Hillshire Farm is a popular manufacturer of packaged meat products including sausage, lunchmeat and ham. As part of their extensive line of sausage flavors, Hillshire Farm offers a lite sausage made from beef, pork and turkey with lower fat and calorie contents than most of their regular sausage products.
Calories
A 2 oz. serving of Hillshire Farm Lite Smoked Sausage contains 110 calories, according to the manufacturer's website; 70 calories come from fat.
Nutrition
A single serving of Hillshire Farm Lite Smoked Sausage contains 8 g of total fat, 4 g coming from saturated fat. The lite sausage is trans fat-free. It also provides 9 g of protein and 20 percent of the recommended Daily Value of sodium.
Analysis
Hillshire Farm Lite Smoked Sausage is lower in calories and fat than the original Beef Smoked Sausage, which contains 170 calories and 15 g of fat per 2 oz. serving. However, the sausage is low in nutrients given the calorie and fat content; if you're watching your diet, there are better sources of protein that offer more nutrients for fewer calories.
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