Sausages, typically defined as a mixture of ground meat, combined
with spices and seasonings, often stuffed into some type of
casing and linked, were originally made as a means to salvage value
from trimmings and lower-value cuts of meat from all species
Cooked sausage products add great variety to food choices owing to an endless variety of
spices and flavorings Several functional ingredients,
known for their capacity to improve water binding properties and
to modify texture, are of interest for meat processors. Due to the
gelling properties of protein, functional proteins can stabilize
shrinkage and increases cooking yields, even used at low levels