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Maple Pork Breakfast Sausage
meat/hotdogs-sausage
📊 NOVA 3🌾 Gluten-Free🥛 Dairy-Free✨ Seed Oil Free

Maple Pork Breakfast Sausage

MEAT
Available at Whole Foods
240
Calories
14g
Protein
2g
Sugars
520mg
Sodium
22
Ingredients

What You Should Know

You'd spot these maple pork breakfast links in the refrigerated meat or breakfast case, often grabbed for weekend brunches or quick morning skillet meals. They give a nostalgic, indulgent breakfast vibe — sweet-savory comfort — and the presence of added water, brown sugar, maple extract and a beef collagen casing indicates industrial processing to achieve a uniform texture and casing snap, pointing toward a processed meat product rather than a minimally processed whole cut.

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 3 oz
Servings per Container: 1
Calories240
% Daily Value*
Total Fat35g45%
Saturated Fat7g35%
Trans Fat0g
Cholesterol55mg18%
Sodium520mg23%
Total Carbohydrate2g1%
Total Sugars2g
Protein14g
* The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.

Ingredients

Pork, Sausage, Links, (pork,, water,, salt,, brown, cane, sugar,, red, bell, peppers,, maple, extract,, parsley,, spice, extracts, [including, sage],, beef, collagen, casing).

Dietary Labels

This product is not vegan, is gluten-free, and is not organic.

Ultra-Processing Assessment

NOVA Score:3 / 4

Processed Food

Why this score?

Made from recognizable ingredients (pork, salt, sugar, spices) but includes processed components (beef collagen casing, flavor extract) and industrial link-forming, consistent with NOVA group 3 processed foods rather than minimally processed (1) or highly ultra-processed (4).

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Common Questions about Maple Pork Breakfast Sausage

Well, 'healthy' can be a bit subjective! This sausage packs a solid protein punch with 14 grams per serving, which is great if you're looking to fuel your morning. However, it does have a higher fat content, so if you're watching your fat intake or calories, just keep that in mind. It's all about balance!

Perfect For

weekend-brunch
game-day-prep
road-trip

Vibe:

nostalgicindulgentcomfortingconvenient
$6.49
per package