How many calories are in chicken apple sausage?
One bun-size chicken apple sausage link weighs 75 g and carries 145 calories. Per 100 g the same sausage runs 193 calories, with 19.65 g of protein and almost no carbohydrate. The apple in the name is a flavor note, not a calorie load. Sodium is the number that actually moves on this label.
You'd need to walk about 29 minutes to burn the 145 calories in one link (75 g).
How long does it take to burn off 145 kcal of chicken apple sausage?
One link (75 g) is 145 kcal. Enter your weight and the amount you ate to see how long it takes you to burn that off:
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| Activity | Time to burn 145 kcal |
|---|---|
| Walking, brisk | 29 min |
| Cycling, moderate | 18 min |
| Swimming, moderate | 21 min |
| Jogging | 17 min |
| Weight training, moderate | 32 min |
Times are for a 155 lb adult at a steady pace; change the weight to see yours. The amount is set to the portion in the text (75 g); change it to what you actually ate. BodyPal works this out from your steps automatically.
On this page
- Chicken apple sausage quick facts
- US servings, from a breakfast link to a full cup
- Reduced-sodium, pork-blended and other sausage rows
- Sodium is the row to watch, not fat
- How does chicken apple sausage compare?
- Most popular chicken apple sausage brands
- Chicken apple sausage FAQs
Chicken apple sausage quick facts
USDA does not publish a generic row for chicken sausage with apple in it. The apple lives on the package, not in the database. The closest match with full US household portions is FNDDS 2706200, "Turkey or chicken sausage", and the retail apple links sit right around it: the six most-searched US brands run from 140 to 200 calories per 100 g, with 193 landing in the middle of that band.
That is why this page is built on the generic cooked chicken sausage row. It is the only one that gives you a patty, a breakfast link, a griller link and a cup measure, which is what people actually put on a plate.
| Nutrient | Per 100 g | Per 1 link (75 g) | % Daily Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calories | 193 | 145 | — |
| Total fat | 12.24 g | 9.2 g | 12% |
| Saturated fat | 2.98 g | 2.2 g | 11% |
| Carbohydrate | 1.09 g | 0.8 g | 0% |
| Dietary fiber | 0 g | 0 g | 0% |
| Total sugars | 0 g | 0 g | — |
| Protein | 19.65 g | 14.7 g | 29% |
| Sodium | 705 mg | 529 mg | 23% |
| Cholesterol | 92 mg | 69 mg | 23% |
| Potassium | 365 mg | 274 mg | 6% |
% Daily Value is based on a 2,000-calorie diet.
Verified nutrition data
Numbers on this page come from USDA FoodData Central, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s food composition database, and from manufacturer labels where a branded product is named. Last verified September 2026. How we verify our data →
Two rows you would see on a package are missing here: added sugars and trans fat. FNDDS does not publish either one for this record, so nothing is guessed in their place. Everything else is on the table, including the cholesterol and potassium rows most calorie pages leave out.
US servings, from a breakfast link to a full cup
The word "link" is doing far too much work in this category. A breakfast link and a dinner link are the same product at wildly different sizes, and the calorie gap between them is 3.7 times.
| Serving | Weight | Calories |
|---|---|---|
| 1 breakfast size link | 20 g | 39 kcal |
| 1 oz, cooked | 28 g | 55 kcal |
| 1 patty | 35 g | 68 kcal |
| One bun-size or griller link | 75 g | 145 kcal |
| 1 cup, sliced | 138 g | 266 kcal |
| Per 100 g | 100 g | 193 kcal |
Every weight above except the 100 g row is a USDA household portion for this record, so the gram figures are not our invention. The 100 g line is our own arithmetic from the same per-gram value, kept because it is the number you need when a package lists metric only.
Watch the cup. Slicing sausage into a stir-fry or a sheet-pan dinner feels like a small addition, but a packed cup is 138 g and 266 calories, close to two full links. Weighing beats measuring for anything you can slice.
One more trap worth naming: fresh raw links list their package weight before cooking, while this USDA row is cooked sausage. Fat and water leave the pan, so a raw 85 g link is not 85 g on the plate. Fully cooked smoked links, which is what most chicken-and-apple products are, do not have that problem.
Reduced-sodium, pork-blended and other sausage rows
Chicken sausage is not one food. USDA carries seven records in this family, and they spread from 183 to 307 calories per 100 g.
| Version | Per 100 g | Typical piece | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken sausage, generic (main row) | 193 kcal | one link, 75 g | 145 kcal |
| Italian-style chicken sausage, lower sodium | 183 kcal | 1 oz, 28 g | 52 kcal |
| Reduced-sodium chicken sausage | 230 kcal | one griller link, 75 g | 173 kcal |
| Skinless smoked chicken, beef and pork sausage | 216 kcal | one link, 84 g | 181 kcal |
| Chicken and pork sausage | 307 kcal | one griller link, 75 g | 230 kcal |
| Vienna sausage, canned | 230 kcal | 7 sausages, 113 g | 260 kcal |
| Polish sausage, beef with chicken | 259 kcal | 5 pieces, 55 g | 142 kcal |
The Italian-style ounce is our own arithmetic from the USDA 100 g figure, not a USDA serving. It is also the lightest record of the seven, at 183 calories and just 4.46 g of fat per 100 g.
The reduced-sodium result is the one that surprises people. Cutting salt to 417 mg per 100 g pushed calories up to 230, because the recipe leans on filler instead: 13.32 g of carbohydrate per 100 g against 1.09 g in the standard row. Lower sodium, higher calories, same shape of link.
Add pork and the picture changes fast. The turkey-or-chicken-and-pork blend is 307 calories per 100 g and 23 g of fat, so the same 75 g link goes from 145 to 230 calories.
Retail apple links behave predictably. Aidells Chicken and Apple lists 170 calories for an 85 g link and Open Nature the same 170; Johnsonville Apple Chicken Sausage is 150 per 85 g link, and Nature's Place Sweet Apple is only 80 for a smaller 57 g link. Amylu Harvest Apple breakfast links are 110 for two, at 56 g total. The apple shows in the carbohydrate column rather than the calorie one: Nature's Promise Sweet Apple carries 11.76 g of carbohydrate per 100 g while sitting at 176 calories, below the plain generic row.
Sodium is the row to watch, not fat
Most people approach sausage braced for fat. Here the fat is mild: 9.2 g in a link, 12% of the Daily Value, with 2.2 g saturated. Poultry earns that.
Salt is the constraint. One 75 g link delivers 529 mg of sodium, 23% of the FDA Daily Value of 2,300 mg, which is roughly a quarter teaspoon of table salt. Two links at breakfast is nearly half a day before the eggs, the bread or anything you cook them in. If you are watching sodium, the reduced-sodium record at 417 mg per 100 g or the lower-sodium Italian style at 446 mg is the better pick, and the Polish beef-with-chicken row at 1,540 mg per 100 g is the one to leave on the shelf.
The protein side pays for a lot of that. At 14.7 g per link, 29% of the Daily Value, this is a genuine protein food in MyPlate terms, and it costs 145 calories to get there. Cholesterol comes along for the ride at 69 mg per link, 23% of the Daily Value, and potassium adds 274 mg, 6%.
How does chicken apple sausage compare?
| Sausage | Per 100 g | US serving | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken sausage | 193 kcal | one link, 75 g | 145 kcal |
| Reduced-sodium chicken sausage | 230 kcal | one griller link, 75 g | 173 kcal |
| Skinless smoked chicken, beef and pork | 216 kcal | one link, 84 g | 181 kcal |
| Chicken and pork sausage | 307 kcal | one griller link, 75 g | 230 kcal |
Our take: the plain chicken sausage row is the lightest of these four on both counts, per 100 g and per serving, so a chicken-and-apple link really is the leaner choice at the meat counter. The reduced-sodium version is a trade, not an upgrade, unless salt is your target. Skip the pork blend if calories are the goal, since it costs 85 more per link for only a modest protein gain. And do not judge any of them by the apple on the front of the package.
Most popular chicken apple sausage brands in the United States
Ranked by how widely each product appears among foods sold in the United States, from the BodyPal food database of over 3.3 million products. Calories are the figures printed on each Nutrition Facts label, checked against USDA FoodData Central.
| Product | Calories (per 100 g) |
|---|---|
| Aidells Chicken & Apple Smoked Chicken Sausage | 200 cal |
| Open Nature Chicken & Apple Chicken Sausage | 200 cal |
| Nature's Promise Sweet Apple Chicken Sausage | 176 cal |
| Nature's Place Chicken Sausage, Sweet Apple | 140 cal |
| Johnsonville Apple Chicken Sausage | 176 cal |
| Amylu Harvest Apple Breakfast Chicken Sausage | 196 cal |
Brand popularity: BodyPal food database. Nutrition: manufacturer labels / USDA FoodData Central.
Chicken apple sausage FAQs
How many calories are in one chicken apple sausage link?
145 calories for a bun-size or griller link of 75 g. A small breakfast link of 20 g is only 39, and a 35 g patty is 68. Branded apple links usually run a little higher because they are 85 g rather than 75 g, landing near 170.
Is chicken apple sausage healthy?
One 75 g link gives 14.7 g of protein for 145 calories, which is a strong trade for a sausage. The catch is 529 mg of sodium, 23% of the FDA Daily Value, in a single link. Eat two and that is nearly half a day of sodium before anything else on the plate.
How much protein is in chicken apple sausage?
14.7 g in one 75 g link, or 19.65 g per 100 g, which is 29% of the Daily Value from a single link. Size matters more than people expect, though: two breakfast-size links of 20 g each add up to only 7.9 g of protein between them.
How much sodium is in chicken apple sausage?
529 mg in a 75 g link and 705 mg per 100 g, so one link is 23% of the 2,300 mg Daily Value, roughly a quarter teaspoon of table salt. The USDA reduced-sodium record drops to 417 mg per 100 g, the lowest sodium of the seven chicken sausage rows.
Does chicken apple sausage have sugar?
Zero grams in the USDA chicken sausage record, both per 100 g and per link. The apple shows up on branded labels instead: Nature's Promise Sweet Apple lists 11.76 g of carbohydrate per 100 g against 1.09 g for the generic record. FNDDS does not publish added sugars for this row.
Is chicken apple sausage keto-friendly?
A 75 g link has 0.8 g of carbohydrate, so the plain chicken sausage record fits almost any carb ceiling. Branded apple links are the variable: some carry over 11 g of carbohydrate per 100 g, and the USDA reduced-sodium row jumps to 13.32 g per 100 g because filler replaces the salt.
Chicken apple sausage vs pork sausage, which has fewer calories?
The chicken record wins at 193 calories per 100 g against 307 for the USDA turkey or chicken and pork blend. Per link that is 145 versus 230, a gap of 85 calories. The pork blend also carries 23 g of fat per 100 g against 12.24 g in the chicken row.
How many calories in Aidells chicken and apple sausage?
170 calories for one 85 g link, which is 200 per 100 g on the label. That is 25 more than the 145 in a 75 g USDA generic link, mostly because the link itself is bigger. Johnsonville Apple Chicken Sausage lists 150 for its 85 g link.
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