Maple Leaf Original Chicken Sausage
The casing is beef collagen, even though the meat is chicken.
Maple Leaf Original Chicken Sausage lists chicken, vegetable oil, water, pea fibre, brown sugar, salt, potato starch, cultured celery extract, modified vinegar and spices with garlic and onion. Smoke is named, and the casing is beef collagen. The page says the sausage is filler free.
Maple Leaf Foods processes chicken into prepared meats at its Bradford, Ontario plant. The Saskatoon plant is the one the company ties to sausages in general. This product page does not pick a building.
The company is Canadian, based in Mississauga. Cultured celery extract is the nitrite source on this label, not a sodium nitrite line.
Product Highlights
- •Chicken is the first ingredient
- •Beef collagen casing
- •Pea fibre and potato starch
- •Cultured celery extract
- •Marked filler free
Category
Our Canadian score
Strong Canadian ties
Company’s own label claim: “Made in Canada”
Maple Leaf Original Chicken Sausage is a Canadian brand's chicken sausage. Maple Leaf Foods makes it in Canada, though this page does not name the plant. The casing is beef collagen, and cultured celery extract stands in for a nitrite line.
Score breakdown (60% evidenced, medium confidence)
“Maple Leaf Foods is proudly Canadian with a long history that traces back over 100 years.”
“Maple Leaf Foods Inc.’s headquarters is at 6897 Financial Drive in Mississauga, Ontario.”
This score is our own read of publicly available evidence, not a regulatory finding. It is not a CFIA or Competition Bureau origin determination, and it is not the same as the "Product of Canada" or "Made in Canada" claims a manufacturer prints on a label. Check the package if you need the official claim. How we score
Key Facts
- Owned By
- Maple Leaf Foods Inc.
- Meat
- Chicken
- Casing
- Beef collagen
- Nitrite Source
- Cultured celery extract
- Claim
- Filler free
Where to Buy
Product Information
Ingredients
Chicken, vegetable oil, water, pea fibre, brown sugar, salt, potato starch, cultured celery extract, modified vinegar, spices (with garlic and onion), smoke, beef collagen casing.
Dietary Information
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is Maple Leaf chicken sausage made in Canada?
Maple Leaf Original Chicken Sausage is a Maple Leaf Foods product. The company makes sausages in Saskatoon and processes chicken into prepared meats in Bradford, Ontario. This page does not say which of those plants runs this sausage.
What is the casing on Maple Leaf chicken sausage?
Maple Leaf Original Chicken Sausage uses a beef collagen casing. The meat in the mix is chicken, with vegetable oil and pea fibre.
Does Maple Leaf chicken sausage use nitrites?
Maple Leaf Original Chicken Sausage lists cultured celery extract rather than a sodium nitrite line. Celery extract is a natural source of nitrite. Smoke is also on the ingredient list.
Is Maple Leaf Original Chicken Sausage filler free?
The Maple Leaf Original Chicken Sausage page says filler free. Pea fibre and potato starch are still in the ingredient list, so the filler claim is the brand's wording, not an empty recipe.
Who makes Maple Leaf Original Chicken Sausage?
Maple Leaf Foods Inc. makes Maple Leaf Original Chicken Sausage. The company is Canadian and keeps its head office at 6897 Financial Drive in Mississauga.
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