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Dry sausages: allergens and what’s inside

Of 942 packs of dry sausages whose ingredients Open Food Facts reads in full, 82% list milk and 10% list tree nuts. Another 33% carry a “may contain” line for tree nuts. Most list salt, pork meat and dextrose.

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for a milk allergy profile, on 82% of these packs

Which allergens are in dry sausages?

Of 942 packs of dry sausages whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full, 82% list milk, 10% list tree nuts, 2% list sulphites and 1% list gluten. Another 33% carry a “may contain” line for tree nuts, 7% for soy and 4% for milk. Recipes differ from pack to pack, so the label in your hand is the one that counts.

Milk allergyNot for you82% list milk; 4% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Tree nut allergyHeads up10% list tree nuts; 33% more carry a “may contain” line for them.
Sulphite sensitivityHeads up2% list sulphites; 2% more carry a “may contain” line for them.
Coeliac or gluten-freeHeads up1% list gluten; 2% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Mustard allergyHeads up1% list mustard; 3% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Soy allergyHeads up1% list soy; 7% more carry a “may contain” line for it.

Not for you when most of these packs list the allergen, Heads up when fewer do or only a “may contain” line names it. In the app, a profile gets Not for you on a pack that lists the allergen and Heads up on one whose “may contain” line names it: it reads the pack in your hand, not these counts.

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What are dry sausages usually made of?

The ingredients most packs of dry sausages list, with the share of packs that list each: salt (96%), pork meat (88%), dextrose (87%) and ferment (81%).

Packs in Open Food Facts, by country of sale: France 2,381 · Belgium 120 · Germany 36 · Switzerland 35.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows what these packs list, not every recipe for dry sausages.

Calories and nutrients

Not shown here. Open Food Facts records calories and nutrients per 100 g or per 100 ml without saying which, so a figure for all these packs together could mislead. The pack you buy prints its own, and that is the figure to log.

What kind of food are dry sausages?

In the Open Food Facts categories, dry sausages are one of the cured sausages.

Kinds of dry sausagesDry sausage pure pork

What else are dry sausages called?

French
Saucissons secs, Saucisson sec
Dutch
Droge worstjes

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Sources

Every share is counted over the packs whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full. A pack lists an allergen when Open Food Facts’ allergen field names it, or when one of its ingredients stands for it by the same two-of-three checks as the ingredient dictionary (tahini is sesame, a cheese is milk). A “may contain” line counts only for an allergen the pack does not list.

  1. Open Food Facts: product database, 4,535,553 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
  2. Open Food Facts: categories and ingredients taxonomies (names, kinds, allergens), ODbL
  3. Open Food Facts: Dry sausages

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