What is the calorie content of sausages on your table?

Sausage products today can hardly be called a dietary product, even though producers began to save on ingredients. In cheap sausages and sausages meat substitutes, soy and the like are used, which should lower caloric content. Sausages and sausages like "Doctor's" this should concern first.

If you buy fast food, it is likely that inexpensive sausages will be used. The main problem here is the presence of fats and various additives, about the dangers of which in recent years so much is said. Suppose you are confident in the conscientiousness of the seller and as used for cooking.

The most popular types of fast food on the topic of our today's conversation are hot dogs (fried sausage with a bun and sauce) and sausage in the dough. Caloric content of a popular American snack from 200 to 260 kilocalories, in the network cafes - higher. Baked in the sausage test has a nutritional value of 348 kilocalories per 100 g. According to nutritionists, one snack per day should not affect weight, if the other meals you eat properly.

It should be noted that the combination of meat product with bread can not be called dietary. So eat when you need to quickly get energy, or when you need to gain muscle mass (in conjunction with training). The nutritional value of the product is high enough, it is possible to get a part of the necessary substances within the daily allowance, including minerals. And lose weight on bread and meat products will not work.

Let's turn to home food. Calorie content of sausages boiled in water is minimal, on average, it is equal to that indicated on the packaging of the semi-finished product. When frying, it increases by 15-20%, for example, if the cooked were 260 kcal, then the fried ones will be 292. Be sure to monitor the cooking temperature of the product. At temperatures above 180 degrees, the decomposition of fats begins with the formation of harmful, carcinogenic substances. Therefore, cooking and frying are not as scary as baking.

So, the average calorie content of sausages is 266 units. Each manufacturer uses its own set of ingredients, so that deviations from this mean value can be quite large. So, the Mikoyan sausages (beef) have a value of 213 kilocalories, and Ostankino (creamy) in vacuum packing is 341. Because it is not always possible to look at the label, it is worth remembering some patterns.

The smallest calories in sausages for children, with cheese and ketchup. You can find varieties with a nutritional value of about 170-180 kcal. Sausages milk caloric content is close to average. The most high-calorie varieties are spicy. All kinds of Bavarian sausages, Cracow, Vienna, usually contain up to 300-320 kcal. They are mainly intended for frying, which increases the nutritional value.

One sausage weighs about 50-60 g, so it will have only 190 kcal. Quite a bit, if you take a quality product from natural ingredients. A small amount of meat will benefit even during weight loss. Well, for each day, boil them and serve with a light side dish, then you will have to eat less frequently, because the calories of sausages in this case will be minimal.