Low Calorie 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.

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Tried and Tasted: Sausages

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Table 1: Low Calorie Sausages Compared
Brand Tesco, Light Choices Tesco, Light Choices Morrison’s, Eat Smart Morrison’s, Eat Smart Weight Watchers
Flavour Pork Cumberland & Pork Pork Lincolnshire Apple & Pork
  Tesco Pork Sausages Pasta with Feta Cheese and Slow Roasted Tomatoes Morrisons Pork Sausages Pasta with Cherry Tomatoes, Spinach & Pine Nuts Weightwatchers Apple and Pork Sausages
Rating ggggg Poor ggggg
Ok		 ggggg Good ggggg
Ok		 ggggg
Poor
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

 
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
Table 2: More Low Calorie Sausages Compared
Brand Asda, GFY Marks & Spencer, Extra Lean Waitrose, Half Fat Sainsbury’s, 50% Less Fat Sainsbury’s, BGTY
Flavour Pork Pork Pork Pork Cumberland
  Asda GFY Marks & Spencer Sausages Waitrose Ha;l Fat Pork Sausages Sainsburys 50% Less Fat Sausages Sainsburys BGTY Sausages
Rating

gggggVery Good

 ggggg
Ok		 gggggOutstanding ggggg Good ggggg Good
Comments Tried & Tasted: Sausages

Low Calorie 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.

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Tried and Tasted: Sausages

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Table 1: Low Calorie Sausages Compared
Brand Tesco, Light Choices Tesco, Light Choices Morrison’s, Eat Smart Morrison’s, Eat Smart Weight Watchers
Flavour Pork Cumberland & Pork Pork Lincolnshire Apple & Pork
  Tesco Pork Sausages Pasta with Feta Cheese and Slow Roasted Tomatoes Morrisons Pork Sausages Pasta with Cherry Tomatoes, Spinach & Pine Nuts Weightwatchers Apple and Pork Sausages
Rating ggggg Poor ggggg
Ok		 ggggg Good ggggg
Ok		 ggggg
Poor
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

 
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
Table 2: More Low Calorie Sausages Compared
Brand Asda, GFY Marks & Spencer, Extra Lean Waitrose, Half Fat Sainsbury’s, 50% Less Fat Sainsbury’s, BGTY
Flavour Pork Pork Pork Pork Cumberland
  Asda GFY Marks & Spencer Sausages Waitrose Ha;l Fat Pork Sausages Sainsburys 50% Less Fat Sausages Sainsburys BGTY Sausages
Rating

gggggVery Good

 ggggg
Ok		 gggggOutstanding ggggg Good ggggg Good
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

 
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:
starstarstarstarstar = Outstanding

starstarstarstarstar = Very Good
starstarstarstarstar = Good

starstarstarstarstar = Ok

starstarstarstarstar = Poor

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Published: 04.03.09