Food and dish guide

German sausages: allergens and what’s inside

Of 374 packs of German sausages whose ingredients Open Food Facts reads in full, 16% list mustard and 13% list milk. Another 34% carry a “may contain” line for mustard. Most list salt, pork meat and water.

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for a mustard allergy profile, on 16% of these packs

Which allergens are in German sausages?

Of 374 packs of German sausages whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full, 16% list mustard, 13% list milk, 7% list celery and 6% list soy. Another 34% carry a “may contain” line for mustard, 28% for celery and 14% for milk. Recipes differ from pack to pack, so the label in your hand is the one that counts.

Mustard allergyHeads up16% list mustard; 34% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Milk allergyHeads up13% list milk; 14% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Celery allergyHeads up7% list celery; 28% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Soy allergyHeads up6% list soy; 10% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Egg allergyHeads up4% list egg; 7% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Coeliac or gluten-freeHeads up3% list gluten; 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.

What are German sausages usually made of?

The ingredients most packs of German sausages list, with the share of packs that list each: salt (98%), pork meat (82%), water (75%) and dextrose (66%).

Packs in Open Food Facts, by country of sale: France 316 · Germany 236 · Spain 56 · Italy 47.

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 German 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 German sausages?

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

What else are German sausages called?

French
Saucisses allemandes, Saucisses d'Allemagne
German
Deutsche Würste
Spanish
Salchichas alemanas
Italian
Salsicce tedesche
Dutch
Duitse worsten
Polish
Kiełbasa Niemiecka

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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: German sausages

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