Jones All Natural Golden Brown Maple Sausage Links

August 13, 2008 | Reviewer: Abi

Photo of Jones All Natural* Golden Brown Maple Sausage Links Price: $2.99
Serving: 3 links, 2oz.
Servings per package: ~3.5 (10 links)
Calories: 240 per serving
Fat: 34%, 22g
Cholesterol: 15%, 45mg
Sodium: 18%, 420mg
Protein: 7g
Carbohydrates: 1%, 2g
Fiber: 0%, 0g
Sugar: 1g
Weight Watchers Points: 7 Points

Jones Dairy Farm says: Jones Dairy Farm products offer you the old-fashioned quality and flavor you’d expect from a family farm. Made with natural ingredients and six generations of Jones family pride, our products are prepared fro you with the wholesome simplicity of recipes passed down through the generations.

No MSG Added – No Artificial Ingredients – No Preservatives – No Gluten Added

Abi says: Oh dear Lord in heaven, now I know why I never read the nutrition label on any sort of sausage. Well, except artisan chicken and/or turkey sausage which I already know is low in fat and high in virtuousness/animal parts.

The asterisk in the on Jones (no relation) Maple Sausage box means ‘No artificial ingredients and only minimally processed.’ The ingredients list is impressively simple:

Pork
Water
Maple Sugar
Sea Salt
Spices
Raw Sugar
Maple Flavor (carmelized sugar syrup, flavorings, maple syrup, brown sugar)

I like knowing what’s in my sausage, though I’m definitely confused when one of the ingredients of a ‘Flavor’ is ‘flavorings’. How do they get away with that? And how happy are you to see that the term ‘mechanically-separated‘ isn’t included in that list?

Taste-wise, these little guys (each is the size of Pretty darn good for some pre-cooked brown-and-serve sausages and considerably juicier than Morningstar Farms Sausage Patties. There’s no casing, so they exhibit about as much snap as a meat-free corn dog. Fortunately, the my preferred cooking method involves microwaving them for 30 seconds first, then browning for a crisp exterior.

In restaurants, I like dipping regular sausages in syrup. At home, I ran out of affordable maple syrup (a fellow food writer from Montreal says that the only acceptable maple syrup comes in a can), so I opted for these sausages between visits to Trader Joe’s. Those of you who prefer savory sausages might be a little put off by the combo, but I suggest trying it before you knock it.

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7 Responses to “Jones All Natural Golden Brown Maple Sausage Links”

amanda on August 13th, 2008

i can NOT eat sausage without maple syrup. its sacrilege.
amy on August 15th, 2008

sausage and syrup is the best! if i run out of syrup, i sometimes use jam. that’s tasty too! mmmmmm.
John M. on August 15th, 2008

You didn’t mention how the eggs are. They look OK.
Rose on August 16th, 2008

Abi Abi Abi, I wish you’d review a savory sausage. I don’t actually eat sausage that much but my fiance’ is a man, a man who enjoys meat and eggs and potatos and all that good stuff at breakfast. and somehow I don’t think maple sausage would be good dipped in mustard (which is how I eat mine. yum)
amy on August 24th, 2008

ok. so somehow i got it in my head that these were morningstar sausages. don’t laugh. i can’t tell you why, i just did. so, of course, i bought a box of frozen morningstar sausages. and i was even thinking, “huh, i thought morningstar only made vegetarian stuff”. but, alas, i neglected to read the box carefully. i actually made 3 of them, and ate them, before reading the ingredient list and seeing only soybean this and soybean paste that. they had the right herb flavor, mind you; they just didn’t taste like real sausages. i cannot believe i did that. in all fairness, the front of the box says sausages, not vegetarian sausages. it only says vegetarian in very small letters. while i am not entirely averse to vegetarian items ( i was a vegetarian for several years…shhhh), i was simply expecting yummy sausages. oh well. next time. i’ll finish these ones first….
Rufor on October 12th, 2008

How sad Homer J. Simpson
sausages….mmmm
kathy gonzalez on November 3rd, 2008

Love jones links. Just pop it in the pan or microwave and its done. Only reand we eat. Its taste the best. With such busy lifes its nice to be able to cooks something hot and tasty.Thanks for making such a fine product

Kathy Gonzalez 124 Water St.
Middlebury,Vt. 05753