Subway Rant

brianna626

I went to Subway for lunch and got the blackforest ham and turkey on wheat bread 6 inch. Added tomatoes, cucumbers, pickles, avacado, onion, spinach, pepper, and vinegar. No mayo or mustard. So if I select this sub on their website it says it includes some of the veggies and is 280 calories. I realize I added avacado and that is high calorie (70 calories for a 6 in.). However, if I add all of the ingredients of my sandwich seperately the calories are over 400! 439 to be exact, why is there such a huge difference? I know it is not only the veggies because the bread and meat alone are 320 when added seperately so why is it so different and what is accurate?

tpark952

This same thing happened to me...on the website it says it allows onions, cheese, other veggies on 9 grain bread. Then if you look at the information on the cups or napkins it tells you it doesn't include cheese. It puzzles me also...something that is also misleading not about Subway but about Applebee's...they have their Weight Watchers meals and under 550 meals. If you get on their website and look up nutrition on all their meals...those things are loaded with sodium!

So in all reality they aren't that good for you.

Good luck in your weight loss!

kellyscomeback

I don't like Subway anymore, they are too sneaky for me. I'll only go if it's my last option for fast food. The sandwiches are really not that good for you unless you stick with a 6" or half of a foot long.

minnie86

I went to Subway for lunch and got the blackforest ham and turkey on wheat bread 6 inch. Added tomatoes, cucumbers, pickles, avacado, onion, spinach, pepper, and vinegar. No mayo or mustard. So if I select this sub on their website it says it includes some of the veggies and is 280 calories. I realize I added avacado and that is high calorie (70 calories for a 6 in.). However, if I add all of the ingredients of my sandwich seperately the calories are over 400! 439 to be exact, why is there such a huge difference? I know it is not only the veggies because the bread and meat alone are 320 when added seperately so why is it so different and what is accurate?

I think the 280 calorie includes the veggies you mentioned, except for avocado. Did you add the whole serving for your veggies? for example, the tomato they add is probably equivalent to 1/5 of a medium tomato.
An avocado, depending which kind, has about 300 cals. The sandwich probably has around 1.4, so around 75 cals.
Did you add cheese? the 280 estimate assumes no cheese

Also, feel free to eat mustard...no calories!

thisismynewmindset

I have a feeling with Subway you are never going to have an accurate calorie count. Many factors such as the different toppings to HOW MUCH of each topping the Subway worker puts on (it's NOT a measured science) will influence the calorie count.

Just in case I would aim high in calories if you are logging it into your diary.

jrich1

There are much better sandwiches, and I hate their pricing, they have $5 footlongs (starting at 800 cals), but you want a 6" sub, well that will be $4.50.. hmmm what will most people get?

secondaryhoney

Subway is a favorite place of mine to eat, but they're also one of my biggest pet peeves! They market themselves as being so healthy, but, in reality, many people go in and end up order 1000 calorie sandwiches! I find finding a truly low calorie meal there is really tough, but I suppose that's the nature of the fast food beast.

Good luck dropping the pounds!

ascrof

being close to the expected calories shouldn't be much of a problem. I eat subway all the time and get the 6inch oven roasted chicken on wheat with lettuce, tomato, onion, jalapeno, and the fat free sweet onion sauce..... all the toping add such a minimal amount of calories....Obviously it's not great for you because it's somewhat processed and loaded with salt.....but it's better than a drive thru

brianna626

Thank you all for your input.

rileysowner

I find their nutrition information much to difficult to navigate through to eat there regularly. As for the subs being accurate, there are a certain number of topping they are supposed to add (certain number of tomato slices and the like) based on what Subway says should be on the sub unless you ask for me. Do they always do this, probably not, but at the same time Subway corporation sends people around to evaluate how well their franchisees are keeping those standards, so it will likely be close. As I said, the annoyance is that their nutrition guide is about as user unfriendly as it can get and does not generally include the cheese.

choughton01

There are much better sandwiches, and I hate their pricing, they have $5 footlongs (starting at 800 cals), but you want a 6" sub, well that will be $4.50.. hmmm what will most people get?

I am so glad I'm not the only one who noticed that price thing : )

corpus_validum

Here's another I just came across during lunch: "Make any 6" sub a salad for $5" But a 6" sub is only $4. So I have to pay an extra $1 for you to leave out the bread?!?!

Thriceshy

Our local subway offers the black forest ham and turkey as a five dollar foot long, so, on the rare occasion I go there (the carbs are too high for this diabetic), I get a foot long, only eat half, and have the other half the next day. I get it with olives, lettuce, onion, and mustard, and the calories come in low. Once you start adding avocado, oil and vinegar, and/or cheese, things get a bit dicey.

I'm trying to cut back on processed meats--the research is pretty scary on the connection between processed meats and cancer, plus the sodium, as someone said, really is through the roof.

Kris

PixieGoddess

There are much better sandwiches, and I hate their pricing, they have $5 footlongs (starting at 800 cals), but you want a 6" sub, well that will be $4.50.. hmmm what will most people get?

I am so glad I'm not the only one who noticed that price thing : )

I have to note here that once, in a long line at McD's, a friend of mine suddenly said, "I just did the math, and buying 2 cheeseburgers, a medium fry, and a medium drink separately costs LESS than the 2 cheeseburger value meal!"

So, it's not just Subway!

fitnhealthyccthatsme

Just chiming in on the Subway rant... After looking at the amount of sodium in my 6-inch ham sandwich on wheat with very little veggies, I'm appalled. Looks like I'll be searching out lower sodium options for sandwiches.

Lyadeia

I've been screaming about Subway for YEARS. It is not nearly as healthy as they want everyone to think! Sure, it is better than Mickey D's or Burger King (in most, not all, occasions) but the sodium content alone is enough to make me barf.

And for the record, my favorite 6 INCH sub from Subway has over 600 calories, over 2500 mg of sodium, and a whopping 67 grams of fat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Maybe if we all ate lettuce on whole wheat bread it would be different...

Oh, which brings me to another point. Did you notice looking at their website that their whole wheat bread has MORE calories and MORE sugar than regular white bread??? I get subs from there with their Italian (white) bread as it is lower in sugar and calories. I will just get that measly 1 extra gram of fiber somewhere else.

MrsT_2009

I've been screaming about Subway for YEARS. It is not nearly as healthy as they want everyone to think! Sure, it is better than Mickey D's or Burger King (in most, not all, occasions) but the sodium content alone is enough to make me barf.

And for the record, my favorite 6 INCH sub from Subway has over 600 calories, over 2500 mg of sodium, and a whopping 67 grams of fat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Maybe if we all ate lettuce on whole wheat bread it would be different...

Oh, which brings me to another point. Did you notice looking at their website that their whole wheat bread has MORE calories and MORE sugar than regular white bread??? I get subs from there with their Italian (white) bread as it is lower in sugar and calories. I will just get that measly 1 extra gram of fiber somewhere else.

I didn't know the wheat bread has more calories than the Italian! From now on I will get the Italian, I prefer that one anyway!

What is your take on their breakfast sandwiches? I get the egg white on light wheat english muffin with american cheese (1/2 a slice) and green peppers, onions, spinach, and tomato 2-3 times a week. They advertise it as 150 calories but after reading this, I'm wondering how accurate that it.

heathersmilez

If you are adding the items separately you are not adding their specific bread or meat but even still, how on earth are you getting >400? They have more salt in their products to preserve it which probably also reduced the need for added fats so if you are adding a generic grocery store sub bun you may not get the same results BUT, my calculations did. I know if I were to do the same I would get <300 cals as they state b/c a whole wheat sub bun from the grocery store is 180 cals, the amount of ham used (6 slices) is 80 cals + lettuce/tomato/cucumber/onions = <260 which is EXACTLY what a 6 inch sub is in Canada.

Considering they are larger than McDonalds worldwide I'm sure there are systems in place monitoring them. For example, there was an article in a local newspaper on Friday about this alleged scone sold downtown Toronto that's only 200 cals. Someone brought it in for nutritional testing and diagnosis and it's actually 600 cals. It's a small coffee shop in the Financial District and there is virtually NO one who is remotely overweight working in that part of Toronto, we're all overworked there, LOL! So obviously someone investigated. What was their defense? They said they calculated the nutrition themselves using a website, much like MFP. Ironic.

heathersmilez

There are much better sandwiches, and I hate their pricing, they have $5 footlongs (starting at 800 cals), but you want a 6" sub, well that will be $4.50.. hmmm what will most people get?

A footlong ham sub is 520 cals in Canada (260 per 6'inch, 20 less cals than the US) for $5 and a 6 inch is $3.49, only .49 cents more to motivate buyers to buy more, very normal. If you don't like the taste sure but you can't beat there prices, that's for sure.