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thesquanderer

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5. "a chemical used in yoga mats and shoe soles" is irrelevant.

Reply to jakeXT (Original post)

Thu Feb 6, 2014, 09:25 AM

Feb 2014

Last edited Thu Feb 6, 2014, 10:50 AM - Edit history (1)

I'm not saying it's not a good idea to take out the chemical, but I hate these stories where they scare the public by saying that some food ingredient is used in {insert name of thing you would never eat}.

What ELSE something is used for is totally irrelevant to whether or not something is healthy. It's strictly a PR stunt by activists, a way to get more attention.

H20 is used in TONS of inedible products, but you don't see people clamoring to have water removed from their food products.

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Subway Takes Chemical Out of Sandwich Bread After Protest [View all] jakeXT Feb 2014 OP

Wonder if that what gives Subways that weird "Subway" smell. Laffy Kat Feb 2014 #1

I thought it was just me. There is something about that smell that doc03 Feb 2014 #2

I quit eating Subway years ago because of the bread dixiegrrrrl Feb 2014 #3

It mashes down to nothing, they must get twice as much doc03 Feb 2014 #4

"a chemical used in yoga mats and shoe soles" is irrelevant. thesquanderer Feb 2014 #5

It's probably because of the mechanism jakeXT Feb 2014 #6

Yeah, I use yeast to produce air bubbles in my bread! hedgehog Feb 2014 #8

It's also a weaselly scare tactic skepticscott Feb 2014 #7

Indeed. This is a case of chemophobia, pure and simple. HuckleB Feb 2014 #10

I almost ate at Subway yesterday - but could not do it womanofthehills Feb 2014 #9

The food tastes and smells bad, but you had nothing to fear. HuckleB Feb 2014 #11

Idiotic food blogger persuades Subway to remove additive from bread HuckleB Feb 2014 #12

Why I'm Not Worried About Yoga Mat Chemicals in My Food HuckleB Feb 2014 #13

I got up to the front of the Subway line womanofthehills Mar 2014 #14