Has anyone or anything not named Joe Paterno or Aaron Hernandez has a more rapid decline than Subway? As if choosing RGIII to rep your brand wasn’t enough of a strategic nightmare, your main spokesperson was outed as a kiddie porn fanatic and you’ve been sued for advertising your 11.23 inch subs to be footlongs. Jesus.
In the latest assault on Subway, a DNA test done by a Canadian company showed only HALF of Subway’s oven-roasted patty is made with real chicken.
The Canadian Broadcast Corporation have tested the chicken of five fast-food restaurants and found that Subway’s Oven Roasted Chicken patties averaged 53.6 percent chicken DNA while the Sweet Onion Chicken Teriyaki strips came in at 42.8 percent, according to CBS News. The substitute ingredient, according to the study, is soy.
Subway has since released a statement refuting the evidence:
“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 cite with respect to the proportion of soy content. Our chicken strips and oven roasted chicken contain 1% or less of soy protein. We use this ingredient in these products as a means to help stabilize the texture and moisture. All of our chicken items are made from 100% white meat chicken which is marinated, oven roasted and grilled. We tested our chicken products recently for nutritional and quality attributes and found it met our food quality standards. We will look into this again with our supplier to ensure that the chicken is meeting the high standard we set for all of our menu items and ingredients.”
For comparison, Wendy’s grilled chicken sandwich averaged 88.5 percent chicken, while McDonald’s Grilled Country Chicken averaged 84.9 percent, says the findings.
The news comes just months after a Subway employee did a viral Reddit AMA advising customers to stay away from the chicken, as it stinks coming out the bag and are often is served days past its shelf life date.
I blame Subway Jared.
[h/t CBS News]