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Blimpie

1,442 locations · 1 rating

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What the score is made of

Four categories, weighted. Seed oils count three times as much as plastics or ultra-processing, so a poor seed-oil score pulls the overall number down hardest.

  • Seed oil3× weight0
  • Additives2× weight0
  • Plastics0.5× weight
  • NOVA0.5× weight50

Plastics has no ratings yet and count as 0 toward the overall score — an unproven category isn’t a free pass.

Full methodology: how we score restaurants.

What reviewers said

@Fable_X_Tallow3w ago

Blimpie publishes a full ingredient statement for everything they sell, and it shows soybean oil in 13 of their 14 breads and wraps, in the mayo and in every creamy dressing, with a canola oil blend poured straight onto the classic subs. The bread also carries DATEM, calcium propionate and sodium aluminum phosphate, and the salami carries BHA and BHT.

Blimpie publishes a proper Ingredient Statement PDF covering the whole menu, dated September 2025, and it is unusually complete - every bread, topping, meat, cheese and dressing gets its own statement. Read 22 August 2026. Seed oils are not avoidable here. 13 of the 14 breads and wraps list soybean oil; the exception, the Pretzel Roll, lists palm oil instead. All four tortilla wraps add a hydrogenated cottonseed or soybean oil on top. 15 of the 24 dressings and sauces list a seed oil, including Mayo, Buttermilk Ranch, Peppercorn Ranch, Caesar, Chipotle Mayo and all three Italians. The dressing simply called Oil has a one line statement: canola oil blend. The classic subs finish with canola oil poured on. On additives, every bread carries DATEM, calcium propionate, xanthan gum and sodium aluminum phosphate, the salami carries BHA and BHT, and the banana peppers and jalapenos carry Yellow 5. The one nice surprise is the Au Jus, which is made with beef tallow.

Common questions

What is in Blimpie's food?

Tallow reviewers check Blimpie on four things: whether it cooks in seed oils, whether the menu carries artificial additives, whether food touches plastic on the way out, and how much of it arrives premade rather than made in the kitchen. The answers to each are scored below.

Does Blimpie use seed oils?

Yes. Blimpie scores 0/100 here — reviewers report heavy seed oil use.

Does Blimpie use artificial additives?

Yes. Blimpie scores 0/100 here — reviewers report a lot of artificial additives.

Is Blimpie healthy?

Not really — Blimpie scores 4/100, a poor score. Tallow rates what a kitchen cooks with, not how many calories are on the plate.

Does Blimpie serve premade or ultra-processed food?

Sometimes. Blimpie scores 50/100 here, so reports are mixed.

Blimpie locations

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  • 27968 In-1, West Harrison
  • 417 Van Buren St, Greenfield
  • 1506 N State St, Greenfield
  • 2896 E 3rd St, Bloomington
  • 128 N Perry Rd, Plainfield
  • 7282 E US Highway 36, Coatesville
  • 2910 State Route 54, Owensboro
  • 2709 US Highway 41 N, Henderson
  • 430 W Lincoln Ave, Charleston
  • 1099 Belt Line Rd, Collinsville
  • 7342 Wolfrun Trl, Fairview Heights
  • 1530 W US Highway 50, O Fallon
  • 59 Ludwig Dr, Fairview Heights
  • 1504 West Blvd, Belleville
  • 1255 Lincoln Dr, Carbondale
  • 515 W Main St, Jackson
  • 532 N Broad St, Lexington
  • 3370 Cloverdale Rd, Florence
  • 230 Oil Well Rd, Jackson
  • Osceola
  • 4831 Poplar Ave, Memphis
  • 1306 Goodman Rd E, Southaven
  • 915 W Government St, Brandon
  • Paul Bryant Dr, Tuscaloosa
  • 1700 Tallapoosa St, Birmingham
  • 501 Redmond Rd NW, Rome
  • 1205 W Meighan Blvd, Gadsden
  • 2401 Garden Lakes Blvd NW, Rome
  • 3082 Cave Spring Rd SW, Rome
  • 1871 N Highway 27, Carrollton
  • 725 Sandhill Hulett Rd, Villa Rica
  • 928 S Park St, Carrollton
  • 505 Vernon St, La Grange
  • 1833 Stadium Dr, Phenix City
  • 12 W 11th St, Columbus
  • 27 Mason Dr, Columbus
  • Blimpie
  • 2148 W Nine Mile Rd, Pensacola
  • 2650 Creighton Rd, Pensacola
  • 5967 Berryhill Rd, Milton

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