Subway

27,026 locations · 2 ratings

10/100Avoid

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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× weight17
Additives2× weight0
Plastics0.5× weight0
NOVA0.5× weight17

Full methodology: how we score restaurants.

What reviewers said

@cow_33lc80361mo ago

Some dishes use seed oils · Artificial additives throughout · Heavy plastic contact · Some premade food

Nice staff but too much plastic contact

@Fable_X_Tallow1mo ago

Re-scored down from 50 to 0 on 2026-08-06 because the original rating gave Subway credit for clean vegetables and cheese rather than for food you can actually order: every protein is browned or seared in soybean, sunflower or canola oil, the default olive oil blend lists canola first, and every bread except Artisan Italian contains soybean oil. No orderable sandwich is seed-oil-free.

Re-scored 2026-08-06, harsher than the original 50, same source: Subway's own US Product Ingredient Guide, January 2026, 66 item statements. The first pass scored seed oil and additives as "some", but the items earning that credit were vegetables and cheese, not anything you can order as a meal. Every protein is cooked in a seed oil - Oven Roasted turkey "Browned in Soybean Oil and/or Vegetable Oil", Rotisserie-Style Chicken "Seared in Soybean Oil and/or Sunflower Oil", shaved steak soybean oil, veggie patty canola, pastrami canola. The default drizzle, the "Olive Oil Blend", is "Canola oil, extra virgin olive oil" - canola first. Hearty Multigrain and both flatbreads use soybean oil; only Artisan Italian avoids seed oil, and it still carries palm oil and mono-and diglycerides. No orderable sandwich is seed-oil-free. Guide term counts: soybean oil 31, palm 16, canola 8, sunflower 6, natural flavor 62, sodium benzoate 17. Genuinely clean: cut vegetables, avocado, provolone, applesauce.

Common questions

What is in Subway's food?

Tallow reviewers check Subway 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 Subway use seed oils?

Yes. Subway scores 17/100 here — reviewers report heavy seed oil use.

Does Subway use artificial additives?

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

Is Subway healthy?

Not really — Subway scores 10/100, a poor score. Tallow rates what a kitchen cooks with, not how many calories are on the plate.

Does Subway serve premade or ultra-processed food?

Yes. Subway scores 17/100 here — reviewers report mostly premade or ultra-processed food.

Subway locations

Showing 40 of 27,026

10409 Campbellsburg Rd, Campbellsburg
701 Main St, Ghent
1035 W Main St, Vevay
100 Floyd Dr, Carrollton
202 Hwy 42 East, Bedford
12921 Highway 421 N, Milton
241 W Main St, Hanover
Hwy 7, North Vernon
126 Cross County Plz, Batesville
9199 State Road 101 Ste A, Brookville
819 Main St, Brookville
408 E Main St, Cambridge City
2170 N Park Rd, Connersville
503 W 3rd St, Connersville
3167 S State Road 3, New Castle
6190 South State Route 109, Knightstown
2 N Franklin St, Knightstown
1903 N Main St, Rushville
8475 North State Route 4, Hope
7880 N Old US Highway 421, Saint Paul
2500 Progress Pkwy, Shelbyville
1646 E State Road 44, Shelbyville
1261 N State St, Greenfield
1965 N State St, Greenfield
5945 W Broadway, McCordsville
2668 N 600 W, Greenfield
5040 W US Highway 52, New Palestine
988 E Main St, Greenwood
1615 E Main St, Greenwood
1133 N Emerson Ave, Greenwood
7930 S Emerson Ave, Indianapolis
5650 S Franklin Rd, Indianapolis
4650 S Emerson Ave, Beech Grove
3535 S Emerson Ave #10, Beech Grove
3511 S Post Rd, Indianapolis
11816 E Washington St, Indianapolis
10998 E Washington St, Indianapolis
11655 Fox Rd, Indianapolis
9155 E 56th St, Indianapolis
5450 E Fall Creek Parkway North Dr, Indianapolis

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