Subway Becomes the Latest US Food Company to Remove Artificial Ingredients
05 June 2015 --- Following last week’s announcement that US fast food chains Pizza Hut and Taco Bell are to reformulate their US menus to remove artificial ingredients, US fast food chain Subway has announced that it is to follow suit and drop artificial ingredients by the end of 2017.
The chain, which has over 43,000 restaurants in 110 countries, has already made a number of moves toward healthier menus for all its stores. It removed artificial trans-fat in 2008, reduced sodium in 2009 and removed high fructose corn syrup from sandwiches and salads in 2014.
Elizabeth Stewart, the company’s director of corporate social responsibility said Subway’s transition would not affect current relationships with suppliers and the company does not expect higher prices for customers from the switch.
“There is an overall trend in food cost increase,” Stewart said. “If in the future our costs go up it will be driven by the trend in food costs, and not this initiative.”
This week Nestlé US also announced plans to reformulate its ready meals to include less salt and fewer artificial ingredients.
