The not-so-great British bangers that are a third fat: new study identifies the worst value sausage

"There's nothing quite so British as a plate of bangers and mash. Unfortunately, there's nothing quite so unhealthy - with some supermarket brands containing up to a third fat. And if that doesn't put you off, then consider the fact that some sausages are only 32 per cent meat. The rest is ground wheat rusk - a bulking agent to cut costs and improve texture - starch, salt, sugar and spices. A study of 36 brands included the country's biggest sellers, as well as basic, luxury and 'healthy' buys. It is the first large-scale examination of what goes in our pork sausages for 20 years - despite the average family eating more than a stone of them every year. Researchers for the journal Meat Science looked at packaging for information on meat, fat and salt content. But when they compared the labelling to the content of sausages, they found many consumers are unlikely to realise what they are eating. On average, the sausages contained 62 per cent meat but four had less than 50 per cent with the worst offender made up of less than a third pork" - MailOnline