While I might have ended my illustrious Subway career in 2008, sometimes I pop by a store and grab a turkey sub. I'm not sure why I still do this. Maybe it's reassuring to order sandwiches that I used to make and therefore was fine with consuming because I knew all of the ingredients. Or at least I thought I did.
In 2014, a food blogger called out Subway for its inclusion of a chemical called azodicarbonamide in its breads, according to CBS News. This ingredient was described as "a bleaching agent and dough conditioner" approved by the Food and Drug Administration, but it's also used to make yoga mats.
Understandably, customers wanted the ingredient removed from their bread, and Subway began phasing it out in 2014, according to CNN. While the ingredient is no longer present, it does cast a cloud over the brand's ubiquitous "eat fresh" slogan.