Nutrition for Sausage (cooked)
Calories, Protein, Vitamins and More
Sausage Nutrition Summary
One lb of cooked sausage (453.6 grams) contains 1470 calories and 83.5 grams of protein. Sausage consist of 51% water, 2% carbohydrates, 18% protein, and 26% fat.Sausage is an excellent source of many nutrients, including protein, Vitamin D, calcium, iron, potassium, thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, Vitamin B6, pantothenic acid and Vitamin B12. It also contains significant amounts of magnesium, phosphorus, copper, selenium, zinc and choline.
In one lb of cooked sausage:
- Calories: 1470
- Protein: 83.5 g
- Sugar: 6.4 g
- Fat: 119.8 g, (Saturated: 41 g)
- Cholesterol: 367.4 mg
- Sodium: 3633.3 mg
See the Sausage Nutrition Chart for complete recommended daily values.
The specific nutritional values from USDA is for: Sausage, Italian, pork, mild, cooked, pan-fried.
Calories in Sausage
Sausage has 1470 calories per lb or 324 calories for every 100 grams. Most of its calories are from fat and protein.75% of calories in sausage are from fat, 23% of calories are from protein and 2% of calories are from carbohydrates.
Calories from Carbs
A small portion, or 2% the calories in cooked sausage are from carbohydrates.
The carbs in sausage are mostly in the form of sugar (100%).
- Sugar: 6.4 g
Calories from Fat
The majority, or 75% of the calories in cooked Sausage are from fat. Sausage is high in total fat, with 119.8 grams or 187% of recommended daily values per lb. Most of the fat in sausage are healthier unsaturated fats but it also contains a very high amount of saturated fat, about 230% of recommended daily values.
Sausage contains 0.435456 grams of trans fat and367.4 mg of cholesterol.
Sausage contains 0.435456 grams of trans fat and367.4 mg of cholesterol.
- Total fat: 119.8 g
- Cholesterol: 367.4 mg
- Trans fat: 0.4 g
- Saturated fat: 41 g
- Monounsaturated fat: 52.7 g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 22.4 g
Omega-3 and Omega-6 in Sausage
Sausage is a source of healthy omega-3 fatty acids, containing a total of 0.83 grams for every lb. It contains significant amounts of alpha linoleic acid.
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- alpha linoleic acid: 0.83 g
Also a good source of omega-6 fatty acids, every lb of sausage contains a total of 21.2 grams of omega-6. In addition, a large portion of the omega-6 in sausage comes from linolenic acid - the only essential omega-6 fatty acid.
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- other omega 6: 0.95 g
- linoleic acid: 19.36 g
Calories Similar to Sausage
Some other proteins with similar calories to sausage by weight:Protein in Sausage
An excellent source of protein, a single lb of Sausage contains 167% of recommended daily values or 83.5 grams of protein. However, the protein in sausage is not complete, meaning it does not contain all 9 essential amino acids. Specifically, sausage is low in tryptophan, threonine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, valine and histidine.- Protein: 83.46 g
Protein Similar to Sausage
Some other proteins with similar amounts of protein to sausage by weight:- Raw Chicken: -4.4 grams
- Raw Pork: -6.9 grams
- Raw Lamb: -8.3 grams
- Chicken Leg: -9.2 grams
Vitamins and Minerals in Sausage
An good source of many nutrients, cooked sausage contains abundant amounts of calcium, iron, potassium, thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, Vitamin B6 and Vitamin B12. In fact, a single lb of sausage contains 203% of recommended daily values or 28.5 milligrams of niacin. Also an excellent source of thiamin, a single lb of sausage contains 143% of recommended daily values or 1.6 milligrams of thiamin.Vitamins in sausage (1 lb):
- Vitamin a: 45.4 ug
- Thiamin: 1.6 mg
- Riboflavin: 1.2 mg
- Niacin: 28.5 mg
- Vitamin b6: 1.7 mg
- Vitamin e: 1.1 mg
- Folate: 18.1 ug
- Vitamin b12: 4.1 ug
- Vitamin k: 15.4 ug
- Calcium: 59 mg
- Potassium: 1537.7 mg
- Iron: 5.7 mg
- Magnesium: 86.2 mg
- Zinc: 10.9 mg
- Selenium: 79.4 ug
- Phosphorus: 689.5 mg
- Copper: 0.3 mg
- Manganese: 0.2 mg
- Choline: 280.3 mg
Similar to Sausage for Niacin (Vit B3)
Here are some other proteins with similarly abundant amounts of niacin (Vit B3) to sausage:- Rabbit: +0.43 MG
- Lamb: +1.9 MG
- Chicken: +3.8 MG
- Raw Turkey: +6.1 MG
Sausage Nutrition Chart
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