Subway, Eat Fresh! Would you like some bread with that High Fructose Corn Syrup?

Would you like some bread with that High Fructose Corn Syrup?

A recent Slashfood article is drawing lots of attention in the blogosphere. It's well deserved attention.  Subway, with its "Eat Fresh" logo and its Jared story and all its links to nutrition websites truly earned an article such as this one.

Subway Sandwich: Lettuce, Tomato, High-Fructose Corn Syrup? 

by Nichol Nelson, Posted Jun 22nd 201

If you look at their ingredients page, you see some a whole host of products containing HFCS: preservative-laden breads, meats in prepared sauces, condiments, cookies, and then there's the list of varieties of Fruizle Express. 

Let's take a closer look at these fat free smoothies:

BERRY LISHUS Water, sugar, high fructose corn sweeteners, pasteurized strawberry puree, citric acid, xanthan gum, Fruizle Strawberry Flavor Mix (contains: malic acid, natural flavors, citric acid, ascorbic acid, freeze-dried strawberry juice concentrate, maltodextrin, freeze-dried raspberry juice concentrate), sodium benzoate and potassium sorbate to preserve freshness, natural flavor, propylene glycol, artificial flavor, artificial color FD&C red #40. Optional ingredient: Banana slices (bananas, ascorbic acid, citric acid). 

PEACH PIZAZZ Water, sugar, high fructose corn sweeteners, pasteurized peach puree, pasteurized strawberry puree, natural flavors, citric acid, xanthan gum, Fruizle Kiwi Flavor Mix (contains: malic acid, citric acid, ascorbic acid, natural flavors and artificial flavors, freeze-dried key lime juice concentrate, maltodextrin, silicon dioxide, artificial colors: yellow #5, blue #1), sodium benzoate and potassium sorbate to preserve freshness, propylene glycol, artificial colors FD&C yellow #5 and #6, and red #40. 

PINEAPPLE DELIGHT Water, sugar, high fructose corn sweeteners, pasteurized pineapple puree, pasteurized orange juice concentrate, pasteurized pineapple juice concentrate, citric acid, xanthan gum, Fruizle Pineapple flavor mix (contains: malic acid, freeze-dried pineapple juice concentrate, ascorbic acid, citric acid, natural flavor, artificial color: yellow #5) sodium benzoate and potassium sorbate to preserve freshness, propylene glycol, natural flavors, artificial flavor, artificial colors FD&C yellow #5 and #6. Optional ingredient: Banana slices (bananas, ascorbic acid, citric acid). 

SUNRISE ENERGIZER Water, sugar, high fructose, corn sweeteners, pasteurized mango puree, pasteurized orange juice concentrate, citric acid, xanthan gum, Fruizle Tangerine flavor mix (contains: malic acid, ascorbic acid, natural flavor, citric acid, freeze-dried lemon juice concentrate, maltodextrin, freeze-dried grapefruit juice concentrate, artificial color: yellow #5) sodium benzoate and potassium sorbate to preserve freshness, natural flavors, propylene glycol, artificial flavors, artificial colors FD&C yellow #5 and #6.

Um ok, so they're fat free.  Yay.  but just how many kinds of sweeteners and just how much chemical crap is in each one?  

Eat Fresh indeed....