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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001287024-05-000001.txt : 20050520
<SEC-HEADER>0001287024-05-000001.hdr.sgml : 20050520
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20050520111726
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001287024-05-000001
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20050519
FILED AS OF DATE:		20050520
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20050520

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			EMERGE INTERACTIVE INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001092605
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-BUSINESS SERVICES, NEC [7389]
		IRS NUMBER:				650534535
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		10305 102ND TERRACE
		CITY:			SEBASTIAN
		STATE:			FL
		ZIP:			32958
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5615897331

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		10305 102ND TERRACE
		CITY:			SEBASTIAN
		STATE:			FL
		ZIP:			32958

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			WARREN DAVID C
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001195861

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-29037
		FILM NUMBER:		05846884

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		435 DEVON PARK DR.
		STREET 2:		SUITE 600
		CITY:			WAYNE
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			19087
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    <schemaVersion>X0202</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2005-05-19</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001092605</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>EMERGE INTERACTIVE INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>EMRG</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001195861</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>WARREN DAVID C</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>10305 102ND TERRACE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>SEBASTIAN</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>FL</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>32958</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>President/CEO</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Stock Option (right to buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>1.16</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2005-02-25</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>300000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>1.16</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2015-02-25</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Class A Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>300000</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>300000</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeTransaction>
    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The options were approved by the Compensation Committee on 2/25/05 which was the date also chosen as the vesting date.  These options were granted contingent upon being approved by the shareholders at the annual meeting and therefore not received by the optionee until 5/19/05.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Options were 25% vested on grant date and vests an additional 25% on each anniversary of the grant date thereafter.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>David C. Warren</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2005-05-19</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
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