Best supermarket sausage?

[21TonyK]

Need some sausages for tonight and really cannot face the Aldi or Lidl offerings again so given my local butchers are all closed I'm looking at the mainstream supermarkets.

(Ideally) a garlic and pork sausage but any herby pork suasage will do as long as its good and I suspect NOT gluten free and in a decent skin as they are going for a long braise.

Ideas folks?

[Bill]

We like Waitrose pepper and nutmeg sausages. I think the skins are ok. I do know Coop sausage skins are weirdly gelatinous so don't go there.

[Nemophilist]

Waitrose sausages for sure.
I like the No1 and the Duchy ones best

[ettore]

Bill said:

We like Waitrose pepper and nutmeg sausages. I think the skins are ok. I do know Coop sausage skins are weirdly gelatinous so don't go there.

This.

Best mainstream banger out there.

[dontlookdown]

Sainsbury's taste the difference are a good bet. Decent flavour and texture, and I think they still have proper skins.

M&S/Waitrose snorkers are disappointing, dry, crumbly, alginate skins.

Morrisons used to make cracking plain pork ones. Peppery and juicy. But not since CDR bought them.

Don't have a Tesco or Aldi/Lidl nearby so don't know about them.

[JayBM]

When we can't get to the local butcher we tend to get teb Jolly Hog from Tesco. They've recently started doing a garlic version.

Edited to add, having just checked I realise they are GF so perhaps not what you're after.

Edited by JayBM on Sunday 20th July 08:09

[Bluemondy]

Porters Newmarket Sausages. Always a favourite a few years back!

[cookie1600]

[AndyAudi]

cookie1600 said:

There’s a few in this range, tasty enough but the size of them I find is too big, long braise though should be ok.
Think they currently have a large Cumberland spiral too.

Try & find a Tesco in an affluent area, their offerings differ greatly depending on the store

[snuffy]

Walls or Richmond!!

[John D.]

snuffy said:

Walls or Richmond!!

Those Waitrose ones are decent. Had some of those on the bbq last weekend when we couldn't get to the butchers.

[wyson]

Watching this thread with interest. I’ve found supermarket sausages all much of a muchness. Finest, Taste the Difference, Specially Selected etc.

Had to go to a butcher to find better.

[ajprice]

Not supermarket own brand but I like Heck sausages.

[WhiskyDisco]

In the Midlands you can buy Lashfords sausages in butchers, and in some CoOp local stores. They are made in a unit in Kings Norton - in fact it is quite easy to setup a trade account and bypass the retail supply chain to save a few quid.

They are by far the best sausage in the area.

[21TonyK]

Because I cant wait for the local big supermarkets to open I opted for a local sausage, Westaways, and used their "sausage finder"... traditional non-gluten free pork sausage on my doorstep.



https://westawaysausages.com/product-locator/

Keep at it though, always need a decent sausage.

[snuffy]

CoOp own brand are quite good.

[Mahalo]

https://www.theguardian.com/thefilter/2025/jul/05/...
As tested last week Waitrose Free range no 1 Sainsbury’s Taste the difference no 2. Both use alginate skins.

[Sticks.]

I was thinking of starting a thread about this, being frustrated with what's on offer.

It's noticeable that the few recommendations on here I've tried I've not been impressed with - it's subjective.

These are OK. Not exceptional, if you were served them in a cafe you'd say they were fine, no more but the best I've found. Sainsbury's and Waitrose.

[The Gauge]

I love tomato sausages but I can only ever find them in butchers.

[Mobile Chicane]

Sausage 'skins' are weird these days. Not proper casings at all, but a dunk / spray of 'alginate'