Low Calorie Sausages - Tried and Tasted

Table 1: Low Calorie Sausages

Product	Waitrose, Half Fat Pork Sauages	Asda, GFY Pork Sausages	Sainsbury’s, 50% Less Fat Pork Sausage
Ranking	1	2	3
Appearance	Looks almost home made, brilliant	Great size and turned a lovely golden brown	Biggest of the bunch, with  a great colour to it
Smell	Just right	Porky - yum	Appetising
Taste	Like a great pork sausage from the butchers, thumbs up all round!	Wouldn’t know it was low fat	Slightly herby after taste, but quite pleasant.
Texture	Normal	Normal	Normal
Summary	Our stand out favourite by a mile, and putting everyone but Sainsbury’s to shame. No one will even notice they are low calorie!	Just ahead of the Sainsbury’s sausages this was a hit. Plus you save over 20 calories from our top sausage with this option.	Highest in fat & calories, but still 50 calories lower than your average pork sausage so worth giving a try
Serving Size	1 Grilled Sausage	1 Grilled Sausage	1 Grilled Sausage
Calories (kcal) per serving	90	68	99
Fat (g) per serving	4.6	1.9	5.4

Table 2: Low Calorie Sausages

Product	Sainsbury’s, BGTY Cumberland Sausages	Morrison’s, Eat Smart Pork Sausages	Morrison’s, Eat Smart Lincolnshire Sausages
Ranking	4	5	6
Appearance	Anaemic looking compared to the others	Not good, slight green aura to it!	Very plastic and skin came away from sausage
Smell	Pleasant	Bland	Greasy bbq
Taste	Light and herby, with a spicy kick in there too	Like cheap pork sausages	Too sweet and tangy, yet like stuffing?
Texture	Falls apart	Too thick a skin, bit too chewy	Plastic skin, but soft inside
Summary	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.	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
Serving Size	1 Grilled Sausage	1 Grilled Sausage	1 Grilled Sausage
Calories (kcal) per serving	70	63	77
Fat (g) per serving	1.3	1.2	1.5

Table 3: Low Calorie Sausages

Product	Tesco, Light Choices Cumberland and Pork	Marks & Spencer, Extra Lean Pork Sausages	Tesco, Light Choices Pork Sausages
Ranking	7	8	9
Appearance	Short and stubby in comparison to others	Plasticy	Some what dry and rather pale
Smell	Juicy pork	Like dog food	Herby
Taste	Spicy after taste and not as meaty as you’d think	Meaty. Not great.	Unimpressive dull flavour
Texture	Ok	Waxy	Grainy rather than meaty
Summary	Marginally better than the Tesco, Light Choices Pork variety, but just didn’t cut it	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.	Very disappointing all round, and we suggest you give it a miss
Serving Size	1 Grilled Sausage	1 Grilled Sausage	1 Grilled Sausage
Calories (kcal) per serving	72.5	65	82.5
Fat (g) per serving	1.8	1.7	2.5

Table 4: Low Calorie Sausages

Product	Weight Watchers Apple & Pork Sausages
Ranking	10
Appearance	Pale, unappetising and gooey where cooked
Smell
Taste	“Like pork flavoured bread pudding – in a bad way!”
Texture	Rubbery
Summary	Huge disappointment from a brand that is supposed to specialise in low cal/fat foods. Stay away!
Serving Size	1 Grilled Sausage
Calories (kcal) per serving	78
Fat (g) per serving	1.4

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.