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Summer Sausage

Contains flavorings

This fully cooked, slow-smoked sausage combines beef and pork. The brand says its beef is grass-fed and finished and its pork is pasture-raised; it also contains sugar, flavorings and several curing additives.

Seed-oil freeNo artificial dyesNo artificial flavorsNo synthetic preservativesNo added nitritesNo gums or thickenersNo gluten ingredientsDairy-free
$10.99 1 lb · lowest price at John Henry's Meats
Price and stock checked Oct 31, 2026
Key nutrition facts

Not available yet. We only show numbers printed on the product’s label or its product page, and we couldn’t read them for this product.

Ingredients: Beef and Pork, Salt, Potassium Lactate, Sugar, Flavorings, Sodium Phosphate, Sodium Diacetate, Monosodium Glutamate, Sodium Erythorbate
63 / 100
Fair Scored automatically
Weighted as processed meatLow confidence · Scored on 4 of 11 inputs, 5 claims verified
Nutrition facts not available. Scored on its ingredients, processing, sourcing and transparency; the Nutrition part is neutral until we can read the label.Your product? Claim this listing to add the label and it’s scored in full.
Nutrition · counts 20%50
Ingredients · counts 25%74
Processing · counts 25%55
Sourcing · counts 15%85
Transparency · counts 15%52
Why it scores 63
Nutrition 50 · No nutrition facts available; scored mid-range
Ingredients 74 · Added phosphates (additive, −10); Sugar, 4th ingredient (added sugar, −8); Natural flavours (additive, −4); 1 more
Processing 55 · Smoked, fully cooked sausage with sugar and several added curing ingredients.
Sourcing 85 · The brand says its beef is grass-fed and finished and its pork is pasture-raised.
Transparency 52 · Full ingredient list, but flavorings are unspecified; sourcing claims are brand statements.
Contains sugar and flavorings
Contains MSG and sodium phosphate
Evidence behind the Ingredients deductions
Strong evidence−8 for sugar
Varies by additive−18 for added phosphates, natural flavours, msg
Scored Oct 20, 2026 · Scoring guide v3.1 · Updated Oct 20, 2026 · See what changed

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Ingredients
Beef and Pork Salt Potassium Lactate Sugar Flavorings Sodium Phosphate Sodium Diacetate Monosodium Glutamate Sodium Erythorbate
9 ingredients 2 to watch1 to avoid
Sourcing

Origin not disclosed on the product page.

Additives4 additives · 1 moderate risk
Added phosphates (E339–E343, E450–E452)StabiliserModerate risk
Absorbed more readily than natural phosphorus; high intakes are linked to kidney and heart risks, and EFSA set a limit in 2019.
Natural flavoursFlavouringLimited risk
An undisclosed mix of extracts and carriers; the label doesn’t say what’s in it or how it was made.
MSG (monosodium glutamate) (E621)Flavour enhancerLimited risk
Considered safe; EFSA set an acceptable daily intake in 2017, and some people report short-lived symptoms.
Added sugarSugarLimited risk
Added sugar; the WHO and the US Dietary Guidelines advise keeping added sugars under 10% of daily calories.
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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