Tried and Tasted: Sausages
Just because you’re on a diet, doesn’t mean you should miss out on yummy sausages. We’ve been scouring the supermarkets for low fat sausages so we can help you make your calories go further without sacrificing on flavour.
| Brand | Tesco, Light Choices | Tesco, Light Choices | Morrison’s, Eat Smart | Morrison’s, Eat Smart | Weight Watchers |
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| Flavour | Pork | Cumberland & Pork | Pork | Lincolnshire | Apple & Pork |
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| Rating |   Poor |
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| Comments | Very disappointing all round, and we suggest you give it a miss | Marginally better than the Tesco, Light Choices Pork variety, but just didn’t cut it | Lowest in calories & fat, and although not the best, not the worst either. Passable for use in casseroles etc | Again could be used in casseroles etc, but wouldn’t advise eating them on there own | Huge disappointment from a brand that is supposed to specialise in low cal/fat foods. Stay away! |
| Appearance | Some what dry and rather pale | Short and stubby in comparison to others | Not good, slight green aura to it! | Very plastic and skin came away from sausage | Pale, unappetising and gooey where cooked |
| Smell | Herby | Juicy pork | Bland | Greasy bbq |
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| Taste | Unimpressive dull flavour | Spicy after taste and not as meaty as you’d think | Like cheap pork sausages | Too sweet and tangy, yet like stuffing? | “Like pork flavoured bread pudding – in a bad way!” |
| Texture | Grainy rather than meaty | Ok | Too thick a skin, bit too chewy | Plastic skin, but soft inside | Rubbery |
| Serving Size | 1 Grilled Sausage | 1 Grilled Sausage | 1 Grilled Sausage | 1 Grilled Sausage | 1 Grilled Sausage |
| Calories/ serving kcal | 82.5 | 72.5 | 63 | 77 | 78 |
| Fat/serving g | 2.5 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.4 |
| Brand | Asda, GFY | Marks & Spencer, Extra Lean | Waitrose, Half Fat | Sainsbury’s, 50% Less Fat | Sainsbury’s, BGTY |
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| Flavour | Pork | Pork | Pork | Pork | Cumberland |
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| Comments |
Just ahead of the Sainsbury’s sausages this was a hit. Plus you save over 20 calories from our top sausage with this option. |
This one had a partial marmite effect. On the panel some liked, some loathed. However the majority was not in favour and so an acquired taste we think. | Our stand out favourite by a mile, and putting everyone but Sainsbury’s to shame. No one will even notice they are low calorie! | Highest in fat & calories, but still 50 calories lower than your average pork sausage so worth giving a try | Surprisingly this was more like a veggie sausage, and although not wonderfully filling, tastes rather nice. If you like veggie sausages we think you’ll like this. |
| Appearance | Great size and turned a lovely golden brown | Plasticy | Looks almost home made, brilliant | Biggest of the bunch, with a great colour to it | Anaemic looking compared to the others |
| Smell | Porky - yum | Like dog food | Just right | Appetising |
Pleasant
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| Taste | Wouldn’t know it was low fat | Meaty. Not great. | Like a great pork sausage from the butchers, thumbs up all round! | Slightly herby after taste, but quite pleasant. | Light and herby, with a spicy kick in there too |
| Texture | Normal | Waxy | Normal | Normal | Falls apart |
| Serving Size | 1 Grilled Sausage | 1 Grilled Sausage | 1 Grilled Sausage | 1 Grilled Sausage | 1 Grilled Sausage |
| Calories/ serving kcal | 68 | 65 | 90 | 99 | 70 |
| Fat/serving g | 1.9 | 1.7 | 4.6 | 5.4 | 1.3 |
Conclusion
A very varied bunch of results from this tasting, with clear winners and losers. Waitrose, Half Fat sausages were by far our favourite, with Asda, GFY coming up close behind and the best option calorie wise.
Our advice would be to stay away from the low fat offerings from Tesco and Weight Watchers, while any of the others could be used and all add up to a considerable saving of over 50 calories per sausage compared to their full fat counterparts.
Guide to Our Ratings:
= Outstanding |
= Very Good
= Good |
= Ok |
= Poor
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