Subway’s Tuna Sandwiches Contain No Actual Tuna, Class Action Lawsuit Asserts

Subway’s tuna sandwiches and wraps have absolutely no tuna in them, according to a $5 million class action lawsuit accusing the sandwich chain of fraud among other things. 

The Californians who filed the Subway class action lawsuit say “they were tricked into buying food items that wholly lacked the ingredient they reasonably thought they were purchasing.” 

The lawsuit was filed after independent testing found that Subway’s tuna is a mixture of various concoctions that look similar to tuna, but in fact, is not tuna. 

The actual ingredients of the concoctions were not revealed, but the plaintiffs’ lawyer hinted that it may not even be seafood that Subway is serving.

“We found that the ingredients were not tuna and not fish,” the attorney told The Washington Post. 

Class Action Lawsuit: Subway’s Tuna Sandwiches Contain No Actual Tuna

The Californians are accusing Subway of breaking several laws by negligently and intentionally misrepresenting its tuna sandwich to customers. 

“Defendants have no reasonable basis for labeling, advertising, marketing and packaging the Products as being or containing ‘tuna,’” the proposed class action lawsuit asserts. “As a result, consumers are consistently misled into purchasing the Products for the commonly known and/or advertised benefits and characteristics of tuna when in fact no such benefits could be had, given that the Products are in fact devoid of tuna.”

The plaintiffs are looking to represent a Class of other consumers in California who bought a tuna sandwich or wrap from Subway since 2017 thinking they were getting actual fish. 

Subway is standing by its tuna sandwich asserting that its tuna is not only fish, but wild-caught fish, according to The Washington Post. 

Subway’s Sandwiches Taken Apart in Legal Actions Challenging its Authenticity

This is far from the first legal action challenging Subway’s sandwiches. Just last year Ireland’s Supreme Court ruled that Subway’s bread was not actually bread. Judges found that Subway’s “bread” contained too much sugar to be legally called bread, according to NPR. 

A spokesperson for the sandwich chain brushed off the ruling saying in part, “Subway’s bread is, of course, bread. We have been baking fresh bread in our restaurants for more than three decades and our guests return each day for sandwiches made on bread that smells as good as it tastes,” according to NPR. 

Also in 2020, A Canadian judge authorized a class action lawsuit challenging Subway’s chicken sandwiches. This came after a 2017 CBC marketplace article that reported a DNA analysis revealed the chicken in Subway’s chicken sandwiches contained “50% of chicken DNA, the rest being made up of soy.”

The DNA analysis was reportedly performed by a researcher at a Trent University laboratory. Subway fired back with a defamation lawsuit against the CBC claiming its reporting was reckless and malicious. That part of the food fight ended with a judge ordering Subway to pay $500,000 in legal fees to CBC. 

As for the proposed Subway’s tuna sandwich class action lawsuit, the plaintiff’s attorneys believe that if it’s certified, it could include thousands of California Subway consumers. 

Do you eat Subway’s sandwiches or wraps? Have you tried Subway’s tuna sandwich? Tell us your thoughts in the comment section below! 

The plaintiffs are represented by Shalini Dogra of Dogra Law Group PC. 

The Subway’s Tuna Sandwich Class Action Lawsuit is Nilima Amin, et al., v. Subway Restaurants Inc., et al., Case No. 4:21-cv-00498-DMR, in the United States District Court Northern District of California. 

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