Eckrich Smoked Sausage is Naturally Hardwood Smoked and crafted with just the right blend of spices for a truly rich, savory taste.

Ingredients. Pork, Mechanically Separated Chicken, Water, Corn Syrup, Contains 2% Or Less Of: Salt, Modified Food Starch, Flavorings, Autolyzed Yeast Extract, Dextrose, Potassium Acetate, Potassium Lactate, Monosodium Glutamate, Sodium Phosphates, Sodium Diacetate, Sodium Erythorbate, Sodium Nitrite.

Eckrich is a prepared meat brand owned by Smithfield Foods, a subsidiary of China's WH Group. Eckrich sells smoked sausages, cold cuts, hot dogs, corn dogs, Vienna sausages, breakfast sausages and bacon under the Eckrich brand name.

Made with pork, turkey and beef, this naturally hardwood smoked sausage delivers authentic smokehouse flavor for a savory taste. Quickly heat this precooked sausage using the microwave, stovetop or grill. Serve this ready to eat, fully cooked sausage at your next picnic.

Sausage traditionally has a wide variety of flavors because of the different seasonings and meat types, but smoked sausage has a specific flavor in relation to its cooking method. When smoked at a low temperature for hours, the sausage gains a smoky, mildly spicy flavor that you won't find anywhere else.

Some smoked meat tends to become bitter because of the formation of a substance known as creosote. Creosote is a rather thick and oily coating that covers the meat when smoking has gone on for too long. To strike a balance between heat and time is the ultimate key to getting the right amount of smoke.

Sausage traditionally has a wide variety of flavors because of the different seasonings and meat types, but smoked sausage has a specific flavor in relation to its cooking method. When smoked at a low temperature for hours, the sausage gains a smoky, mildly spicy flavor that you won't find anywhere else.

Eckrich Skinless Smoked Sausage is crafted with the right blend of spices and no casing for a tender texture and easy slicing. Made with pork, turkey and beef, this naturally hardwood smoked sausage delivers authentic smokehouse flavor for a savory taste.

Simply put, fresh sausage is raw and uncooked, making it great as an ingredient, but you'll need to cook it yourself. Smoked sausage is fully cooked, so you can eat it as is. In other words, you don't need to cook smoked sausage for it to be safe for consumption, though you can if you prefer your sausage warmed up.

Smoked sausage is a delicious and hearty protein that acts as a base for many great dishes, whether served with a delicious side dish or as the star of its own recipe.

Smoke is made up of gases, water vapor and small solid particles from the fuel. Burning wood breaks down molecules called lignans, and these turn into smaller organic molecules – including syringol and guaiacol – that are mainly responsible for the quintessential smoky flavor.

Smoked sausage is smoked for a long time at ultra low temperatures so that smokey flavor we all love can really sink in. These links are the perfect way to add a punch of flavor and kick to your meal without being overpowering to the point that it drowns out other notes of flavor.