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Jimmy John's

2,984 locations · 1 rating

33/100Avoid
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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× weight25
  • Additives2× weight50
  • 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_Tallow1mo ago

Every standard Jimmy John's sandwich contains soybean oil because both breads and the default mayo carry it, but the meats, cheeses and vegetables are clean and the Unwich lettuce wrap is an official way to order around the bread entirely.

Jimmy John's publishes a full ingredient statement for every component through its own ingredient search, so this is high confidence. Of 84 food components, 35 contain a named seed oil and 36 contain an additive from our watchlist. The problem is where the oil sits: both breads carry soybean oil (French Bread and Wheat Sub Bread) and the default Hellmann's Mayo is soybean oil, so every standard sandwich has it. The French Bread also carries calcium propionate, ammonium chloride and calcium peroxide as dough conditioners. What saves them is that the meats, cheeses and vegetables are genuinely clean - the turkey statement is turkey breast, turkey broth, salt, dextrose, tapioca starch, yeast extract, sea salt, citrus extract and natural flavor - and the Unwich lettuce wrap is an official, chain-wide way to order with no bread at all.

Common questions

What is in Jimmy John's's food?

Tallow reviewers check Jimmy John's 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 Jimmy John's use seed oils?

Yes. Jimmy John's scores 25/100 here — reviewers report heavy seed oil use.

Does Jimmy John's use artificial additives?

Sometimes. Jimmy John's scores 50/100 here, so reports are mixed.

Is Jimmy John's healthy?

Not really — Jimmy John's scores 33/100, a poor score. Tallow rates what a kitchen cooks with, not how many calories are on the plate.

Does Jimmy John's serve premade or ultra-processed food?

Sometimes. Jimmy John's scores 50/100 here, so reports are mixed.

Jimmy John's locations

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  • 746 Clifty Dr, Madison
  • 1310 N State St, Greenfield
  • 893 E Main St, Greenwood
  • 5335 E Southport Rd Ste 1000, Indianapolis
  • 4914 S Emerson Ave, Indianapolis
  • 135 N Pennsylvania St, Indianapolis
  • 2402 N Meridian St, Indianapolis
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  • 3449 E 86th St, Indianapolis
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  • 919 N Green St, Brownsburg
  • 2320 N Green River Rd, Evansville
  • 671 E Main Street Suite D, Danville
  • 820 Indianapolis Rd, Greencastle
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  • 398 W 1st Dr, Decatur
  • 154 N Merchant St, Decatur
  • 3815 S State Rte 159, Glen Carbon
  • 2950 N Water St, Decatur
  • 433 W Spresser St, Taylorville
  • 2421 N Dirksen Pkwy, Springfield

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