Ireland's court ruled that the starch used in Subway sandwiches is too sugary to meet the definition of bread.

This all came to light when Bookfinders Ltd, a local subway franchise owner, was seeking a refund for past years' taxes due to the Value-Added Tax Act of 1972, which provides a tax break for serving a staple food item such as bread. However, the five-judge panel ruled that the bread's sugar-to-flour content is roughly five times too high to qualify, according to the Irish Independent.

For a company to be taxed zero percent under the tax act, the weight of sugar and fat in a bread product must not be more than 2 percent of the total weight of flour in the dough.

Justice Donal O'Donnell said the definition of "bread" was established to distinguish the starch from other baked goods, such as cookies or brownies, that aren't healthy enough to be considered essential.

The best thing to come out of this story is that now we can all have Jersey Mike's for lunch, and just get Subway for dessert.