DNA Analysis Reveals Subway Chicken Less Than 50% Real Chicken


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If you’re one of the people who think of Subway as a “healthier” alternative to the usual fast food fare, a myth that has been debunked on more than one occasion, then this study from CBC Marketplace is one that will surely make you think twice before ordering that $5 footlong.

In a DNA analysis, CBC took samples from the most popular chicken filet sandwiches that different fast food businesses dish out to their customers. Subway’s sandwiches, as the analysis revealed, contained the least amount of chicken DNA, coming in at under 50% chicken.

The results from the study, which took samples from five popular fast food chains, were broken down as such:

  1. A&W chicken grill deluxe (89.4%)
  2. Wendy’s grilled chicken sandwich (88.5%)
  3. Tim Hortons chipotle chicken grilled wrap (86.5%)
  4. McDonald’s grilled country chicken (84.9%)
  5. Subway oven roasted chicken patties (53.6%)
  6. Subway sweet onion chicken teriyaki strips (42.8%)

The testers were initially shocked by the results of the Subway chicken, considering the outliers to possibly be incorrectly measured. And so the test was done again and again, to ensure accuracy. But after ordering five new biopsies of the chicken, the average still came out to be 53.6% and 42.8% for the two latter sandwiches.

What was the remaining ingredients in the chicken? Soy.

Subway replied to this study, stating that their recipe calls for less than one percent of soy in their chicken products:

“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.”

Subway has said that they’re going to be investigating the matter with their supplier, as they always strive to supply high quality ingredients to their customers.

Regardless of what they plan to do going forward, would you still eat Subway’s chicken sandwich products?


3 responses to “DNA Analysis Reveals Subway Chicken Less Than 50% Real Chicken”

  1. Natalka says:

    Everyone should watch the CBC Marketplace segment!

    http://www.cbc.ca/marketplace/episodes/2015-2016/chicken

  2. RebelGr78 says:

    nope not on my life and either I would love to live on a farm and tend the chickens and they re real!

    i don’t like Suckway but love Wendy’s or Church’s Chicken

    • Elly says:

      We get our chickens from a farmer nothing added just corn fed and they are the best. Used to go to Subway occasionally, but when they sold Halal products we quit and will NEVER return.


















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