Many French people love sausages! However, the quality is not always there. Indeed, this is what we propose to discover in this article. What is the worst sausage in the supermarket, but also the best?
The charcuterie tradition for millennia
The sausage can be considered one of the emblems of the gastronomy French, besides the baguette. And in a way, it is! The tradition of the dried and salted sausage has its origins in the time of the Roman Empire. The Gauls, our ancestors, also consumed it. Pork was then a meat of choice. In the absence of a refrigerator, the method of preservation by salting was preferred.
The sausage nevertheless made the happiness of the Italians, before returning to favor in the 16th century in the Lyon region. Since then, it’s been a festival of flavors! Indeed, each region, even each city, has its own recipe and its own method of production. There is simply something for everyone!
For a long time, manufacturers have supplanted craftsmen in the production of sausage mass. All French supermarkets sell it, at all prices, and in all formats. From the discount supermarket to the organic store, everyone can find the one that suits their tastes, but also their wallet.
Alas, manufacturers care less about the taste and health of their consumers. The quality is far from always there. Already unhealthy by definition, sausage can become a poor quality product, just good enough to clog your arteries..
What are the worst sausages?
You surely know our colleagues of 60 million consumers. They test hundreds of products month after month, and rank them to alert consumers to their quality.
The magazine gratifies us in its latest issue with a large dossier devoted to sausages. They have listed hundreds of different references, from all supermarkets.
Some sausages, and even many of them, are pinned by the teams of 60 million consumers. Too greasy, too salty, containing too many nitrites, or any merely not very tasty. The worst sausage is none other than Carrefour’s pure pork dry sausages, with a score of 11/20. Then comes the tie between the pure pork dry sausage from Casino and the white dry sausage from Carrefour with a score of 11.5/20. As for “superior quality”, we pass our turn…
Which products are well rated?
Rest assured, some sausages stood out. It was better ! They have a score that may seem low, but let’s not forget that we are talking about a product that is basically fatty and salty.
At the top of the table we find the sausage dry pure organic pork from BioCoop with a score of 14/20. The organic brand is again in the top of the top with its dry sausage, for a score of 14.5/20. Finally, the big winners are the mini-sausages from Les Roches blanches, with 15/20. Something to make your mouth water!
Sausages that are at the heart of a health scandal
Sausages are also at the heart of a nationwide product recall. These may contain traces of foreign products such as paper, textiles, metal, glass, or even plastic.
The incriminated product is the “Veritable Jesus of Lyon” sausage, sold by the French group Carrefour in 600-gram bags. The lot affected by the product recall is numbered 205080. It has a durability date of April 29, 2022, and a marketing date of March 14, 2022 to April 21, 2022.
This is unfortunately not the first time that the sausage has had to be called back urgently in recent times. On April 1, Intermarché also had to recall batches that could contain clear plastic. Sausages sold in Tarn and Haute-Garonne in April were also recalled because they were contaminated with listeria.
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True Jesus of Lyon – Reflections of FranceRisks: Inert (glass, metal, plastic, paper, textile, etc.)
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— Consum Reminder (@Consum Reminder) April 25, 2022
If you bought this sausage at Carrefour, bring it back to the store immediately. And above all, do not eat it! It will be refunded to you. Otherwise, you can simply throw it in the trash.