Sausage, Italian, sweet, links

Animal foods · Meat · Processed meat

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Macronutrients 49 / 100 How is this scored?

Composition

Energy

Protein 16.1 g · 65 kcal/100g
Fat 8.4 g · 76 kcal/100g
Carbs 2.1 g · 8 kcal/100g
Water 72 g
Total energy 149 kcal

Energy is predominantly from fat (51%); EFSA recommends 20–35% for a balanced diet

Fat quality 47 / 100 How is this scored?
Total fat
8.4g
Saturated
3.3g
Monounsat.
3.6g
Polyunsat.
0.5g
Omega-6
0.38g

Saturated fat is 19.7% of energy, above the WHO limit of 10%.

Protein quality 78 / 100 How is this scored?
Histidine 100%
Isoleucine 91%
Leucine 80%
Lysine 100%
Methionine + Cysteine 99%
Phenylalanine + Tyrosine 100%
Threonine 100%
Tryptophan 100%
Valine 78%

Limiting amino acid is Valine (78% of FAO reference). Combining with complementary protein sources raises the overall score.

Micronutrients 43 / 100 How is this scored?

Vitamins

Vitamin A 0 µg
Vitamin C 0.2 mg
Thiamin (B1) 0.17 mg
Riboflavin (B2) 0.13 mg
Niacin (B3) 1.7 mg
Pantothenic (B5) 0.3 mg
Vitamin B6 0.19 mg
Folate (B9) 4 µg
Vitamin B12 1.04 µg

Minerals

Calcium 25 mg
Iron 1.2 mg
Magnesium 12 mg
Phosphorus 103 mg
Potassium 194 mg
Sodium 570 mg
Zinc 1.5 mg
Copper 0.04 mg
Manganese 0.01 mg
Selenium 10.8 µg

Notable source of Vitamin B12 (42% of EU NRV per 100 g). Score averages coverage across 18 tracked nutrients.