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Tesco

Tesco Finest Pork Sausages

Minor erosion·skimp only
7/ 100

Declared pork fell from 97% to 90% of the recipe. That is 7% less of the good stuff.

Brand head-to-head

Supermarket pork sausages

Richmond
Richmond Thick Pork Sausages
42%declared pork
410g · £2.18 (£0.53/100g)
£1.27 per 100g of pork
What the actual pork costs, filler stripped out
Least pork
Farmison & Co
Farmison & Co Nidderdale Pork Sausages
78%declared pork
400g · £6.95 (£1.74/100g)
£2.23 per 100g of pork
What the actual pork costs, filler stripped out
The Jolly Hog
The Jolly Hog Proper Porker Sausages
84%declared pork
400g · £4.00 (£1.00/100g)
£1.19 per 100g of pork
What the actual pork costs, filler stripped out
M&S
M&S Collection Olde English Pork Sausages
90%declared pork
400g · £4.00 (£1.00/100g)
£1.11 per 100g of pork
What the actual pork costs, filler stripped out
Tesco
Tesco Finest Pork Sausages
90%declared pork
400g
This pack
The Black Farmer
The Black Farmer Pork Sausages
90%declared pork
400g · £3.00 (£0.75/100g)
£0.83 per 100g of pork
What the actual pork costs, filler stripped out
Sainsbury's
Sainsbury's Taste the Difference Pork Sausages
93%declared pork
400g · £3.00 (£0.75/100g)
£0.81 per 100g of pork
What the actual pork costs, filler stripped out
Best buy
Heck
Heck 97% Pork Sausages
97%declared pork
400g · £3.25 (£0.81/100g)
£0.84 per 100g of pork
What the actual pork costs, filler stripped out
Waitrose
Waitrose No 1 Pork Sausages
98%declared pork
400g · £4.75 (£1.19/100g)
£1.21 per 100g of pork
What the actual pork costs, filler stripped out

Nine packs all sold as pork sausages, judged on the one number the wrapper buries: how much of the banger is actually pork, not rusk and water. The spread runs from 42% to 98%, so the dearest pack is nowhere near the most meat, and one of the cheapest is nowhere near the worst. More real pork means more food and less filler for your money.

Ranked by cost per 100g of actual pork — shelf price with filler stripped. Sources on each pack's own page.

How the score is built

Shrink · quantityNo data
No pack-size change on record for this product.
Skimp · qualityCounts
Declared pork fell 7% of the recipe.

Value Erosion Score 7/100 is scored on the one pillar we have data for, and labelled as such. How we score.

The receipts

  1. Jan 2024Recipe
    90% pork
    Verifiedwhich.co.uk
  2. Jan 2021Recipe
    97% pork
    Verifiedwhich.co.uk

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