Subway US Black Forest Ham Kids' Mini Sub: calories, sodium and protein by portion, age and sex

Nutrition information: Subway US Black Forest Ham Kids' Mini Sub

Nutrition figures are Subway’s published US data (October 2026), per item as built by Subway and before any optional extras. Mini Sub figures include mini Hearty Multigrain bread and all the fresh vegetables. Boone converts them to the portion and age comparisons on this page.

Subway US Black Forest Ham Kids' Mini Sub is one of the lighter choices

Subway US Black Forest Ham Kids' Mini Sub contains 180 calories and 480mg of sodium, 32% of the daily sodium limit for a child aged 4 to 8.

FDA Daily Values (2,000-calorie diet)

Where the sugar comes from: Subway US Black Forest Ham Kids' Mini Sub

3g of the 4g counts as added sugar, or about 0.7 teaspoons. The other 1g is naturally occurring.

Added sugars come from

• sugar, brown sugar, molasses in the Mini Hearty Multigrain roll
• dextrose in the Black Forest ham

Naturally occurring sugars come from

• sugars naturally present in the tomatoes
• sugars naturally present in the onions
• sugars naturally present in the green peppers

Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2025–2030: no more than 10g of added sugar per meal from age 11 and none for children aged 10 and under. FDA Daily Value: 50g a day. Added sugar is Subway’s published figure; sources are read from the published ingredient list for each component.

Processing and additives: Subway US Black Forest Ham Kids' Mini Sub

Subway US Black Forest Ham Kids' Mini Sub is built from 9 components, combined and served at the point of sale. Reading the ingredient list closely, it contains dextrose, modified starches, emulsifiers, flavourings, preservatives, emulsifying and buffering salts and protein and dairy fractions. These are not there to add nutritional value. They make industrial production and distribution possible.

Boone classifies Subway US Black Forest Ham Kids' Mini Sub as NOVA group 4, ultra-processed, based on the additives named above. NOVA groups foods by how far they are from their whole-food form, not by how nutritious they are. A group 4 food is not automatically unhealthy, and a group 1 food is not automatically healthy. Read from the published ingredient list, October 2026.

Ingredient count by order: Subway US Black Forest Ham Kids' Mini Sub

The 17 manufactured ingredients

ascorbic acid, dextrose, dried molasses with wheat starch, enzymes, ferrous gluconate, folic acid, modified food starch, mono- and diglycerides, natural smoke flavor, niacin, reduced iron, riboflavin, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite, sodium phosphates, thiamine mononitrate, wheat gluten.

The 24 raw ingredients

baby spinach, brown sugar, cracked wheat, cucumber, fermented rye flour, flax seeds, green bell peppers, ham, iceberg lettuce, malted barley flour, millet seed, red onions, red roma tomatoes, ripe olives, salt, soybean oil, sugar, sunflower seeds, vinegar, water, wheat flour, whole oat groats, whole wheat flour, yeast.

Boone counts every distinct named ingredient on Subway’s published component lists, including sub-ingredients, and removes duplicates, so salt appearing in four components counts once. Raw covers whole foods and basic kitchen staples such as flour, sugar, salt and oil. Manufactured covers substances that only exist as an output of industrial processing. Every figure here is a minimum.

Ingredients by component: Subway US Black Forest Ham Kids' Mini Sub

Ingredients taken from Subway’s US Product Ingredient Guide, October 2026. The component build follows Subway’s standard recipe for this item; Boone checked it against Subway’s published nutrition totals. Subway does not publish a separate ingredient list for its mini rolls, so the full-size bread list is shown. Recipes change, so always check in restaurant before ordering if you have an allergy.

Allergen information: Subway US Black Forest Ham Kids' Mini Sub

Contains = declared in Subway’s US allergy chart or ingredient guide. May contain = Subway states the allergen may be present, including cookies displayed beside nut-containing cookies. Refined oil only = the soy is highly refined soybean oil, which the FDA exempts from allergen labelling. Subway prepares food on shared equipment, so no item can be guaranteed allergen free. UK rules also require barley, oats, mustard, celery and sulphites to be declared; these are shown where the ingredient list names them. October 2026.