Subway tuna sandwiches contain no fish, claims California lawsuit

Something is suspicious, or perhaps not so suspicious, with tuna sandwiches from the global Subway sandwich chain, according to a new lawsuit.

In California, two women accuse Subway of selling fake tuna. They filed a lawsuit against the company in the United States District Court for the Northern California District.

The suit claims that independent tests have found no real tuna in the samples. The plaintiffs’ lawyer told the Washington Post that the ingredients were not only not tuna, but also “not fish”.

Instead, they say the test found “a mixture of several mixtures that do not constitute tuna, but were mixed by the defendants to mimic the appearance of the tuna”.

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The women say Subway is saving money “because the manufactured ingredient they use instead of tuna costs less.”

A Subway representative told the Post that the process is frivolous and baseless, adding that Subway’s tuna is not only real, but wild caught.

The recent lawsuit is not the first to question the legitimacy of Subway food.

In 2020, an Irish court ruled that Subway bread contained too much sugar to be considered bread. The decision excludes Subway sandwiches from necessary labels that define them as staple foods exempt from value added tax.

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