Sausage and cured meats

What the evidence says

• IARC Group 1 (carcinogenic to humans)Regulatory

  IARC classifies processed meat (cured, salted, smoked or fermented) as Group 1, based on colorectal cancer; each 50 g eaten daily is linked to an 18% higher risk. This reflects strength of evidence, not that it is as risky as smoking. [1][2]

Evidence tiers say how sure the evidence is, separately from how much it matters. About evidence tiers.

Popular products that list sausage and cured meats

40 of the 17,000 most-scanned products in the US with a GoodSwap page list sausage and cured meats. The 12 most scanned:

• Supreme Cauliflower Crust Pizza Kirkland Signature · 38.8 oz/1.10 kg Score 17 out of 100 Bad
• Italian Sausage and Beef Lasagna Kirkland Signature · 48 oz Score 27 out of 100 Poor
• Thin & Crispy Crust Uncured Pepperoni Newman's Own · 15.1 oz Score 20 out of 100 Poor
• Pepperoni Pizza Crisps Sonoma Creamery Score 23 out of 100 Poor
• Italian Sausage & Garlic Prego · 666 g Score 46 out of 100 Okay
• Party Pizza Pepperoni Totino's · 10.2 oz Score 14 out of 100 Bad
• Egg'Wich Turkey Sausage Red's Score 51 out of 100 Okay
• Thin Crust Pizza Uncured Pepperoni Quest · 11.4 oz/323 g Score 20 out of 100 Poor
• Chicken and Sausage Gumbo Campbell's Chunky · 18.8 oz Score 23 out of 100 Poor
• Wood fired Naples style uncured pepperoni pizza Trader Joe's · 431 g Score 30 out of 100 Poor
• Classico Italian Sausage sauce Classico · 24 oz Score 44 out of 100 Okay
• PEPP SQUAD Stone-Fired Cauliflower Crust Caulipower · 11.3 oz/320 g Score 25 out of 100 Poor

Diets and allergens

Vegan

No

Vegetarian

No

Gluten-free

Depends on the source

For the ingredient in general. Always check the package: a product’s own labels win.