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Strasbourg sausage
The Strasbourg sausage, or knack, is an Alsatian sausage of finely minced pork and beef, smoked then poached. Its name comes from the sound (knack) the natural casing makes when you bite into it.
As for nutrition facts, for cooking: 291 kcal per 100 g, with 25.9 g of fat including 10.9 g of saturated fat, and 12.4 g of protein. It contains 1.99 g of salt per 100 g.
Macronutrient breakdown
Nutrition table per 100 g
| Calories | 291 kcal |
| Kilojoules | 1200 kJ |
| Protein | 12,4 g |
| Carbohydrate | 1,4 g |
| Fat | 25,9 g |
| Fibre | 1,4 g |
Micronutrients per 100 g
All measured nutrients, ranked by share of the daily reference intake.
- Omega-6 LA2,75 g28 %
- Vitamin B10,29 mg26 %
- Phosphorus152 mg22 %
- Vitamin B120,42 µg17 %
- Vitamin B32,47 mg15 %
- Vitamin B20,2 mg14 %
- Vitamin C9,4 mg12 %
- Zinc1,13 mg11 %
See the other 13 nutrients
- Omega-3 ALA0,22 g11 %
- Potassium204 mg10 %
- Iron1,12 mg8 %
- Vitamin B60,11 mg8 %
- Copper0,07 mg7 %
- Vitamin D0,26 µg5 %
- Iodine7 µg5 %
- Magnesium13,4 mg4 %
- Calcium23,7 mg3 %
- DHA0 g1 %
- Vitamin B91,6 µg1 %
- Manganese0,02 mg1 %
- EPA0 g1 %
Anses Ciqual 2025. Source: Anses, 2025, Ciqual food composition table
Tips
25.9 g of fat for 12.4 g of protein. Fine mincing requires a fat-rich emulsion: it is structural, not accidental. Two sausages weigh 140 g, or 407 kcal.
Gentle poaching, never boiling. Ten minutes in water at 80°C, off the heat if necessary. In boiling water, the casing bursts and the sausage loses its juice, and the “knack” with it.
1.99 g of salt. Two sausages provide 2.8 g, or 56% of the daily guideline. On an already salty sauerkraut, the total soon mounts up. See salt.
It counts towards the processed meat guideline. 150 g a week, all products combined. Two knacks nearly use it up.
Natural casing or not: that is the test. A knack without a natural casing does not snap, and the whole point of the product disappears. The label says which.
Pregnant? Raw cured meats and cooked meats kept chilled are not recommended during pregnancy; anything cooked and served hot is allowed. See the list in our guide to cold meats and pregnancy.
