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Prepared Meats Roundup

We analyzed 740 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.

Detailed Reviews (Page 10)

Calories
107
Protein
16g
Hillshire Farm

Ultra Thin Smoked Ham

Ingredients: cured with water, contains 2% or less of: sodium lactate, salt, dextrose, sodium phosphate, sodium diacetate, vitamin c (sodium ascorbate), sodium nitrite,

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Low Sugar

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
222
Protein
13g
aidells

Chicken & Apple Smoked Chicken Sausage Breakfast Links

Ingredients: Chicken, dried apple, brown sugar, salt, fruit juice concentrate (apple, pineapple, pear, peach) spices, celery powder

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
125
Protein
16g
Unknown

Ultra thin sliced lunchmeat lower sodium honey ham

Ingredients: Cured with water, honey, contains 2% or less: salt, dextrose, sugar, sodium phosphate, sodium propionate, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite.

The Good

  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
223
Protein
29g
Hillshire Farm

Brown Sugar Ham

Ingredients: HAM, WATER, BROWN SUGAR, VINEGAR, SALT, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, NATURAL FLAVORINGS (CELERY JUICE POWDER), SEA SALT, CITRIC ACID.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
393
Protein
21g
Gallo Salame

Pepperoni

Ingredients: Pork, beef, salt, corn syrup, natural spices, natural flavorings, oleoresin paprika, rosemary extract, garlic powder, lactic acid starter culture, sodium nitrite, sodium nitrate.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free

The Bad

  • Contains Corn Syrup
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Calories
357
Protein
25g
Gallo

Italian Dry Salame

Ingredients: Pork, nonfat dry milk, dextrose salt, contains 2% or less of: natural spices, wine, vitamin c (ascorbic acid), granulated garlic, lactic acid starter culture, sodium nitrite, sodium nitrate.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free

The Bad

  • Contains Sodium Nitrate
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Calories
165
Protein
19g
Trader Joe's

Smoked, Apple Chardonnay Chicken Sausage

Ingredients: CHICKEN, DEHYDRATED APPLES, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF SALT, ROASTED ONION, CELERY JUICE POWDER, WHITE PEPPER, NUTMEG, THYME, GINGER, CHARDONNAY, ROSEMARY, IN A NATURAL PORK CASING.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Low Sugar

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
357
Protein
21g
Daniele

Paper wrapped salame portofino chub

Ingredients: Pork, sea salt, less than 2% of: dextrose, spices, wine, starter culture, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrate, sodium nitrite, natural flavoring.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Contains Sodium Nitrate
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Calories
400
Protein
23g
Good & Gather

Uncured Hard Salami

Ingredients: Pork, beef, sea salt++, contains 2% or less of: natural spices, dextrose, lactic acid starter culture, natural flavoring (including celery powder++), gum arabic, maltodextrin, natural smoke flavor.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
370
Protein
26g
Oscar Mayer

Hard Salami

Ingredients: pork, beef, salt, contains less than 2% of sugar, water, flavor, rosemary extract, natural smoke flavor, lactic acid starter culture, sodium nitrate, sodium ascorbate

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free

The Bad

  • Contains Sodium Nitrate
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Calories
107
Protein
16g
Good & Gather

Uncured black forest ham ultra-thin deli slices

Ingredients: Pork, water, vinegar‡, contains 2% or less of the following: salt, sugar, sodium phosphates, natural flavoring (celery powder‡), sea salt‡.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Low Sugar
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
340
Protein
11g
Ball Park

Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast

Ingredients: beef, water, corn syrup, contains 2% or less: salt, potassium lactate, hydrolyzed beef stock, sodium phosphate, celery juice powder, natural flavor, sea salt, sodium diacetate, extractives of paprika,

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Low Sugar

The Bad

  • Contains Corn Syrup
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Calories
340
Protein
11g
Ball Park

Uncured Beef Franks

Ingredients: Beef, water, corn syrup, contains 2% or less: salt, potassium lactate, hydrolyzed beef stock, sodium phosphate, celery juice powder, natural flavor, sea salt, sodium diacetate, extractives of paprika.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Low Sugar

The Bad

  • Contains Corn Syrup
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Calories
107
Protein
18g
HILLSHIRE FARM

Oven Roasted Turkey Breast Browned With Caramel Color

Ingredients: Turkey breast, turkey broth, modified corn starch, contains 2% or less: salt, sodium phosphate, carrageenan, sodium propionate, sodium nitrite, natural flavor, caramel color.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
298
Protein
11g
Unknown

Beef franks

Ingredients: Beef, water, contains 2% or less of salt, sorbitol, sodium lactate, natural flavorings, sodium phosphates, hydrolyzed corn protein, paprika, sodium diacetate, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
291
Protein
11g
Earl Campbell's

Red hot link sausage

Ingredients: (PORK, BEEF), WATER, CORN SYRUP, SALT, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS ISOLATED OAT PRODUCT, FLAVORINGS, MODIFIED FO0OD STARCH, DEXTROSE.SO PHOSPHATE, SODIUM ERYTHORBAE SODIUM NITRITE, CARMINE ANNATTO, FaCRED #40.

The Good

  • Low Sugar

The Bad

  • Contains Corn Syrup
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Calories
212
Protein
19g
Aidells

Chorizo Smoked Chicken Sausage

Ingredients: Chicken, spices, cilantro, contains 2% or less of the following: salt, white distilled vinegar, paprika, granulated garlic, celery powder, sea salt, natural pork casing.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Low Sugar

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
222
Protein
11g
Bar S

Smoked Polish Sausage

Ingredients: Mechanically separated chicken, water, pork hearts, pork, dextrose, corn syrup, modified corn starch, contains 2% or less of the following: beef, salt, potassium chloride, flavorings, potassium lactate, potassium acetate, sodium diacetate, sodium phosphates, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite.

The Good

  • Low Sugar

The Bad

  • Contains Corn Syrup
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Calories
250
Protein
29g
Citterio

Premium Italian-Style Salame Sticks

Ingredients: Pork, Sea Salt, 2% or less of Cultured Swiss Chard, Dextrose, Pepper, Sugar, Natural Flavor, Spices, Fresh Garlic, Lactic Acid Starter Culture, Natural Smoke Flavor

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
302
Protein
12g
Nathan's Famous

Beef Franks

Ingredients: Beef, water, pasteurized process cheddar cheese [cheddar cheese(cultured milk, water, cream, sodium phosphates, salt, sorbic acid, artificial color, enzymes), powdered cellulose], contains 2% or less of salt, sorbitol, sodium lactate, natural flavorings, sodium phosphates, hydrolyzed corn protein, paprika, sodium diacetate, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
250
Protein
13g
Fork In The Road Foods Llc

Little Goodies, Uncured Beef Hot Dogs

Ingredients: Pasture-raised beef, water, contains 2% or less of the following: fresh onion, garlic, mustard paprika, celery powder, vinegar, salt, sugar, extractives of paprika, natural flavors.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Low Sugar

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
161
Protein
21g
Godshall's

Smoked Sliced Turkey Bacon

Ingredients: Cured with: water, potassium lactate, dextrose, salt, sodium phosphate, sugar, sodium diacetate, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Low Sugar
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
196
Protein
14g
Ahold

Turkey Smoked Sausage

Ingredients: Turkey, mechanically separated turkey, water, corn syrup, salt, contains less than 2% of isolated oat product, dextrose, modified food starch, flavorings, sodium phosphate, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite, beef collagen casing.

The Good

  • Low Sugar

The Bad

  • Contains Corn Syrup
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Calories
273
Protein
18g
Pederson's

Pederson's natural farms uncured hickory smoked bacon

Ingredients: Pork, water, less than 2% of: salt, vinegar, citrus extracts, pomegranate extract, rosemary extract.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
321
Protein
13g
Great Value,Walmart

Great value, luncheon meat

Ingredients: Pork, salt, water, sugar, sodium nitrite.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Low Sugar
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
271
Protein
16g
Jones Dairy Farm

Braunschelger liverwurst

Ingredients: Pork livers, pork, bacon (cured with water, salt, sugar, sodium phosphates, sodium ascorbate and/or sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite), potassium lactate, salt, water, spices, dehydrated onions, sodium diacetate, sodium ascorbate, dextrose, sugar, sodium nitrite.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
212
Protein
14g
Great Value

Potted Meat

Ingredients: Mechanically separated chicken, partially defatted pork fatty tissue (tocopherol, natural flavor, citric acid), water, salt. contains 2% or less of: mustard, vinegar, dextrose, sodium erythorbate, garlic powder, natural flavors, sodium nitrite.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
172
Protein
19g
Amylu

Smoked Apple & Gouda Cheese Chicken Sausage

Ingredients: Boneless, skinless chicken breast meat and thigh meat, apples, gouda cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes and annatto color), contains 2% or less of: spices, natural flavor, kosher salt, water, evaporated cane syrup, vinegar, lamb casing.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Low Sugar

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
156
Protein
19g
Amylu

Andouille chicken sausage

Ingredients: Boneless, skinless chicken breast meat and thigh meat, water, contains 2% or less of: spices, parsley, crushed red pepper, paprika, natural flavor, onions, garlic, kosher salt, evaporated cane syrup, vinegar, lamb casing.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
294
Protein
15g
Great Value

Original Premium Sausage

Ingredients: Pork, seasoning (corn syrup solids, salt, dextrose, monosodium glutamate, lemon powder (corn syrup solids and lemon juice solids), flavorings (spice extractives), bha, propyl gallate, and citric acid), water.

The Good

  • Low Sugar

The Bad

  • Contains Corn Syrup
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Frequently Asked Questions

Are products in the Prepared Meats category always vegan?+
Not necessarily. We analyzed over 740 products in the Prepared Meats category on CakeID. While some are plant-based, many contain hidden animal ingredients like milk powder, whey, or gelatin. Always check the "Is Vegan" status on our product pages.
How does CakeID rank the best Prepared Meats?+
We rank Prepared Meats based on their nutritional value, ingredient cleanliness (fewer additives), and vegan compatibility. Products with lower sugar and simpler ingredients rank higher.
Can I find low-calorie Prepared Meats here?+
Yes! Our list highlights the nutritional details of each product. Look for the "Calories" badge on the product cards above to find low-calorie options.
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