Original Sausage Patties

Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 5 ingredients to avoid

Jimmy Dean Original Sausage Patties scores 12/100 on Tallow — our avoid band. That number comes from what is on the label: the ingredients, how processed it is, and what it is packaged in. Per serving it carries 0g fiber, 7g protein and 0g sugar. It is not a verdict on your diet — Tallow does not weigh calories, portion size or how often you eat it, so a high score means the ingredients are clean, not that the food is unlimited.

Jimmy Dean Original Sausage Patties lists 17 ingredients, starting with Pork, Turkey, Water, 2% And Less and Soy Protein. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

180 kcal per serving, or 346 kcal per 100g. Calories are only part of the picture — Tallow scores Jimmy Dean Original Sausage Patties on what the ingredients are, not how many calories they carry.

At 12/100 Jimmy Dean Original Sausage Patties scores worse than most frozen foods we have scored. A higher-scoring option in frozen foods is Straus Family Creamery Organic Vanilla Bean Ice Cream at 100/100.