Smoked sausages
Gilbert's Craft Sausages Smoked Gouda Chicken Sausage
10 oz
Score
- Ultra-processed
- High in salt
- Contains nitrites or nitrates
- Contains added sugars
- No synthetic dyes
Why it scores 45
Gilbert's Craft Sausages Smoked Gouda Chicken Sausage scores 45 out of 100 (Okay) under GoodSwap’s published rules. What moved the score most:
- minus 20 points Sugar: An added sugar. Strong
- minus 18 points Ultra-processed (NOVA 4): Classified NOVA 4: made with industrial ingredients and additives. Strong
- minus 7.5 points Cultured celery powder (natural nitrite source): Provides nitrite like synthetic curing salts. Regulatory
Every line of the math is on The Receipt below, with its evidence tier and sources.
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The Receipt
Smoked Gouda Chicken Sausage
Ingredients
- Sugar minus 20 points
- Cultured celery powder (natural nitrite source) minus 7.5 points
- Collagen minus 2.5 points
Processing
- Ultra-processed (NOVA 4) minus 18 points
- 2 kinds of ultra-processing markers minus 1.5 points
Nutrition per 100 g
- Saturated fat 4.2 g / 100 g minus 2.5 points
- Salt 1.9 g / 100 g minus 7 points
- Energy 169 kcal / 100 g minus 0.5 points
- Protein 18.3 g / 100 g plus 4 points
100 − 55.5 = 44.5 → 45
Can’t score above 79. Contains sugar, an ingredient of high concern. [1][2][3]
Can’t score above 79. High in salt (above the front-of-pack "high" level). [9]
Nutrition per 100 g
| Energy | 169 kcal |
|---|---|
| Fat | 11.3 g |
| Saturated fat | 4.2 g |
| Carbohydrates | 1.4 g |
| Sugars | 0 g |
| Added sugars | 0 g |
| Fiber | 0 g |
| Protein | 18.3 g |
| Salt | 1.9 g |
Serving: 1 LINK (71 g)
Ingredients
- Chicken
- Smoked Gouda Cheese (Pasteurized Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes, Beta Carotene (color) and Natural Flavors)
- Salt
- Garlic Powder
- Black Pepper
- Sage
- Savory
- Cayenne Pepper
- Rosemary Extractive
- Sage Extractive
- Oil of Sage
- Vinegar
- Sugar (high concern)
- Cultured Celery Powder (Celery Powder, Sea Salt) (moderate concern)
- Cherry Powder
- Water
- in a Beef Collagen Casing
Label text, as published
Chicken, Smoked Gouda Cheese (Pasteurized Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes, Beta Carotene (color) and Natural Flavors) and 2% or less of the following: Salt, Garlic Powder, Black Pepper, Sage, Savory, Cayenne Pepper, Rosemary Extractive, Sage Extractive, Oil of Sage, Vinegar, Sugar, Cultured Celery Powder (Celery Powder, Sea Salt), Cherry Powder, Water, in a Beef Collagen Casing.
Allergens and diets
Contains: Milk, Celery
- Not vegan
- Not vegetarian
- Palm-oil-free
Always check the package: recipes change.
Packaging
Plastic, Paperboard
Context only: no points in v1.
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More from Gilbert's Craft Sausages
Sources
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Guideline: sugars intake for adults and children
“In both adults and children, WHO recommends reducing the intake of free sugars to less than 10% of total energy intake”
who.int
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Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2025–2030
“Limit foods and beverages that include artificial flavors, petroleum-based dyes, artificial preservatives, and low-calorie non-nutritive sweeteners.”
cdn.realfood.gov
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Added and free sugars should be as low as possible
“Sugar consumption is a known cause of dental caries.”
efsa.europa.eu
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Agents Classified by the IARC Monographs, Volumes 1–142 (List of Classifications)
monographs.iarc.who.int
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“the presence of nitrites and nitrates in foods can give rise to the formation of nitrosamines some of which are carcinogenic.”
eur-lex.europa.eu
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Saturated fatty acid and trans-fatty acid intake for adults and children: WHO guideline
“WHO recommends that adults and children reduce saturated fatty acid intake to 10% of total energy intake (strong recommendation).”
who.int
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“For adults, WHO recommends less than 2000 mg/day of sodium (equivalent to less than 5 g/day salt), or just under a teaspoon.”
who.int
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“Table 3: Criteria for drinks (per 100ml)”
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk
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“Greater exposure to ultra-processed food was associated with a higher risk of adverse health outcomes, especially cardiometabolic, common mental disorder, and mortality outcomes.”
doi.org