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Sage Pork Breakfast Sausage
meat/hotdogs-sausage
📊 NOVA 3🌾 Gluten-Free🥛 Dairy-Free🌿 Organic

Sage Pork Breakfast Sausage

MEAT
Available at Whole Foods
220
Calories
14g
Protein
2g
Sugars
690mg
Sodium
19
Ingredients

What You Should Know

You'd spot this Sage Pork Breakfast Sausage in the refrigerated meat or breakfast section, ready for weekend skillets or a quick weekday sandwich. It gives a comforting, slightly indulgent, homey breakfast vibe — familiar sage and savory pork notes that evoke weekend mornings. The ingredient list is a simple seasoning blend (salt, sugar, oil, spices), indicating a processed meat product with ground texture and added flavoring rather than a highly industrial ultra‑processed formulation.

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 3 oz
Servings per Container: 1
Calories220
% Daily Value*
Total Fat17g22%
Saturated Fat6g30%
Trans Fat0g
Cholesterol60mg20%
Sodium690mg30%
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, Breakfast, Seasoning, (sea, salt,, brown, cane, sugar,, red, bell, pepper,, organic, sunflower, oil,, spice, extracts, [including, sage],, parsley)..

Flagged Ingredients:

  • sunflower oil - Seed oil high in omega-6 fatty acids
No Seed Oil

Dietary Labels

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

Ultra-Processing Assessment

NOVA Score:3 / 4

Processed Food

Why this score?

This is a processed meat product (added salt, sugar, oil and spices to pork) rather than a whole unprocessed ingredient, but the ingredient list lacks long industrial additive lists typical of ultra‑processed foods, so it fits NOVA 3.

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Common Questions about Sage 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 for a hearty breakfast. However, if you're watching your sodium intake, keep in mind it has 690 mg of sodium. So, if you're looking for a protein boost without too much fuss, this could fit the bill, but balance it out with lower-sodium foods throughout the day.

Perfect For

weekend-brunch
meal-prep-sunday
game-day-prep

Vibe:

nostalgiccomfortingindulgentconvenient
$6.49
per package