Including everything from small Polish kielbasa to long hot and spicy Italian links, Hillshire Farms' product line allows you to indulge in everything from breakfast patties and cocktail weenies to sandwich sausage and big links to be used in preparing other goods. Smart consumption of these sausages involves a balancing act because, while they provide important nutrients, they also contain large quantities of sodium and fat.
Italian Style Sausage
Hillshire Farms Italian Style Sausages are made from pork, turkey and beef. The Hillshire Farms website says that a 2 oz. serving has 190 calories. Nearly 150 of these calories come from the 16g of fat found in every serving. Six grams of the fat are from saturated fats. With respect to vitamins and minerals, this serving satisfies 2 percent of the daily need for calcium and 4 percent of the need for iron. While the sausage's 7g of protein are certainly desirable, its high fat content and 410mg of sodium make it a nutritionally questionable food.
Beef Summer Sausage
Hillshire Farms Beef Summer Sausage is made from beef. The Hillshire Farms website says that a 2 oz. serving has 190 calories, 140 of which are from fat. The total fat content of this product is slightly more than its Italian style sausage, because it has 16g of fat, 7g of which are saturated fats. It comes in with 50mg of cholesterol and 700mg of sodium. It has 10g of protein -- three more than the Italian style sausage. While it has no vitamin A or C, it does supply 2 percent of the daily requirement calcium and 6 percent of the daily requirement of iron.
Cheddarwurst Sausage
Hillshire Farms makes a product called Cheddarwurst sausage. Composed of pork, beef and Wisconsin cheddar, this product has the second highest fat and calories of any Hillshire sausage product. One 66g sausage link has 220 calories and 19g of fat, 7g of which are saturated fats. Like the summer sausage and Italian sausages, it has 700mg sodium. On the positive side, one link of Cheddarwurst sausage has 9g of protein. It supplies 6 percent of the daily need for calcium and 2 percent of the need for iron.
Polska Kielbasa
Polska Kielbasa is made from pork and beef. An analysis of all the nutritional data on the Hillshire Farms website shows that this product has the highest fat and calories of the product line. With 250 calories, a 76g sausage link has 190 fat calories. This amounts to 22g of fat, 8g of which are saturated fats. The product has 50mg of cholesterol and 670mg of sodium. On the positive side, it has 8g of protein.
Light Smoked Sausage
Hillshire Farms makes a light smoked sausage. Composed of beef, a 2 oz. serving has only 110 calories and 8g of fat. The saturated fat and sodium count comes in substantially lower than other products, with 490mg sodium and 3.5g saturated fat. This product has 9g protein and satisfies 4 percent of the daily need for iron.
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