Overall Rating: 4.5/5
Summary: okay this 'sausage' delivers! It actually tastes meaty and the texture is very meat-like. Every bite is hearty and filling. The flavour is great--it's got a slight peppery kick, sun-dried tomatoes, and is so very tasty.
Where to buy: Fortinos, Real Canadian Super Store
Ingredients:Organic tofu (water, organic soybeans, magnesium chloride, calcium chloride), wheat protein product, expeller pressed canola or high-oleic safflower oil, water, soy sauce (water, soybeans, wheat salt), sun-dried tomatoes, textured wheat protein, spices, granulated garlic, salt, chili pepper, vitamins and minerals (dipotassium phosphate, niacin, iron, zinc oxide, vitamin B12, calcium, pantothenate, vitamin B6, riboflavin).
Contains soy and wheat.
Nutrition Facts:
Serving size: 1 sausage
Calories: 270
Fat: 13g
Saturated: 1.5g
Trans: 0g
Cholesterol: 0g
Sodium: 620mg
Potassium: 580g
Carb: 12g
Fiber: 8g
Sugars: 3g
Protein: 29g
Vitamin A: 6%
Calcium: 4%
Iron: 50%
The ingredients are organic and nutritious. The nutritional profile is pretty much perfect except for the high sodium content. It has a whopping 29g protein and 8g fiber! That's insane...find me a *real* sausage with 8g fiber! Precisely!
You absolutely have to try these...vegan or not. It's so yummy and more nutritious than a plain ol meat sausage. The flavour is slightly spicy and added with Texas Pete's Hotter Hot Sauce, I was in heaven. It's one of the hottest hot sauces out there! I liked that there were bits of sun-dried tomatoes and that the texture really mimicked meat very well. Although it's higher in calories than, say, a brand like Yves, it makes up for this in nutrition.
Other Gourmet Sausage flavours (all vegan):
- Beer Brats/Beer Sausage (reviewed here)
- Kielbasa (reviewed here)
- Non-GMO
- "We make our vegetarian products in small batches using only the finest organic and natural ingredients."
- No preservatives, MSG or other artificial ingredients.
- Kosher, vegan, and made with organic soybeans and/or organic tofu.
- Family owned and operated company.
- "Since our founding in 1980 Turtle Island Foods has strived to create delicious, nutritious, vegan soy meat alternatives that are lightly processed using traditional methods."
Complete Lie!
ReplyDeleteI tried both the tofu Italian sausage and Polish kielbasa and both of them were some of the most disgusting things I ever put in my mouth. I tried both of them on two separate occasions and each time ended up throwing them out. I tried to feed them to my chickens, and they wouldn't even eat them. I'd really love if you all could come up with an edible vegetarian sausage-substitute.
Hmm, I'm not sure you can actually pronounce "Complete Lie!"...this is a review based on my personal opinion, informed by by own unique tastes and preferences.
ReplyDeleteI conceded this sausage is clearly not for you...or for your chickens! Have you tried any other brands? Yves makes sausage links as well. Perhaps you could give that brand a try if you haven't already done so.
Just for the record, I agree totally with this review. These sausages are delicious and I could have written everything you said. yum!!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comment, Liliane! Good to know my tastebuds aren't out of whack!
ReplyDeleteThese were amazing. Just finished eating one and wanted to hear other opinions. Nice review!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the feedback, InsomniacSoleil. My super-carnivorous family even enjoys these.
ReplyDeleteThe Italian sausages are amazing....I am having difficulty finding them north of Toronto....any ideas? thx. karen
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