Sausage
Sausage is a seasoned mixture of ground meat formed into links or patties and cooked by grilling, frying, baking, or braising.
About Sausage
Sausage is a prepared food made from seasoned ground meat, sometimes combined with fat, liquid, grains, vegetables, or other ingredients, and formed into links, coils, patties, or bulk portions. It is used in soups, sauces, casseroles, fillings, and standalone cooked preparations.
It may be smooth or coarse in texture, with color and flavor determined by the meat, seasoning, casing, and processing. Recipes vary widely in meat, fat, salt, binders, fillings, and processing, so the generic term does not identify one fixed formulation.
Sausage can be fresh, cooked, smoked, dried, or cured, and may be sold in an edible casing, with the casing removed, or without one. It is grilled, fried, baked, poached, or braised; cooking changes its firmness, surface, and rendered fat.
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Local names for sausage
Names and romanised forms to recognise on menus and labels.
Wurst
saucisse
salchicha
salsiccia
Sausage
sausage
salsicha
salsitxa
worst
pølse
korv
pølse
pylsa
makkara
vorst
desa
dešra
kiełbasa
klobása
klobása
kolbász
cârnat
наденица
nadenitsa
колбас
kolbas
кобасица
kobasica
kobasica
klobasa
колбаса
kolbasa
ковбаса
kovbasa
λουκάνικο
loukaniko
sucuk
نقانق
naqāniq
נקניקייה
naknikiya
سوسیس
sosis
երշիկ
ershik
ძეხვი
dzekhvi
kolbasa
шұжық
shūzhyq
kolbasa
ҳасиб
hasib
सॉसेज
sॉsej
সসেজ
sasej
தொத்திறைச்சி
tottiraicci
సాసేజ్
sāsej
സോസേജ്
sōsēj
ಸಾಸೇಜ್
sāsej
ไส้กรอก
sāi kr̀xk
xúc xích
sosis
sosej
longganisa
ソーセージ
sōsēji
소시지
sosiji
香肠
xiāngcháng
soseji
wors
loukaniko
Romanised form
sāsej
Romanised form
sōsēji
Romanised form
Polish sausage
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Polish sausage, pork
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sausage made from meat and poultry (raw)
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Sausage, beef, cured, cooked, smoked
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Sausage, beef, fresh, cooked
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Sausage, beef, fried, no added fat
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Sausage, beef, grilled, no added fat
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Sausage, beef, raw
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Sausage, Berliner, pork, beef
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Sausage, Bologna
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Sausage, breakfast sausage, beef, pre-cooked, unprepared
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Sausage, chicken or turkey, Italian style, lower sodium
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Sausage, chicken, beef, pork, skinless, smoked
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Sausage, chicken, flavoured, fried, no added fat
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Sausage, chicken, plain, fried, no added fat
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Sausage, chorizo, fried, no added fat
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Sausage, chorizo, uncooked
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Sausage, Dried
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Sausage, Frankfurt
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Sausage, Italian
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Sausage, Italian, pork, mild, cooked, pan-fried
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Sausage, Italian, pork, mild, raw
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Sausage, Italian, sweet, links
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Sausage, Italian, turkey, smoked
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Sausage, lamb, flavoured, fried, no added fat
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Sausage, lamb, plain, fried, no added fat
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Sausage, meatless
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Sausage, Polish, beef with chicken, hot
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Sausage, Polish, pork and beef, smoked
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Sausage, pork and beef, fresh, cooked
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Sausage, pork and beef, with cheddar cheese, smoked
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Sausage, pork and turkey, pre-cooked
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Sausage, pork, chorizo, link or ground, cooked, pan-fried
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Sausage, pork, chorizo, link or ground, raw
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Sausage, pork, fried, no added fat
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Sausage, pork, turkey, and beef, reduced sodium
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Sausage, smoked link sausage, pork
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Sausage, smoked link sausage, pork and beef
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Sausage, smoked link sausage, pork and beef (nonfat dry milk added)
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Sausage, summer, pork and beef, sticks, with cheddar cheese
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Sausage, turkey and pork, fresh, bulk, patty or link, cooked
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Sausage, turkey, breakfast links, mild, raw
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Sausage, turkey, fresh, cooked
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Sausage, turkey, fresh, raw
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Sausage, turkey, hot, smoked
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Sausage, turkey, pork, and beef, low fat, smoked
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Sausage, turkey, reduced fat, brown and serve, cooked
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Sausage, Vienna, canned, chicken, beef, pork
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Sausage, Wiener(Vienna)
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Sausages, beef, fried in vegetable oil
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Sausages, beef, grilled
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Sausages, beef, raw
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Sausages, pork, chilled, fried in vegetable oil
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Sausages, pork, chilled, grilled
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Sausages, pork, frozen, fried in vegetable oil
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Sausages, pork, frozen, grilled
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Sausages, pork, raw
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Sausages, pork, reduced fat, fried in vegetable oil
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Sausages, pork, reduced fat, grilled
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Sausages, pork, reduced fat, raw
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Sausages, premium, fried in vegetable oil
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Sausages, premium, grilled
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Sausages, premium, raw
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Smoked cured sausage
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tottiraicci
Romanised form
kolbas
Romanised form
naqāniq
Romanised form
kovbasa
Romanised form
sosiji
Romanised form
sasej
Romanised form
shūzhyq
Romanised form
xiāngcháng
Romanised form
sॉsej
Romanised form
sōsēj
Romanised form
kolbasa
Romanised form
nadenitsa
Romanised form
ershik
Romanised form
naknikiya
Romanised form
sosis
Romanised form
kobasica
Romanised form
dzekhvi
Romanised form
hasib
Romanised form
sāi kr̀xk
Romanised form
sāsej
Romanised form
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Sausage nutrition & diet
Sausage nutritional value
Sausage, NFS
Per 100 g of the edible portion in the recorded USDA food form.
- Calories
- 325kcal
- Protein
- 18.5g
- Carbs
- 1.4g
- Fat
- 27.2g
Reference values per 100 g for the displayed USDA form. Varieties, recipes, brands and preparation can differ.
Portions & preparation
Sausage requires product-specific matching because meat species, fat composition, fillers, seasoning, casing, and cooking method vary. Identify raw or cooked links or patties and whether the casing is eaten. Record breading, gravy, oil, and accompanying foods separately from the sausage itself.
Compare the right form: Match a reference to the named meat sausage in its raw or cooked link or patty form, including edible casing and recipe-specific fillers.
Diet considerations
Sausage is animal-derived, but the species and recipe must be identified. Products may contain dairy, egg, cereal fillers, or coatings, while vegetarian or blended versions require separate classification. Serving with bread, pasta, sweet sauces, or gravy changes carbohydrate patterns; processing and additions determine compatibility.
AI-authored reading notes · Awaiting editorial review. Measured values, where available, have a separate source above.
Dietary compatibility
- VeganDepends on the version
- VegetarianDepends on the version
- PescatarianDepends on the version
- KetoNot established
- PaleoNot established
- Low-carbNot established
- HalalDepends on the version
- KosherDepends on the version
What these diet assessments mean
- Vegan · Depends on the version
- Optional or variable recorded ingredients: Chicken; Beef; Pork. The ingredient profile identifies an animal-derived food or derivative. Recipes and products can differ.
- Vegetarian · Depends on the version
- Optional or variable recorded ingredients: Chicken; Beef; Pork. The profile identifies animal flesh, seafood or a derivative excluded by a vegetarian diet. Recipes and products can differ.
- Pescatarian · Depends on the version
- Optional or variable recorded ingredients: Chicken; Beef; Pork. The profile identifies land-animal meat or a derivative, which is excluded by this pescatarian definition. Recipes and products can differ.
- Keto · Not established
- A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
- Paleo · Not established
- The ingredient form and processing have not been assessed against this dietary pattern.
- Low-carb · Not established
- A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
- Halal · Depends on the version
- Optional or variable recorded ingredients: Pork. This profile identifies pork or a pork-derived ingredient. Recipes and products can differ.
- Kosher · Depends on the version
- Optional or variable recorded ingredients: Pork. This profile identifies pork or a pork-derived ingredient. Recipes and products can differ.
For the plain ingredient · Awaiting review. Diet compatibility is not allergy suitability or halal/kosher certification. Keto and low-carb depend on the portion.
AI-generated illustration for visual context. It does not identify a particular product or establish allergen content.
Sources & review
Nutrition reference: USDA FoodData Central — Sausage, NFS ↗. Values are scaled from 100 g of the recorded edible form. Individual portions have no assumed fixed weight.
Expanded overview, name examples and nutrition notes are database drafts awaiting editorial review. Numeric nutrition values, where shown, have their own source and food-form reference.
The ingredient description and dish connections come from the draft catalogue and may change after review.
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