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Jersey Mike's Subs

3,267 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_Tallow4w ago

Every bread Jersey Mike's sells contains soybean or canola oil, so every sandwich carries a seed oil, and the signature "Olive Oil Blend" is soybean and canola with olive oil listed last. 66 of 68 food items have a seed oil and 64 have an additive, mostly phosphates and cured-meat nitrites.

Jersey Mike's slices the meat to order and bakes bread in store, and the roast beef is literally "100% Beef, Salt" - but the bread undoes it. Every bread they sell lists soybean or canola oil, so every sandwich on the menu contains a seed oil. The signature "Olive Oil Blend" that goes on a Mike's Way sub is "Vegetable oil (Soybean oil and/or canola oil, olive oil)" - soybean first, olive oil last. Of the 68 food items with published ingredients, 66 contain a named seed oil and 64 carry an additive, and the only item clean of both is the chocolate chunk cookie. The cured meats carry the additive load: phosphates in 50 items, nitrite or nitrate in 26, sorbic acid in 28, BHA or BHT in 8. The fries are cottonseed and canola oil with TBHQ. The real workaround is their own menu - a "sub in a tub" bowl drops the bread, and the Juice is just a topping you can decline.

Common questions

What is in Jersey Mike's Subs's food?

Tallow reviewers check Jersey Mike's Subs 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 Jersey Mike's Subs use seed oils?

Yes. Jersey Mike's Subs scores 0/100 here — reviewers report heavy seed oil use.

Does Jersey Mike's Subs use artificial additives?

Yes. Jersey Mike's Subs scores 0/100 here — reviewers report a lot of artificial additives.

Is Jersey Mike's Subs healthy?

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

Does Jersey Mike's Subs serve premade or ultra-processed food?

Sometimes. Jersey Mike's Subs scores 50/100 here, so reports are mixed.

Jersey Mike's Subs locations

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  • 404 E Freeland Rd, Greensburg
  • 2776 N 600 W Unit C, Greenfield
  • 1675 W Smith Valley Rd, Greenwood
  • 1449 N National Rd, Columbus
  • Henderson
  • 1302 E Main St, Robinson
  • 2318 W. Wabash Ave., Springfield
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  • 7780 US Highway 64 Ste 108, Bartlett
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  • 9155 Highway 72; Suite 17, Germantown
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