# Do you still consider Subway healthy? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [September 20, 2022, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-consider-subway-healthy/971937 "2022-09-20T21:17:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2022, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-consider-subway-healthy/971937/61 "2022-09-24T18:00:03Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > They never claimed a foot long with lots of meat and mayo was healthy. What they did claim was if you got certain 6 inch sandwiches a certain way you could have a low calorie option. And they clearly post the nutritional information. You can eat healthier there and not overload on calories. You can also gorge yourself on fat and calories if you choose. I was certainly influenced by that widely successfully ad campaign. The spokesman lost several hundred pounds. You did have to look carefully at the details. You mentioned specific sandwiches with very limited sauces. The spokesman also increased his daily walking. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2022, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-consider-subway-healthy/971937/62 "2022-09-24T18:04:04Z")
Is it a widespread misconception that Subway doesn’t offer provolone? Because while some of the smaller stores don’t carry it, it’s absolutely a common option and provolone is always what I order on my usual spicy Italian. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2022, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-consider-subway-healthy/971937/63 "2022-09-24T18:06:56Z")
Basically, it’s not necessarily unhealthy, which Subway sometimes uses in misleading ways to associate its entire brand as “healthy” ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2022, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-consider-subway-healthy/971937/64 "2022-09-24T18:07:02Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > The spokesman also increased his daily walking. Ah, yes: how healthy Subway is depends on how much walking you have to do to get there. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![griffin1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2022, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-consider-subway-healthy/971937/65 "2022-09-24T18:32:28Z")
I would say yes based on: - if you order your sandwich with “everything on” (with lettuce, and tomato, and onion, …) you end up with with a pretty decent amount of vegetables. It ends up close to most of what you eat being plants (which is my go to definition of “healthy”). - For me, if I’m getting Subway the alternative is not making a nice salad at home, its generally the worst fast food takeout options imaginable. Compared to them, subway is the elixir of youth. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2022, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-consider-subway-healthy/971937/66 "2022-09-24T19:19:19Z")
In Canada stores typically do not offer it. They have, according to their menu, cheddar, feta, swiss and grated Parmesan. I have little experience with the US stores. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2022, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-consider-subway-healthy/971937/67 "2022-09-24T19:37:54Z")
Going strictly from memory and personal experience, I remember American, provolone, pepper jack, and maybe Swiss being the choices. [This cite](https://www.sbxl.com/subway-cheese-choices/) says > [@](#): > > The major cheese kinds available at Subway in 2022 are American and Monterey Cheddar. Additional cheese types, such as cheddar, mozzarella, provolone, feta, pepper jack, and Swiss, are available at some locations. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2022, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-consider-subway-healthy/971937/68 "2022-09-24T21:07:28Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > Hmm. I never considered Subway’s healthy. I also don’t like their food, though, and almost never eat it. It’s probably relevant that i don’t like a bunch of crap in my sandwiches. I tend to get bread, a meat, and maybe some lettuce. (No pickle, no mayo, certainly no peppers.) And Subway’s offers a small quantity of low quality meat on flavorless bread. Pretty much this, IMHO, although in my limited experience with them I’ve noticed that there can be significant variability between locations. I don’t know what it is they do differently, but apparently quality control and consistency isn’t one of their strong points. The one good location I know of tends to have fresh bread that is actually pretty good, but I still don’t trust the low-quality ingredients. In fact, my local supermarket just down the street makes much better subs than Subway. Their principle is: simple but good quality ingredients, on quality fresh store-baked bread. I’m not usually impressed by store-made stuff, but this store does many of their prepared items exceptionally well. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2022, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-consider-subway-healthy/971937/69 "2022-09-24T22:49:18Z")
Well, that sucks! How can one be expected to pair salami and pepperoni with CHEDDAR, yuck! I do have them sprinkle some Parmesan over the top though, that’s nice. They didn’t always have that available. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2022, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-consider-subway-healthy/971937/70 "2022-09-24T23:00:33Z")
Is this Pusateri’s again? Anything they sell would be better ‘n Subway. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2022, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-consider-subway-healthy/971937/71 "2022-09-24T23:39:40Z")
> [@SmartAleq](#): > > How can one be expected to pair salami and pepperoni with CHEDDAR, yuck! I do have them sprinkle some Parmesan over the top though, that’s nice. I still fondly remember the Orange Julius in Westwood Village. They put parmesan on their chili dogs, and they were delicious. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2022, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-consider-subway-healthy/971937/72 "2022-09-24T23:47:53Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > Is this Pusateri’s again? Anything they sell would be better ‘n Subway.   No, Pusateri’s often has interesting sandwiches on display, and pre-packaged ones too – not sure if they still have the pre-packaged ones, haven’t seen them lately (and they will custom-make them for you, too, at the deli counter) but that’s not what I was referring to. Pusateri’s sandwiches have always been fancy-pants upscale things. No, I mean my local supermarket. They make subs like “assorted” which consist of Black Forest ham, Hungarian salami, Swiss cheese, leaves of iceberg lettuce (not the shredded crap that Subway uses) tomato, butter, and mayo on deliciously fresh bread. Nothing fancy, but all top quality. Their turkey subs are simpler – just smoked turkey, butter, mayo, and lettuce. I usually add tomato to the latter, and more mayo to both. There are other types I haven’t tried. Their tuna salad sandwiches on sliced white or whole-wheat bread are fantastic, too. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2022, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-consider-subway-healthy/971937/73 "2022-09-25T00:16:03Z")
Jersey Mikes tastes fresh, but seems kindof bland. I agree, Subway used to have a strong smell emanating from it. But not enough to say retch. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2022, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-consider-subway-healthy/971937/74 "2022-09-25T00:24:16Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > I agree, Subway used to have a strong smell emanating from it. Subway, or _the_ subway? ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2022, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-consider-subway-healthy/971937/75 "2022-09-25T00:46:46Z")
Sandwich shop. The dressing smell was overpowering. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2022, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-consider-subway-healthy/971937/76 "2022-09-25T03:17:25Z")
Back when I used to visit Subway, I would order either a meatball or an egg salad sub with no cheese, all veggies except olives and jalapenos, and mustard. I skipped the cheese not for health reasons but because I find the amount of flavour it adds to their subs is negligible, compared to dill pickles, banana peppers and mustard (say), so I’ll let them save the ten cents’ worth of cheese. The meatball sub was clearly not healthy, but the egg salad probably wasn’t too awful. Personally I don’t understand the appeal of eating a big wad of cold cuts (I don’t mind roast beef, I guess), so I had no complaints about the amount of meat in their subs. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2022, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-consider-subway-healthy/971937/77 "2022-09-25T11:40:42Z")
Whereas i don’t really see the appeal of eating a big wad of damp bread, and when i end up with a pre-made sandwich, i sometimes eat just the cold cuts, with a fork, and throw away most of the bread. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2022, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-consider-subway-healthy/971937/78 "2022-09-25T13:07:54Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > Back when I used to visit Subway, I would order either a meatball or an **egg salad sub** [Emphasis mine] Where was this? I’ve eaten in Subways in probably a dozen or more states, and I don’t think I’ve ever seen egg salad on the menu. Some quick Googling indicates that at least some stores do, or did, carry it, but either the dozens I’ve been to didn’t, or they hid it well, or I’m losing my mind. (The last is not out of the question.) ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2022, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-consider-subway-healthy/971937/79 "2022-09-25T13:55:11Z")
For me it was the smell of the actual bread. I’m not sure what dressing would be causing that smell. There’s not really a standard “dressing” and all the sauces are in bottles. It used to be that I would be in the mall and smell a Subway about a couple hundred feet away the stench was so pervasive. Now, I don’t notice it at all. Like Domino’s, they seem to have upped their game from being a place I would avoid at all costs to something I don’t mind from time to time. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2022, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-consider-subway-healthy/971937/80 "2022-09-25T14:13:48Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > Whereas i don’t really see the appeal of eating a big wad of damp bread I get the bread (Italian Herbs & Cheese) toasted at Subway, for what it’s worth. > [@commasense](#): > > Where was this? I’ve eaten in Subways in probably a dozen or more states, and I don’t think I’ve ever seen egg salad on the menu. This was in Toronto. Even there, most locations don’t have it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-consider-subway-healthy/971937.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-consider-subway-healthy/971937.md?page=5)