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Essential Everyday Honey Brown Sugar Turkey Sausage Snack Sticks 14oz

Contains sodium nitrite

These turkey snack sticks provide 5 g of protein per stick. They contain several sugars, sodium nitrite and hydrolyzed corn protein.

Seed-oil freeNo artificial dyesNo artificial flavorsNo natural flavorsNo phosphatesNo gums or thickenersGluten-free (label)Dairy-freeContains corn
$13.99 14 oz · lowest price at Virtual Concession Stand
Price and stock checked Oct 31, 2026
Key nutrition facts
60caloriesPer serving · 1 stick (25g)
Protein
5g▼
Fiber
0g
Added sugar
—▼
Sodium
290mg
Saturated fat
1g
▲ raises the score · ▼ lowers it · From the product label
Ingredients: Turkey, mechanically separated turkey, brown sugar, cane sugar, honey, salt, hydrolyzed corn protein, fructose, lactic acid starter culture, dextrose, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite, beef collagen casing
45 / 100
Poor Scored automatically
Weighted as processed meatHigh confidence · Scored on 9 of 11 inputs
Nutrition · counts 20%54
Ingredients · counts 25%45
Processing · counts 25%30
Sourcing · counts 15%40
Transparency · counts 15%65
Why it scores 45
Nutrition 54 · Compared with other processed meats: less protein (5 g); 16 g added sugar per 1 stick
Ingredients 45 · Brown sugar, 3rd ingredient (added sugar, −20); Sodium or potassium nitrite (additive, −15); Cane sugar, 4th ingredient (added sugar, −8); 2 more
Processing 30 · Cured turkey stick with sugars, hydrolyzed protein and sodium nitrite
Sourcing 40 · No origin or raising practices stated for the turkey
Transparency 65 · Complete ingredient list, but no sourcing details
Contains added sugars
Contains sodium nitrite
Contains hydrolyzed corn protein
Evidence behind the Ingredients deductions
Strong evidence−36 for brown sugar, cane sugar, honey
Varies by additive−19 for sodium or potassium nitrite, yeast extract or hydrolysed protein
Scored Oct 20, 2026 · Scoring guide v3.1 · Updated Oct 20, 2026 · See what changed

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Ingredients
Turkey Mechanically separated turkey Brown sugar Cane sugar Honey Salt Hydrolyzed corn protein Fructose Lactic acid starter culture Dextrose Sodium erythorbate Sodium nitrite Beef collagen casing
13 ingredients 4 to watch1 to avoid
Sourcing

Origin not disclosed on the product page.

Additives5 additives · 1 high risk
Sodium or potassium nitrite (E250, E249)PreservativeHigh risk
Can form nitrosamines in cured meat; IARC classifies processed meat as carcinogenic (Group 1), with nitrites a likely contributor.
Yeast extract or hydrolysed proteinFlavour enhancerLimited risk
Contains free glutamate, the flavour-enhancing part of MSG, without being labelled as MSG.
Added sugarSugarLimited risk
Added sugar; the WHO and the US Dietary Guidelines advise keeping added sugars under 10% of daily calories.
Honey or maple syrupSugarLimited risk
A less refined sweetener, but it still counts as added sugar in US and WHO guidance.
Lactic acid (E270)AcidNo risk
Made by fermentation; considered safe.
Matched from the ingredient list. Risk levels summarise findings from EFSA, the FDA, IARC and published studies; they explain a concern, not a diagnosis.

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