DNA test: Subway serving chicken that’s only 50% chicken

A Canadian news agency’s investigation into fast-food chain’s ingredients turned up concerning results for Subway.

When the results came back from sandwiches in Canada, the fillets contained 53.6% chicken on average while the strips had just 42.8%.

The tests were conducted without the inclusion of condiments.

None of the samples tested were made of 100 percent chicken DNA.

Subway said it would investigate its supply chain in Canada – the tests only apply to sandwiches produced in that territory. However, most of the restaurants scored reasonably high, around 85 to 90 percent chicken DNA. Subway’s results, however, were so shocking to researchers that they chose to test them again.

The remainder of the DNA was made up from soy protein, the investigation claimed.

Subway released the following response to the CBC. This means pieces of real meat are combined with other ingredients to improve the taste, extend its shelf life, and make it cheaper to produce for the company.

It’s often reported that fast food chicken has added ingredients.

In other words, the nuggets are a far cry from the lean chicken meat you’d buy in a supermarket aisle. Image credit: Viportal.coA failed healthy choice.

Before you start gorging yourself of McDonald’s Country Chicken, know fast-food chicken also has upwards of seven to 10 times the amount of sodium than regular, store-bought chicken.

McDonald’s then faced unwelcome scrutiny on the composition of its hamburgers and chicken nuggets several years later, when the television program Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution introduced viewers to “pink slime”. The company could not reveal how their product is seasoned, but that their product is created to be seasoned “just like at home”.

Trent University’s Wildlife Forensic DNA Lab, which conducted the tests, says that the chicken purchased from a butcher or grocery store should register at 100% chicken DNA. “We do not provide ingredient percentages as we consider that information to be proprietary”.

According to research conducted by CBC’s Marketplace, numerous Subway brand’s chicken in its sandwiches contain less than 50% chicken DNA.