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The best sausages in UK supermarkets, ranked

We ranked 580 sausages sold in UK supermarkets using the nutrition panel and ingredients printed on each pack. Of these, 93% are ultra-processed (NOVA group 4), 42% get a red traffic light for salt and 69% get a red traffic light for saturated fat. The typical one has 14.7g protein, 0.9g sugar and 1.4g salt per 100g.

580sausages compared

93%ultra-processed

69%red for saturates

14.7gtypical protein per 100g

Rank all sausages your way What we found across 22 aisles

Jump to: Highest protein · Lowest salt · Lowest saturated fat · Lowest fat

The short answer

Highest protein: Frasers Reduced Fat Steak Lorne Sausage (32.6g per 100g)
Lowest salt: Morrisons The best 12 pork chipolatas (0.3g per 100g)
Lowest saturated fat: Plant Menu 6 Onion & Rosemary Sausages (0.3g per 100g)
Lowest fat: Deluxe Pork Sausages (1.5g per 100g)

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Highest protein sausages

Ranked by protein per 100g out of 388 sausages with complete labels. At most two per brand.

#	Product	Protein per 100g	Nutri-Score
1	Reduced Fat Steak Lorne SausageFrasers	32.6g	E
2	Krakow SausageLidl · 250 g	29g	D
3	Pork sausage, medium ground, smoked, scalded, dried, no added ELukullus · 180g	29g	E
4	Pork SausagesSainsbury's Taste the Difference	27.2g	C
5	Sainsbury's Pork Sausages, Taste the Difference x10Sainsbury's · 667g	27.2g	C
6	Kabanosy wieprzowetarczyński · 105g	26g	D
7	Sainsburys Taste the Difference Cumberland SausagesSainsbury’s	25.9g	C
8	Spanish cooking mini chorizo sausagesSainsbury's	25.7g	E
9	Spanish Mild and Smoky Chorizo RingWaitrose · 225g	25g	E
10	Chilli KabanossuLidl	25g	E

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Lowest salt sausages

Ranked by salt per 100g out of 360 sausages with complete labels. At most two per brand.

#	Product	Salt per 100g	Nutri-Score
1	The best 12 pork chipolatasMorrisons · 375 g	0.3g	D
2	6 Cumberland SausagesMilton Gate · 400g	0.33g	D
3	10 pork chipolata sausagesMilton Gate · 375g	0.33g	D
4	Cumberland ChipotlasMorrisons · 375 g	0.34g	A
5	Sausage rollEveryday Essentials · 480 g	0.4g	D
6	Cumberland sausageSainsburys	0.43g	C
7	Free Range Pork SausagesWaitrose · 400 g	0.44g	C
8	Sainsburys Taste the Difference Cumberland SausagesSainsbury’s	0.45g	C
9	Chicken sausages (garlic & herb)Aldi · 340 g	0.49g
10	14 Cocktail Sausages (Quorn)Quorn · 140g	0.52g	A

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Lowest saturated fat sausages

Ranked by saturates per 100g out of 383 sausages with complete labels. At most two per brand.

#	Product	Saturates per 100g	Nutri-Score
1	6 Onion & Rosemary SausagesPlant Menu · 300 g	0.3g	A
2	Pork SausagesDeluxe · 400 g	0.5g	A
3	Chicken SausagesHECK	0.6g	B
4	Low Fat Cumberland ChipolatasM&S · 340 g	0.6g	B
5	Lincolnshire sausagesCauldron · 276g	0.65g	B
6	6 Skinny Pork SausagesAldi · 400 g	0.7g	C
7	Skinny sausageThe Good Little Company · 360 g	0.8g	C
8	Low Fat 6 SausagesM&S Food · 400g	0.8g	A
9	Best of British sausagesQuorn · 240g	0.8g	C
10	Simply Chicken 10 ChipolatasHECK · 340 g	0.88g	A

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Lowest fat sausages

Ranked by fat per 100g out of 388 sausages with complete labels. At most two per brand.

#	Product	Fat per 100g	Nutri-Score
1	Pork SausagesDeluxe · 400 g	1.5g	A
2	Chicken SausagesHECK	1.9g	B
3	Piri Piri Chicken SausagesThe Gym Kitchen	2g	A
4	Lean Pork SausagesSpecially Selected	2.5g	C
5	Low Fat 6 SausagesM&S Food · 400g	2.7g	A
6	Low Fat Cumberland ChipolatasM&S · 340 g	2.7g	B
7	Chicken Italia 10 ChipolatasHECK · 340 g	2.7g	B
8	6 light & lean low fat pork sausagesAsda	2.8g	A
9	6 Skinny Pork SausagesAldi · 6	2.8g	B
10	Chicken sausagesDaylesford	2.9g

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How these rankings work

Every figure is per 100g, taken from the label as recorded in Open Food Facts, the open food database built by volunteers. Products whose numbers don't add up (for example, energy that doesn't match the fat, carbs and protein) are left out of these tables but still appear in the full aisle. Traffic lights follow the UK front-of-pack thresholds for fat, saturates, sugar and salt. Nutri-Score runs from A (best) to E. Brands can't pay to appear here. Spot a mistake? Fix it at the source on Open Food Facts and it reaches Shelf Check at the next refresh.