I am always a bit dubious of economy goods if they contain meat. Even more so when even the premium products in the category, in this case sausages, are renowned for having dodgy off cuts and scrapings from the abattoir lobbed in them. So it was with some trepidation that I tried these economy sausages from Sainsbury. However I was pleasantly surprised. These are no "butchers choice", they do not have chunks of meat or complex flavours, they have a smooth textured filling, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, and under the grill, the skins had a nice crisp element to them. The taste isn't pure porky goodness, you can detect some kind of grain in the ...  Read the complete review

I'm slowly working my way through all of the Sainsbury's basics rang when I came across this 8 pack of thick pork sausages. I've never been a huge fan of sausages but they always go down being a great meal to my partner and daughter, and they really do compliment a big cooked breakfast. As I mention previously this packet of sausages come in a pack of 8. They are packaged in a very basic thick plastic packet with the well known orange and white colours. The packaging contains all the information about these sausages. I plastic packet is hard to open so I would recommend using a pair of scissors unless you want to make yourself feel majorly weak by being unable ...  Read the complete review

When it comes to sausages they really are something I can take or leave. Currently staying with a mate who is a Vegetarian I have been enjoying alot of meat free foods however when it come to this week I knew we were having a BBQ and couldn't face the thought of Quorn burgers or some sizzled vegetables, again! The Packaging: A clear plastic bag with lots of sections of white colour on it and in orange, black and white writing. On the front of the packet I am told that they are Sainsbury's 'Basics' 8 Pork Sausages 'Simple, filling, still makes a fry up' and that they are 'Filled in a beef protein casing' and that they are British meat, freezable and ...  Read the complete review

I didn't buy these sausages my mate did because she's on a majorly tight budget so has been buying loads of the cheapo supermarket foods, she asked if I wanted to try a butty made with a couple of these Basics sausages because she saw me turn my nose up at them! lol I thought why not so she made us both one. You can cook these in the oven, grill them or fry them and my mate grilled ours because with them being so cheap we knew there would be more fat in them than Richmond and brands like that. They smell proper strong while they're cooking and they don't smell like they've been stuffed with herbs to make them taste nicer. They looked nice when ...  Read the complete review

SAINSBURY'S "BASICS" THICK SAUSAGES COST: 48p for 8 sausages NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION (per sausage, presumably uncooked): Calories: 125 Kj: 520 Protein: 4.8g Carbohydrate: 9.2g - of which sugars: 0.3g - of which starch: 8.9g Fat: 7.6g - of which saturates: 3.3g - of which mono unsaturates: 3.6g - of which polyunsaturates: 0.7g Fibre: 0.5g Salt: 0.60g Sodium: 0.50g INGREDIENTS: Pork, water, wheat flour rusk, pork fat, pork rind, salt, sodium triphosphate, disodium diphosphate, dextrose, spices, spice extracts, sodium sulphite, herb ...  Read the complete review