Group · Meat
Sausage meat
Sausage meat is minced pork meat with its fat, sold loose rather than in casings. It is the base ingredient for stuffings, stuffed tomatoes, stuffed cabbage and homemade terrines.
As for nutrition facts, raw: 258 kcal per 100 g, with 21.2 g of fat including 7.87 g of saturated fat, and 16.9 g of protein. It provides 287 mg of potassium, 175 mg of phosphorus and 2.2 mg of zinc per 100 g. One remarkable point: only 0.14 g of salt.
Macronutrient breakdown
Nutrition table per 100 g
| Calories | 258 kcal |
| Kilojoules | 1070 kJ |
| Protein | 16,9 g |
| Fat | 21,2 g |
Micronutrients per 100 g
All measured nutrients, ranked by share of the daily reference intake.
- Vitamin B10,73 mg66 %
- Vitamin B120,7 µg28 %
- Vitamin B60,38 mg27 %
- Vitamin B34,34 mg27 %
- Phosphorus175 mg25 %
- Zinc2,2 mg22 %
- Vitamin B20,24 mg17 %
- Potassium287 mg14 %
See the other 8 nutrients
- Vitamin B50,67 mg11 %
- Iron0,88 mg6 %
- Magnesium19 mg5 %
- Copper0,05 mg5 %
- Vitamin B95 µg3 %
- Calcium14 mg2 %
- Vitamin C0,7 mg1 %
- Manganese0,01 mg1 %
Anses Ciqual 2025. Source: Anses, 2025, Ciqual food composition table
Tips
0.14 g of salt: this is what sets it apart from all cold meats. It is neither salted nor cured with nitrites, just minced. It is therefore a meat, and it does not count towards the 150 g a week guideline, which applies to processed products.
You control the seasoning, and that is the whole point. In a homemade stuffing, you decide on the salt, herbs and spices. A homemade stuffed tomato is incomparably less salty than a shop-bought sausage.
21.2 g of fat, however. Fat is essential to keep a stuffing moist. Cutting it with vegetables (onion, courgette, grated carrot) lightens the dish without drying it out. See onion, courgette and carrot.
It must be cooked right through. Like raw minced meat, the mincing multiplies the exposed surfaces. No pink versions, and eat it within 24 hours of buying.
An egg and some breadcrumbs, and the stuffing holds. One egg and two spoonfuls of soaked breadcrumbs hold in water and stop the stuffing falling apart during cooking.