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Sausage

3,417 products · 820 brands

USDA's branded food database lists 3,417 sausage products from 820 brands; the median has 286 calories, 1.2 g of sugars, 16.1 g of protein and 799 mg of sodium per 100 g. The most common serving is 56 g (670 labels).

Data: USDA FoodData Central, April 30, 2026 release.

The leader on each nutrient

There is no single healthiest sausage product in the data: each nutrient has its own leader, per 100 g (in single-serve aisles, "most" rankings go by the serving as sold). Each row opens its full ranking.

RankingProductIts value
Most proteinSmoked Pork & Beef Dry Sausage (Prasek's)One of 4 products at this value; the tie is broken by fewer calories.32.1 g per 100 g
Least sugarJalapeno & Cheese Flavored Smoked Sausage (Mccain Farms)One of 1,145 products at this value; the tie is broken by more protein.0 g per 100 g
Least sodiumJimmy Dean Fully Cooked Sausage Skillet, Frozen (Jimmy Dean)259 mg per 100 g
Fewest caloriesSpinach and Spring Greens Fully Cooked Chicken Sausage (Bilinski's)103 calories per 100 g
Most fiberPolska Bratwurst (Essential Everyday)3.0 g per 100 g
Fewest net carbsSmoked Pork & Beef Dry Sausage (Prasek's)One of 386 products at this value; the tie is broken by more protein.0 g per 100 g

Source: USDA FoodData Central branded foods, April 30, 2026 release; 3,417 products, one per UPC.

How sausage products are spread

Half of all sausage products have between 0 g and 1.8 g of sugars per 100 g

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Each dot is one of 39 evenly spaced points across the middle 95% of the aisle. USDA FoodData Central.
Per 100 gLowest quarter up toMedianHighest quarter from
Calories219286321
Sugars0 g1.2 g1.8 g
Protein14.1 g16.1 g17.9 g
Sodium689 mg799 mg946 mg
Fiber0 g0 g0 g
Saturated fat5.3 g8.2 g10.0 g

Source: USDA FoodData Central branded foods, April 30, 2026 release; quartiles computed by GetFoodFacts.

How many are at or under FDA's claim lines, per labeled serving

FDA threshold (per labeled serving)ProductsShare
"Low calorie": 40 calories or less per serving*1 of 3,4170%
"High in fiber": 5.6 g or more per serving3 of 3,0580%
"High in protein": 10 g or more per serving2,142 of 3,41263%
"Low sodium": 140 mg or less per serving*10 of 3,4120%
"Sugar free": less than 0.5 g per serving1,273 of 3,21840%

Source: 21 CFR 101.54, 101.60 and 101.61 (ecfr.gov). * Also per 50 g when a serving is 30 g or less; a product in a meal or entree category with a serving of 6 oz or more stands in for FDA's meal and main-dish products and is tested per 100 g: 140 mg of sodium, 120 calories (101.61(b)(5), 101.60(b)(3)). Counted per labeled serving, which since 2016 follows FDA's reference amounts for most products; the counts are not findings that any label complies; the protein line is before FDA's protein-quality correction (fda.gov).

Brands with the most sausage products

BrandProducts
Johnsonville137
Hillshire Farm84
Jimmy Dean72
Jones Dairy Farm66
Premio62
Aidells41
Wegmans38
Cub36

Every sausage product, A to Z

Source: USDA FoodData Central branded foods, April 30, 2026 release.

Sources for this page
USDA FoodData Central
the food and product records, April 30, 2026 release. fdc.nal.usda.gov
FoodData Central documentation
what each data type is and how branded records are submitted. fdc.nal.usda.gov
21 CFR 101.9, Nutrition labeling of food
the label format, rounding and Daily Values. ecfr.gov
21 CFR 101 subpart D, Nutrient content claims
the thresholds for "low sodium", "sugar free", "high in". ecfr.gov
FDA, How to Understand and Use the Nutrition Facts Label
the 5% and 20% Daily Value rule. fda.gov