Sausages Roundup
We analyzed 435 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.
Finding the perfect Sausages shouldn't feel like a guessing game. At CakeID, we take food transparency seriously. We have analyzed over 435 products in this category, breaking down every ingredient list to uncover hidden additives, excessive sugar levels, and potential allergens.
Whether you are searching for strictly Vegan options, Gluten-Free snacks, or simply want to avoid high-processed foods, our algorithm ranks products based on a comprehensive Health Score. Below is our definitive ranking of the safest and healthiest Sausages you can buy in 2026, sorted by their ingredient purity.
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Firecracker' pickled sausages
Ingredients: mechanically sepa ated for urition informaion, dextrose hydrolyzed soy proten, natural flavors, bee paprika, sodium erythorbate, pickled sausage artihcially colored whitevinegar water, salt, red 40. contains:soy conagra brands po box 3534 ccago, il 65a maoe in ua aspera rolec cal 00-382-4994 som makers f
The Good
- β Excellent Health Score
- β Sugar Free
The Bad
- β Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)

Applegate, the great organic uncured beef hot dog
Ingredients: Organic grass-fed beef*, water. contains less than 2% of the following: sea salt, organic spices, organic dehydrated garlic, organic dehydrated onion, organic paprika, celery powder.
The Good
- β Excellent Health Score
- β Sugar Free
The Bad
- β Ultra Processed

Sweet Turkey Sausage
Ingredients: Turkey, water, less than 2% of salt, dextrose, sugar, spice extract, dehydrated garlic, bha, bht, citric acid, natural flavoring. made with pork casing.
The Good
- β Low Sugar
The Bad
- β Contains BHA (Butylated Hydroxyanisole)

Hot Links Sausage, Smoke
Ingredients: Pork and beef, water, spices (including paprika), salt, corn syrup solids, dextrose, natural smoke flavoring, sodium erythorbate, onion powder, sodium nitrite in colored collagen casing.
The Good
- β Excellent Health Score
- β Low Sugar
The Bad
- β Contains Corn Syrup

Summer sausage hardwood smoked
Ingredients: Beef and Pork, Salt, Spices, Dextrose, Lactic Acid Starter Culture, Sodium Erythorbate, Sodium Nitrate
The Good
- β Excellent Health Score
- β Sugar Free
- β Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- β Contains Sodium Nitrate

Beef summer sausage
Ingredients: Beef, Salt, Dextrose, Spices, Smoke Flavoring, Natural Flavors, Lactic Acid Starter Culture, Sodium Erythorbate, Sodium Nitrate
The Good
- β Excellent Health Score
- β Low Sugar
- β Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- β Contains Sodium Nitrate

Italian Sausage
Ingredients: PORK, WATER, SALT, SUGAR, NATURAL FLAVORS, EXTRACTIVES OF PAPRIKA, SPICES (INCLUDING FENNEL)
The Good
- β Excellent Health Score
- β Low Sugar
- β Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- β Ultra Processed

Brown Sugar Bourbon Seasoned Smoked Sausage
Ingredients: Pork, mechanically separated turkey, water, corn syrup, contains 2% or less of the following: beef, salt, modified corn starch, oat fiber, brown sugar, sugar, spices, corn maltodextrin, dehydrated garlic, dehydrated onion, paprika, fancy molasses, natural flavor (including bourbon whiskey), acetic acid, propionic acid, dextrose, potassium chloride, sodium phosphates, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite.
The Good
- β Low Sugar
The Bad
- β Contains Corn Syrup

Montreal Steak Seasoned Smoked Sausage
Ingredients: Pork, mechanically separated turkey, water, corn syrup, seasonings (corn maltodextrin, spices (including black pepper), dehydrated garlic, natural flavor), contains 2% or less of the following: beef, salt, modified corn starch, oat fiber, dextrose, potassium chloride, sodium phosphates, paprika, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite.
The Good
- β Low Sugar
The Bad
- β Contains Corn Syrup

Little Link Sausages
Ingredients: PORK, WATER, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF SALT, DEXTROSE, NATURAL SPICES, EXTRACTS OF NATURAL SPICES, EXTRACT OF PAPRIKA.
The Good
- β Excellent Health Score
- β Low Sugar
- β Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- β Ultra Processed

Uncured beef franks
Ingredients: beef, water, corn syrup, contains 2% or less: salt, flavor, potassium lactate, dextrose, natural flavor (celery juice powder), sodium phosphate, sea salt, sodium diacetate, paprika extract,
The Good
- β Convenient Snack
The Bad
- β Contains Corn Syrup

Chorizo
Ingredients: Pork, Vinegar, Spices, Salt, Garlic Powder, Spice Extractives, less than 2% Silicon Dioxide.
The Good
- β Excellent Health Score
- β Sugar Free
- β Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- β Ultra Processed

Hard Salami
Ingredients: pork, beef, salt, dextrose, contains 2% or less of flavorings, lactic acid starter culture, natural smoke flavor sodium nitrite, spices vitamin c (sodium ascorbate), bha, bht, citric acid, 27815 90263 3
The Good
- β Low Sugar
The Bad
- β Contains BHA (Butylated Hydroxyanisole)

Chicken sausage
Ingredients: Chicken Raised Without Antibiotics, Gruyere Cheese (Cultured Pasteurized Milk, Salt, Enzymes), Artichoke Hearts, Leeks, Red Bell Peppers, Caramelized Onions, : Spices, Kosher Salt, Granulated Garlic, Extract of Rosemary, Sugar, Vinegar, Dried Citrus Pulp, Natural Pork Casing
The Good
- β Excellent Health Score
- β Low Sugar
The Bad
- β Ultra Processed

Arabiki Sausage
Ingredients: PORK, WATER, PORK BACK FAT, SALT, SOY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, SUGAR, FLAVORING, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, ONION POWDER, LIQUID SMOKE, SODIUM ERYTHORBATE, SODIUM NITRITE, PACKED IN NATURAL SHEEP CASING.
The Good
- β Excellent Health Score
- β Sugar Free
The Bad
- β Ultra Processed

Smoked sausage
Ingredients: 9g+ protein + per serving "Minimally Processed. No Artificial Ingredients ROASTED GARLIC PORK & BEEF HICKORY SMOKED SAUSAGE NATURAL PORK CASING FULLY COOKED KEEP REFRIGERATED NET WT. 48 OZ (3 LBS) U.S. INSPECTED AND PASSED BY DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE **Except those naturally occurring in sea salt and cultured celery powder BRATS KIRKLAND
The Good
- β Excellent Health Score
- β Sugar Free
The Bad
- β Ultra Processed

Hickory Smoked Sausage Beef
Ingredients: Organic Grass Fed Beef, Water, Salt, Organic Black Pepper, Organic Cane Sugar, Organic Granulated Garlic, Sea Salt, Cultured Celery Powder. Encased in a Natural Pork Casing.
The Good
- β Excellent Health Score
- β Sugar Free
The Bad
- β Ultra Processed

The Good
- β Low Sugar
- β Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- β Contains Corn Syrup

Pork Chorizo
Ingredients: PORK, SALIVARY GLANDS, LYMPH NODES AND FAT, SEASONING (PAPRIKA, SALT, MUSTARD SPICES, GARLIC POWDER), PORK, WATER, DISTILLED VINEGAR, DEFATITED SDY GRITS, SODIUM NITRITE (TO MAINTAIN FRESHNESS), CONTAINS SOY
The Good
- β Excellent Health Score
- β Sugar Free
The Bad
- β Ultra Processed

Black Truffle Sausage
Ingredients: PORK, WATER, SEA SALT, VINEGAR, BLACK PEPPER, PORCINI MUSHROOM POWDER, GARLIC POWDER, BLACK TRUFFLES (04%)
The Good
- β Excellent Health Score
- β Sugar Free
- β Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- β Ultra Processed

Cocktail Sausages
Ingredients: meat (pork, beef), mechanically separated chicken, water, less than 2% of: natural flavors, extractives of turmeric and paprika, salt, sugar, dextrose, maltodextrin, sodium phosphate, potassium chloride, potassium lactate, sodium diacetate, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite, on back of la child safet for kids under cut lengthwise t net w
The Good
- β Excellent Health Score
- β Low Sugar
The Bad
- β Ultra Processed

Chicken Sausage
Ingredients: chicken, monterey jack cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), less than 2% of vinegar, sea salt, chipotle pepper, sugar, spices, tomato powder, garlic powder, dehydrated green bell pepper, onion powder, grill flavor (from sunflower oil), natural pork casing
The Good
- β Excellent Health Score
- β Sugar Free
The Bad
- β Ultra Processed

Smoked sausage
Ingredients: meat (pork, beef), water, corn syrup, contains 2% or less: dextrose, modified food starch, sea salt, flavorings, sodium phosphate, salt, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite
The Good
- β Low Sugar
The Bad
- β Contains Corn Syrup

Italian style smoked chicken sausage
Ingredients: chicken, red pepper, onion, water, mozzarella cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), spices, kosher salt, evaporated cane sugar, vinegar, celery juice powder, garlic, rosemary extract, pork casing
The Good
- β Excellent Health Score
- β Low Sugar
The Bad
- β Ultra Processed

Old Folks Country Sausage
Ingredients: Pork (including the ham, loin and tender - loin), Water, Salt, Spices, Sugar and Monosodium Glutamate.
The Good
- β Excellent Health Score
- β Sugar Free
- β Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- β Ultra Processed

Plant-Based Sausages Discovery Pack (Club)
Ingredients: SMOKED APPLE & SAGE: FILTERED WATER, VITAL WHEAT GLUTEN, EXPELLER PRESSED SAFFLOWER OIL, UNSULFURED DRIED APPLES, YUKON GOLO POTATOES, YEAST EXTRACT (YEAST, SALT), ONION POWDER , BARLEY MALT EXTRACT, GARLIC, SPICES, SEA SALT, YEAST, RUBBED SABE, NATURAL SMOKE FLAVOR. MEXICAN CHIPOTLE: VITAL WHEAT GLUTEN, FILTERED WATER, EXPELLER PRESSED SAFFLOWER OIL, ONIONS, GARLIC, WHEAT PROTEIN ISOLATE (WHEAT GLUTEN, TRISODUM PHOSPHATE, MALIC ACID, L-CYSTEINE) APPLE CIDER VINEGAR, YEAST EXTRACT (YEAST, SALT, SUGAR), CHIPOTLE PEPPERS, ONIONS POWDER, GRANULATED GARLIC, BROWN SUGAR, SEA SALT, BARLEY MALT EXTRACT, SPICES, BLACK PEPPER, PAPRIKA OLEORESIN (COLOR), CHILI DE ARBOL PEPPERS, CUMIN, OREGANO. ITALIAN: FILTERED WATER, VITAL WHEAT GLUTEN, EXPELLER PRESSEO SAFFLOWER OIL, EGGPLANT, ONIONS, WHEAT PROTEIN ISOLATE (WHEAT GLUTEN TRISODUM PHOSPHATE, MALIC ACID, L-CYSTENE), YEAST EXTRACT (YEAST, SALT, CANE SUGAR), GARLIC, BARLEY MARLT EXTRACT, ONIONS POWDER, DRIED RED BELL PEPPERS, RED COOKING WINE (RED WINE, WATER, SALT), FENNEL SEED, DEHYORATED GARLIC, SEA SALT, SPICES
The Good
- β Excellent Health Score
- β Low Sugar
The Bad
- β Ultra Processed

Polska kielbasa sausage
Ingredients: meat (pork, beef), water, corn syrup, contains 2% or less: dextrose, modified food starch, sea salt, flavorings, sodium phosphate, garlic, salt, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite.
The Good
- β Convenient Snack
The Bad
- β Contains Corn Syrup

Saucisse blanche Emmental
Ingredients: Viande de porc (origine France), Lait, Emmental 7%, Eau, Sel, Lactose, Epices et plantes aromatiques, Dextrose, Emulsifiants : di et triphosphates, Proteine de lait, Lactose, Citron, Antioxydant ascorbate de sodium, Gingembre, Boyau de porc. Peut contenir des traces d' oeufs. CONSEIL DE CONSERVATION: Conditionné sous atmosphère protéctrice.
The Good
- β Excellent Health Score
- β Sugar Free
The Bad
- β Ultra Processed

Old World Pepperoni
Ingredients: PORK, BEEF, SALT, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: CORN SYRUP, DEXTROSE, FLAVORINGS, LACTIC ACID STARTER CULTURE, OLEORESIN OF PAPRIKA, PAPRIKA, SODIUM ERYTHORBATE, SODIUM NITRITE, SPICES.
The Good
- β Excellent Health Score
- β Low Sugar
The Bad
- β Contains Corn Syrup

Sweet Italian Sausage
Ingredients: pork, italian seasoning (sea salt, dextrose, spices (a se, fenneli, potassium chloride, natural flavors, paprika oleoresin [for colori, lactic acidi, water. packed in a natural pork casing. (606) yu dist,&sold exclusiively by acts ner trader joe's, monrova, ca 91016 cooking instructions: grill or pan-fry until golden brown and internal temperature reaches 160Β°f as measured by a meat thermometer. 6. 06 ly value* safe handling instructions this product was prepared from %7% inspected and passed meat and/or poultry. some food products may contain 23% bacteria that could cause illness if the product is mishandled or cooked improperly. for your protection, follow these safe handling instructions 18% keep refrigerate or frozen. thaw in refrigera tor or microwave. 19% 0% keep raw meat and poulthy separate from other fgods
The Good
- β Excellent Health Score
- β Low Sugar
The Bad
- β Ultra Processed
