Having major Sausage angst, please help

[Katymac]

I used to buy my sausages from a butcher - they were lovely

He closed

So I trawled round tescos to find a additive free one & did their 'organic' sausage - unfortunatly it's not very nice

DH bought their 'Finest Pork & Apple' which is full of crap but tastes lovely

Can anyone find me a decent tasting additive free sausage?

Pretty please?

I need help desparatly this is for my job, it really matters

try Biggles - they are fantastic
www.ebiggles.co.uk

Having problems with the link

we use tesco chipolata ones....not sure about additives...
I would be interested in this too.

looks like a problem with their website this morning- was fine yesterday, i went on it to check their opening times, you;ll just have to try later.

I like Helen Browning organic speedy sausages. here

Ok

Sorry tescos chipolatas (frozen or fresh) don't look fab - but they taste quite nice

I will watch this with interest as my objection to supermarket sausages is mainly (as well as taste and additives) the way the pigs are intensively reared.
I tried the Duchy Original sauages but they were not good.

I'm sure Sainsburys Butchers own brand are good.
Will have a look.

They are the fresh finest ones......

I bought them cos of lower salt than the others

waitrose. their free range pork come in usual size and chipolata. avoid duchy of cornwall chipolatas they are very strongly herby.

imo most tesco stuff tastes odd.

I must try the Helen Brown ones as I also wasn't mad about the other major label organic one (The Black Farmers or something??)

theres these ones

Actually finest look OK only "Sodium Metabisulphite" which is quite good - I'll try them are they nice?

Which sainsbury's ones? it doen't link

Sainsbury's Butcher's Choice Sausages, Pork Chipolata 227g

Pork (72%), Water, Rusk (Wheat Flour, Water, Salt, Raising Agent: Ammonium Carbonates), Salt, Dextrose, Stabilisers: Di- and Triphosphates, Spices, Herbs, Preservative: Sodium Sulphite, Yeast Extract, Spice Extracts, Antioxidants: Ascorbyl Palmitate, Alpha Tocopherol, Filled in a beef protein casing.

Not for me

Oh damn

its the Rankin ones.
If you go into their meat section, then sausages, I think they are under premium.
They're irish spring onion sausages I think.
But it says on them no additives, flavours or preservatives.

They are much nicer

Pork (80%), Water, Rusk (Wheat Flour, Salt), Sea Salt, Scallions, Spices (White Pepper, Ginger, Mace, Nutmeg, Cayenne), Sugar, Herbs (Sage, Thyme), Preservative (Sodium Metabisulphite), Yeast Extract, Antioxidants (Sodium Ascorbate, Sodium Citrate), Onion Powder.

Oh thats good.

I was suprised at their butchers own range. Not as good as what I thought.

I personally just dont understand why you dont buy the frozen Walls sausages?

I like Porkinson Bangers

Outdoor Reared British Pork Shoulder (80%), Water, Rusk (Wheat), Salt, Flavourings, Herbs, Stabiliser: Diphosphates, Preservative: Sodium Sulphite, Spice

They have a pork protein case.

Or Waitrose free range pork sausages

Pork shoulder (61%), pork belly (26%), water, rusk, salt, wheat flour, spices (pepper, nutmeg, ginger), preservative sodium metabisulphite, autolysed yeast, mustard seed, wheat dextrose, spice extracts (pepper, nutmeg, mace and cayenne), herb extracts (sage and thyme) Rusk contains wheat flour, salt, yeast, raising agent ammonium bicarbonate Product as sold contains pork 87% Filled into natural sheep casings (2%).

I think these both taste good, and the children agree. When we shop at Sainsburys/Tescos, I usually don't buy sausages (we only do Waitrose/Ocado about once a month when I have really run out of nice food)

I struggle iwth this - I found a pig farmer who made his own - but found a wasp in one

I like sausages but between additives, nicely looked after pigs, food miles, salt & taste - it's a bloody nightmare

I'm veggie but dp and dd2 both love sausages. If I'm buying for them I usually buy Porkinsons (a pleasure to cook as no crap comes out of them like with nasty cheap ones) or the Helen Browning. They like the Porkinsons best but dd1 who is an "almost veggie" (ie: veggie unless she wants a bacon sarnie or chicken curry!) likes the Helen Browning chipolatas, which cook really quickly.

The Helen Browning ones always taste really salty to me.

Lidl sausages have a pretty high meat content