Why are there so many calories in sandwiches? Like Jimmy Johns and similar?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The menu says it’s 650 calories for an 8 inch,not 950. Mayo is 160, but who wants a dry sandwich?

Geez! So my 8 inch had 160 calories in mayo? Something to keep in mind! Thanks!

Use mustard instead of mayo

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The menu says it’s 650 calories for an 8 inch,not 950. Mayo is 160, but who wants a dry sandwich?

Geez! So my 8 inch had 160 calories in mayo? Something to keep in mind! Thanks!

Use mustard instead of mayo

Well... I went to Wegmans and bought light mayo! I prefer mayo if there is lettuce in a sandwich.

[Anonymous]

Portion size. The large at Jimmy johns is like two lunches

[Anonymous]

Nobody needs a 16 inch sub

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The "regular" size should be considered the 8 inch at 480 calories. A 16 inch sandwich at 960 is way too big a portion for lunch.

If the 8 inch isn't enough you should add a fruit or salad or veggie as a side.

Those sandwich shops, the bread is really going to get you. It's fine for once in a while, but you shouldn't be eating a white bread baguette daily. If I eat a sandwich, I like the Dave's thin sliced whole wheat/seeded bread. It's a good size for portion control, tasty, and filling. And, yes, mustard instead of mayo if you're really counting calories.

Actually, I'll take regular baguette over that Dave bread any time. No added sugar in baguette vs 3g/slice of Dave's bread.
That's actually perfect example for the other thread - food marketed as healthy is actually worse than unhealthy one.

OP here. Why is there sugar in baguette bread? Even in the sandwich shop one? It did not taste sugary to me. I bake baguettes and I used several different recipes when I was learning and none called for sugar. I think it is my fault that I assumed many store bought sliced bread has sugar added, but that something plain like a Jimmy Johns baguette (or similar type) will have no sugar!
Now that I know

Usually you have to add sugar to make the yeast activate.. unless it's sourdough. But again a lot of commercial places add sugar for the taste or the texture of the bread. Just watch your portion size and look for the total calories.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nobody needs a 16 inch sub

Nor did I get the 16-inch sandwich. I got a regular, which is 8, I think. I just freaked out as I presume the highest number is calories for a regular size.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The "regular" size should be considered the 8 inch at 480 calories. A 16 inch sandwich at 960 is way too big a portion for lunch.

If the 8 inch isn't enough you should add a fruit or salad or veggie as a side.

Those sandwich shops, the bread is really going to get you. It's fine for once in a while, but you shouldn't be eating a white bread baguette daily. If I eat a sandwich, I like the Dave's thin sliced whole wheat/seeded bread. It's a good size for portion control, tasty, and filling. And, yes, mustard instead of mayo if you're really counting calories.

Actually, I'll take regular baguette over that Dave bread any time. No added sugar in baguette vs 3g/slice of Dave's bread.
That's actually perfect example for the other thread - food marketed as healthy is actually worse than unhealthy one.

OP here. Why is there sugar in baguette bread? Even in the sandwich shop one? It did not taste sugary to me. I bake baguettes and I used several different recipes when I was learning and none called for sugar. I think it is my fault that I assumed many store bought sliced bread has sugar added, but that something plain like a Jimmy Johns baguette (or similar type) will have no sugar!
Now that I know

That's my point as well - read the lable, don't assume anything. There is no added sugar in baguettes most of the time. But all the health whole wheat multi grain organic blah-blah-blah suggested here as alternative are full of added sugar.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The "regular" size should be considered the 8 inch at 480 calories. A 16 inch sandwich at 960 is way too big a portion for lunch.

If the 8 inch isn't enough you should add a fruit or salad or veggie as a side.

Those sandwich shops, the bread is really going to get you. It's fine for once in a while, but you shouldn't be eating a white bread baguette daily. If I eat a sandwich, I like the Dave's thin sliced whole wheat/seeded bread. It's a good size for portion control, tasty, and filling. And, yes, mustard instead of mayo if you're really counting calories.

Actually, I'll take regular baguette over that Dave bread any time. No added sugar in baguette vs 3g/slice of Dave's bread.
That's actually perfect example for the other thread - food marketed as healthy is actually worse than unhealthy one.

OP here. Why is there sugar in baguette bread? Even in the sandwich shop one? It did not taste sugary to me. I bake baguettes and I used several different recipes when I was learning and none called for sugar. I think it is my fault that I assumed many store bought sliced bread has sugar added, but that something plain like a Jimmy Johns baguette (or similar type) will have no sugar!
Now that I know

Usually you have to add sugar to make the yeast activate.. unless it's sourdough. But again a lot of commercial places add sugar for the taste or the texture of the bread. Just watch your portion size and look for the total calories.

Most (all?) of the commercial flour in USA is malted (as in malted barley is added to whet flour). Malted flour does not need sugar to be added for yeast to rise. It's there already.

[Anonymous]

The default at Jimmy John’s is to pull out the middle of the bread—if you order online you have the option to leave it in and it tells you the number of calories.

[Anonymous]

At Jimmy John’s get the Little John. Same sandwich but way more reasonable portion.

[Anonymous]

Who in this world cannot make a sandwich?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who in this world cannot make a sandwich?

People driving from the Rockies back home to MD.

[Anonymous]

I love how OP realized her sandwich had 480 calories (not 1,000) and seems just fine with that, but everyone is still like "get the kid's sandwich!" or "have the employees claw the bread out of your sandwich!" because no one can comprehend eating more than a toddler or consuming >300 calories in one sitting, or consuming bread. I'm imagining some posters going to Jimmy Johns and ordering a handful of turkey, a pile of lettuce and a big squirt of mustard.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I love how OP realized her sandwich had 480 calories (not 1,000) and seems just fine with that, but everyone is still like "get the kid's sandwich!" or "have the employees claw the bread out of your sandwich!" because no one can comprehend eating more than a toddler or consuming >300 calories in one sitting, or consuming bread. I'm imagining some posters going to Jimmy Johns and ordering a handful of turkey, a pile of lettuce and a big squirt of mustard.

OP here, yes I am fine with it, but I was a bit freaked thinking it had 950 calories. 480 is pretty good, no? It was a decent size sandwich and very tasty. Will be using light mayo at home when I make sandwiches.
I hope light mayo tastes as good as the regular stuff?

[Anonymous]

I take half the bread (preferably the bottom) off of most sandwiches and just eat them open faced. Not exclusively for calories, I've long preferred that ratio for taste, but it does help.