Subway US Italian Spice Slider: calories, sodium and protein by portion, age and sex

Nutrition information: Subway US Italian Spice Slider

Nutrition figures are Subway’s published US data (October 2026), per item as built by Subway and before any optional extras. Boone converts them to the portion and age comparisons on this page.

Subway US Italian Spice Slider is one of the lighter choices

Subway US Italian Spice Slider contains 250 calories and 740mg of sodium, 49% 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 Italian Spice Slider

2g of the 2g counts as added sugar, or about 0.5 teaspoons.

Added sugars come from

• sugar in the Mini Artisan Italian roll
• corn syrup, dextrose in the Pepperoni
• sugar, corn syrup, dextrose in the Genoa salami
• sugar in the MVP Parmesan Vinaigrette

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 Italian Spice Slider

Subway US Italian Spice Slider is built from 5 components, combined and served at the point of sale. Reading the ingredient list closely, it contains corn syrups and invert sugar, dextrose, emulsifiers, thickeners and gums, flavourings, colours, 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 Italian Spice Slider 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 Italian Spice Slider

The 28 manufactured ingredients

ascorbic acid, calcium disodium edta, citric acid, corn syrup, cultured wheat flour, dextrose, enzymes, flavorings, folic acid, mono- and diglycerides, natural flavor, natural flavors, niacin, oleoresin of paprika, oleoresin paprika, potassium sorbate, reduced iron, riboflavin, sodium benzoate, sodium citrate, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrate, sodium nitrite, sorbic acid, soy lecithin, thiamine mononitrate, wheat gluten, xanthan gum.

The 25 raw ingredients

beef, cheese culture, cheese cultures, cream, dehydrated garlic, dehydrated onion, distilled vinegar, garlic, lactic acid starter culture, malted barley flour, milk, olive oil, palm oil, paprika, pasteurized part skim milk, pork, red bell pepper puree, salt, soybean oil, spices, sugar, water, wheat flour, wine, 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 Italian Spice Slider

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 Italian Spice Slider

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.