beyond sausage

I was talked into trying some "Beyond Sausage" the new plant based meat substitute . They even get it to bleed like meat by injecting beet juice.


Beyond Sausage cost $8.49 for 14 ounces (100 grams per sausage) or roughly double the price of Gianelli Hot Italian Sausage which cost $4.49 per 16 ounces in the same store.

Beyond Sausage
Serving Size: 1 Cooked link, (76g)
Calories 190
Total Fat 12g
Saturated Fat 5g
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 0mg
Sodium 500mg
Potassium 230mg
Total Carbohydrate 5g
Dietary Fiber 3g
Sugars 0g
Protein 16g

Gianelli Hot Italian SausageServing Size 1 link (90g)
Amount Per Serving
Calories 190
Total Fat 11g
Saturated Fat 4g
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 80mg ----------------- compared to 0 mg in "Beyond Sausage"
Sodium 780mg (~ 32% higher than Beyond Sausage)
Total Carbohydrate 0g
Dietary Fiber 0g
Sugars 0g
Protein 22g(~ 16% higher than Beyond Sausage)

Although it doesn't look nearly as good as they make it out in advertising photos, it tastes surprisingly similar to meat. Other than cholesterol, it really is not much healthier than quality sausage at about double the price.

Quote: Gianelli Sausage

GS, with its original recipe, continues to maintain the consistent high quality and freshness that Gianelli is known for. The manufacturing process of Gianelli Sausage combines the traditions of Old-World sausage making with the latest technological advances in the industry. The result is a product line that is proudly produced in our state of the art facility located in North Syracuse, New York and shipped to grocery stores across the Northeast and Mid Atlantic.

I am unlikely to purchase it again.

Sausage, and bacon for that matter, used to oink.

Quote: Pacomartin

>>>>>>>. They even get it to bleed like meat by injecting beet juice.

Solely a marketing deception.
Similar to putting perfume into a cleaning product. its a non-functional attribute.

>>>>>Cholesterol 80mg ---------- compared to 0 mg in "Beyond Sausage"
cholesterol is a good thing.
You can't make sex hormones without it.
Nor can you provide an internal "Band-Aid" to an artery that is under attack from a foreign invader unless you have cholesterol.


A hot dog will be described as beef or pork but rarely as cattle-lips or pig-lips. So your description is inherently misleading.

At $9.70 a pound, I can buy a three
pound package of regular polish
sausage. What are the ingredients
in the plant based sausage.

Quote: AZDuffman

Sausage, and bacon for that matter, used to oink.

"No guts, no sausage"