What Whole Foods Uses To Make Its In-House Sausages - Tasting Table

"Documents show that the Sumerians started preserving less desirable parts of the animals they consumed by encasing them in intestines and salting them around 3100 B.C. Today, sausages are made and loved the world over, with many countries and ethnic groups revering their own special types of sausages. The meaty treats go beyond offal these days, and are made with prime products in gourmet flavors."

""Our made-in-house sausages are produced in small batches in stores using fresh ingredients, with seasonally relevant and regionally meaningful flavors," he says. "To produce the sausage, we bring whole primal cuts of meat into our stores, like pork shoulder or chicken thigh. Our trained butchers - many of whom are certified through our Butcher Apprenticeship Program - then process the cuts in-store, deboning, grinding and processing into sausage.""

"Whole Foods Market's sausages are crafted from meats and trimmings acquired through the Global Animal Partnership Animal Welfare Certified program and whole animal sourcing. "Of course, all sausages meet our quality standards. Our supply chain is fully traceable from farm to ranch, and all animals are raised with no antibiotics, ever," says Tolan. Whole Foods sausages come in many styles and flavors"

Sausage originated as a preservation method in ancient Sumer, using intestines and salt to utilize less desirable animal parts. Modern sausages are globally diverse and often made from prime cuts and gourmet ingredients. Whole Foods produces made-in-store sausages in small batches, using whole primal cuts such as pork shoulder and chicken thigh. Trained butchers process, debone, grind, and season the meat for seasonally and regionally relevant flavors. Sausage ingredients and trimmings come from Global Animal Partnership Animal Welfare Certified sources with whole-animal sourcing. The supply chain is traceable from farm to ranch, and animals are raised without antibiotics.

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