There are many foods that are delicious, however, some of them are not so healthy and you have to take a look at the labeling to consume them in moderation... as long as their labeling is reliable and does not hide information in the small print. An example of this is sausages , a sausage made from minced meat that can be poultry, beef or pork—or at least that's what the labels of the brands of this product that we can find in the supermarket say— . A pro-consumer magazine Every month, the Federal Consumer Prosecutor's Office (PROFECO) publishes the Consumer Magazine . This aims to provide quality, truthful and timely information that has a positive impact on both the economic and family lives of consumers. One of its most important sections read by consumers is the one entitled "Quality Studies" . In this section, experts choose products to show their characteristics in terms of quality and cost/benefit. Quality study August 2020 The August 2020 edition of Consumer Magazine was recently published and presented the Quality Study of sausage brands sold in all supermarkets in Mexico. The study was carried out in the Profeco laboratory and the experts stated that most brands do not comply with the regulations, since they do not provide truthful information, contain different ingredients such as soy without saying so or claim to be light without being so at all.
On the other hand, the NMX-F-065-1984 standard has existed since 1984 , which maintains that sausages must be made with a mixture of meat (60% minimum) of veal, beef or pork and fats from these species. According to her, sausages are of three types: Vienna sausage, Frankfurt sausage and cocktail sausage. Curiously, the standard is not mandatory, so on the America Cell Phone Number List market you will find an enormous variety and classification: Of Turkey. Turkey breast. Hot dog. Vienna. Cocktail. To roast. Reduced in fat. Reduced sodium. You want to know more? Here we show you what resulted from this quality study! The results… In the study , 57 brands of sausages were analyzed , of which 29 failed. These include the most consumed by Mexicans: Turkey sausage. Hot dog sausages. Vienna sausages. Grilling sausages. Breast sausages. Turkey sausage. In each product it was analyzed: Health quality. Fat. Humidity. Sodium. Starch. Consumer information. Protein. Type of meat. The characteristics that each type of sausage must have in each case are: Sausage that is claimed to be made from turkey must only contain turkey. Vienna sausages are made with pork, pork fat, pork lardo, turkey or chicken. Grilling sausages are characterized by being larger than the rest and having a different shape. As their name indicates, they lend themselves best to roasting, and are usually made with pork, chicken, lardo, or pork heart or fat.
Hotdog sausage can be made with turkey, chicken or pork fat. Let's get to know the irresponsible sausage brands The conclusion of this quality study shows that several brands were irresponsible and liars, because they contain less protein than they say, more water, sodium, or do not fulfill what they say at first glance. Sausages with non-real ingredients The sausage brands Bodega Aurrera (turkey and Vienna sausage), Don Fer and Duby , declared poultry meat as their main ingredient, but this is not the case, since it was found that their main ingredient is water. They are even high in sodium. While Sabori (500g turkey sausages), Parma Sabori, San Millán and Tres Castillos lie because they indicate poultry meat in their ingredients but do not specify which bird they come from, even in the case of those that claim to be turkey sausage. On the other hand, those that claim to be turkey but have more chicken than turkey are the brands Capistrano , Línea Roja, Pery, and added to this list are the brands of Bodega Aurrera, Great Value, BURR, Parma Campestre, Precissimo, the same ones that They were already immobilized by Profeco. FUD 's turkey and hot dog sausages are claimed to be a turkey product but also contain chicken, which makes the brand not truthful; even their product was also immobilized. "Light" products without being light FUD's “healthy line,” Cuida-t+, 500g Turkey Sausages, was the most lying sausage brand, because it claims to be a turkey product but also contains chicken. Furthermore, the information is not truthful, since it has the same amount of sodium as the regular product, violating the "reduced sodium" legend. It contains the same amount of fat as the regular product, violating the "reduced fat" legend.