuna is one of the cheapest proteins on the planet. Hell, I can buy a 5 oz can for 39 cents. What are they substituting?

06-22-2021, 09:11 AM
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