Jimmy Dean Sausage, Egg & Cheese Croissant Sandwich: Labelgrade C (62/100)

The short answer

Jimmy Dean Sausage, Egg & Cheese Croissant Sandwich delivers 10g of protein and 317 calories per 100 GRAM (USDA FDC 2753221). Per 100g that’s 10g of protein; per oz, 2.8g. The Labelgrade is C (62 / 100): Additive-heavy formulation (phosphate additives and maltodextrin or corn syrup).

Why this Labelgrade

How it compares

Real protein, riding on a treat

Give this sandwich its due: the protein is real and meal-sized. 10g from the egg patty, pork sausage, and American cheese is enough to make a breakfast feel like one, and it clears the FDA “high in protein” threshold. For a frozen item you microwave in 90 seconds, that’s a legitimately useful amount — more than a bowl of most cereals, and it’ll hold you to lunch better than a pastry alone.

The honest part is what that protein is bundled with. This isn’t egg and lean meat on a sensible base; it’s egg and sausage wrapped in a buttery, shortening-laden croissant, and the macros reflect it: 317 calories, 21g of total fat, and 9g of saturated fat — close to half a day’s worth in one hand-held breakfast. That’s the difference between “high-protein” and “healthy.” The protein is the reason you might reach for it on a rushed morning; the croissant-and-sausage construction is the reason it grades a C and reads as treat-leaning rather than everyday. Eaten occasionally, that’s a fine trade. Eaten daily, the saturated fat and sodium add up fast.

The croissant is what costs it the grade

If you mentally subtract the croissant, the rest of this sandwich is reasonable — egg, cheese, and pork are normal breakfast protein. The croissant is where most of the damage concentrates. It’s built on hydrated palm/soy shortening and butter-type flavor, which is exactly what makes a croissant flaky and rich, and exactly what loads it with saturated fat. It also contributes the bulk of the 22g of carbohydrate against just 1.5g of fiber, so the carbs here are refined and nearly fiber-free. Between the croissant’s shortening and the sausage’s animal fat, the saturated-fat dimension grades a D, and that single factor does most of the work pulling the overall score down.

The practical read: the idea of a protein-forward breakfast sandwich is sound, but the croissant is the least efficient wrapper for it. The same egg-sausage-cheese filling on a whole-grain English muffin, with a leaner meat like turkey sausage or Canadian bacon, keeps the 10g of protein while cutting much of the saturated fat and adding a little fiber — a meaningfully better-graded version of the same five-minute breakfast. Reach for the Jimmy Dean croissant when convenience genuinely wins the morning, and know you’re choosing the indulgent end of the category when you do.

Scope

This page covers Jimmy Dean Sausage, Egg & Cheese Croissant Sandwich (4.5 ONZ), UPC 00077900118029, as represented in USDA Branded Foods FDC 2753221. Jimmy Dean sells multiple variants in this product line — other sizes, flavors, or fat levels may have different macros and Labelgrade scores. Manufacturers periodically reformulate; always cross-reference the actual package label, especially if you have allergies or dietary restrictions.

Ingredients (from the USDA Branded Foods entry)

CROISSANT: Enriched bleached wheat flour (contains bleached wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin and folic acid), water, hydrated palm/soy shortening [palm oil, soybean oil, water, mono and diglycerides and sodium benzoate (preservative)], sugar, yeast, contains 2% or less of: soy fiber, natural and artificial butter type flavor (maltodextrin, sugar, natural and artificial flavor, medium chain triglycerides, soy lecithin), whole eggs, salt, sweet whey (milk), mono and diglycerides, calcium propionate (preservative), potassium sorbate (preservative). FULLY COOKED SAUSAGE PATTY: Pork, water. contains 2% or less: potassium lactate, salt, sugar, spices, sodium phosphates, monosodium glutamate, sodium diacetate, caramel color. FULLY COOKED EGG PATTY: Whole eggs, nonfat milk, egg yolk, soybean oil, modified corn starch, potassium sorbate (preservative), salt, xanthan gum, natural and artificial butter flavor (soybean oil, butter, lipolyzed butter oil, and natural and artificial flavors), nisin preparation (preservative), citric acid. PASTEURIZED PROCESS AMERICAN CHEESE: Milk, water, cream, contains 2% or less of cheese culture, citric acid, color added, enzymes, potassium citrate, salt, sodium citrate, sorbic acid (preservative), soy lecithin, tetrasodium pyrophosphate.

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Scope: This page applies specifically to Sausage, Egg & Cheese Croissant Sandwich (4.5 ONZ) · UPC 00077900118029. Other sizes, flavors, or formulations may differ.