Skip to content
Rapports

Initial overview (2019)

Method

Caractérisation et suivi de la qualité de l’offre alimentaire

Sausages

Portrait of sausages available in Quebec (2019)

  • 289 sausages were listed for this study

  • 840 mg of sodium by 100 g Frankfurter sausages
  • 617 mg of sodium by 100 g european sausages

At a glance

The results of this study on sausages show a great variability in terms of nutritional composition according to the different types of sausages. In addition, the great variability in saturated fat and sodium content within each classification shows potential for improving nutritional value for several products. In this regard, it would be possible to reformulate hot dog and breakfast sausages to reduce their saturated fat and sodium content. European-type sausages and vegetarian sausages have a more interesting nutritional composition than others. In addition, the organic or the natural appearance are not indicators of a better nutritional composition.

 

Follow-up portrait – to come Winter 2025