Subway refuted Canadian study claiming that the fast-food's chicken is only 50 percent meat.

The company said on Munchies, "the accusations made by CBC Marketplace about the content of our chicken are absolutely false and misleading. Our chicken is 100 percent white meat with seasonings, marinated and delivered to our stores as a finished, cooked product.

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We have advised them of our strong objections. We do not know how they produced such unreliable and factually incorrect data, but we are insisting on a full retraction. Producing high-quality food for our customers is our highest priority. This report is wrong and if must be corrected."

The study connected with a Canadian broadcasting company found out that the sandwich titan's oven-roasted meat and sweet onion teriyaki strips only contain 53.6 and 42.8 percent of poultry DNA, respectively. It was also discovered that the rest of the sandwich stuff is made of processed soy.

Wildlife Forensic Laboratory DNA researcher Matt Harnden of Trent University conducted the analysis of meat samples from different fast-food chains. It was also discovered that McDonald's and Wendy's grilled chicken sandwich is only 84.9 and 88.5 percent meat, respectively.

Similarly, Wendy's denied accusations in Munchies saying "the grilled chicken served at Wendy's is a juicy, all-white meat, whole muscle chicken breast fillet that has been marinated in a blend of herbs and spices: not reformed or restructured. There are no artificial flavors or colors in our grilled chicken. The only protein source in our chicken is chicken." 

Meanwhile, McDonald's has not yet responded to Munchies' request for their statement on the issue. 

Subway Canada also answered, "we tested our chicken products recently for nutritional and quality attributes and found it met our food quality standards."