Cheddar Biscuit Sausage, Egg & Cheese Sandwiches

How it compares with other frozen breakfast sandwiches, biscuits and meals

Per 100 g, it has more sugar than 57% of the 892 frozen breakfast sandwiches, biscuits and meals products in USDA's branded database, and it has more sodium than 90% of them.

Where the calories come from: 26% carbohydrate, 62% fat and 12% protein (4 calories a gram of protein or carbohydrate, 9 of fat).

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431 of the 892 frozen breakfast sandwiches, biscuits and meals products are named sausage. Per 100 g their median is 254 calories, 544 mg of sodium and 9.5 g of protein; 374 have less sodium than this one.

What is in it

Ingredients (as submitted): CHEDDAR BISCUIT: ENRICHED BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR (CONTAINS BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN AND FOLIC ACID), WATER, BLEACHED ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (CONTAINS WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN AND FOLIC ACID), VEGETABLE OIL (PALM, SUNFLOWER), SUGAR, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS: ISOLATED SOY PRODUCT, CHEESE FLAVOR [A DEHYDRATED BLEND OF CHEDDAR CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES), CREAM, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, SALT, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF ANNATTO (COLOR), LACTIC ACID], CORN SYRUP, LEAVENING (ACIDIC SODIUM ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE), SALT, BAKING SODA, WHEAT FLOUR (BLEACHED, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), DEXTROSE, CORN CEREAL, CHEESE POWDER [A DEHYDRATED BLEND OF CHEDDAR CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES), CREAM, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, SALT, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF ANNATTO (COLOR), LACTIC ACID], POTASSIUM SORBATE (PRESERVATIVE), DATEM, XANTHAN GUM, COLORED WITH (ANNATTO, TURMERIC), NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS. FULLY COOKED PORK AND CHICKEN SAUSAGE PATTY: PORK, MECHANICALLY SEPARATED CHICKEN, WATER, SOY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS: SALT, PORK STOCK, SPICES, DEXTROSE, SODIUM PHOSPHATES, SUGAR, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, CITRIC ACID, FLAVOR, CARAMEL COLOR. FULLY COOKED EGG PATTY: WHOLE EGGS, NONFAT MILK, SOYBEAN OIL, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, SALT, XANTHAN GUM, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL BUTTER FLAVOR (SOYBEAN OIL, BUTTER, LIPOLYZED BUTTER OIL, AND NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS), CITRIC ACID. PASTEURIZED PROCESS AMERICAN CHEESE: MILK, WATER, CREAM, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF CHEESE CULTURE, CITRIC ACID, COLOR ADDED, ENZYMES, POTASSIUM CITRATE, SALT, SODIUM CITRATE, SORBIC ACID (PRESERVATIVE), SOY LECITHIN, TETRASODIUM PYROPHOSPHATE.

The statement covers several recipes in one package, so its ingredients are not counted. Its own allergen line reads: "Contains WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN AND FOLIC ACID), VEGETABLE OIL (PALM, SUNFLOWER), SUGAR, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS: ISOLATED SOY PRODUCT, CHEESE FLAVOR [A DEHYDRATED BLEND OF CHEDDAR CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES), CREAM, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, SALT, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF ANNATTO (COLOR), LACTIC ACID], CORN SYRUP, LEAVENING (ACIDIC SODIUM ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE), SALT, BAKING SODA, WHEAT FLOUR (BLEACHED, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), DEXTROSE, CORN CEREAL, CHEESE POWDER [A DEHYDRATED BLEND OF CHEDDAR CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES), CREAM, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, SALT, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF ANNATTO (COLOR), LACTIC ACID], POTASSIUM SORBATE (PRESERVATIVE), DATEM, XANTHAN GUM, COLORED WITH (ANNATTO, TURMERIC), NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS". For allergies, read the package: this is the record USDA holds (updated Jul 5, 2023), not the label on the shelf today.

Source: the ingredient statement The Hillshire Brands Company submitted to USDA (FoodData Central 2634401).

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