Homemade Sausage Making

My wife has high cholesterol. Has anyone here used the fat replacement product CKX Fat Reducer-Cholesterol Fighter from the "Sausage Maker" or other fat replacement products? If so what did you think of the finished product?

I use it in all my stuff and have for quite some time. I really like it. It is smooth in consistency and really does what it says on the package. You can read about it in Stan's latest book called, "Making Healthy Sausages".
Fat Replacer is a product of the Sausagemaker™ and it's made from microcrystalline cellulose, konjac gum, and xantham gum. The last two ingredients are water soluble. Microcrystalline cellulose is not. Mixed in moist meat, it becomes slippery, giving the mouthfeel and texture of real fat. As in everything, there are limits of how much can be used, but I certainly recommend it.

Best Wishes,
Chuckwagon

Chuckwagon does fat replacer cook out as easily as natural fat when the sausage is grilled or cooked?

No, it does not "render". Its not supposed to. It simply makes a smooth and creamy mouth feel while providing an alternative to high cholesterol. "Fat Replacer" has zero (O) cholesterol! Read Stan's new book and you'll be convinced too! I've used the stuff ever since it came out. What the heck... it's made of oats! How ya' gonna' beat that?

In England they feed oats to horses and in Scotland they feed oats to MEN. Oats are good food.
Gonna have to try this in my bread wrapped snack sticks maybe they won't shrink so much.

I haven't gotten the recent "Healthy" book from the Marianski's so could someone tell me how they've processed oats into a fat replacer? It sounds similar to rusk which is popular in a lot of English sausages.

Hi,
Stans book about healthy sausage making should be on every forum members bookshelf. I bought it a few weeks ago and the information is mind boggling.
If you need to make low fat sausages this book gives you recipes as well as all the testing that was done with low fat sausage making.
I was reading it everyday when I had a few days holiday far away.
I do know that this fat replacer from oats CW mentions is not available yet in Australia.
Oats are good for you, I made a rather good whisky from it.
Regards,
Jan.

JerBear,
I'm sorry ol' pard, it has nothing to do with fillers or rusk. It has everything to do with modern science and the discovery and development of products that can't be explained in a few simple paragraphs. It took Stan an entire book to present it to a dunce like me, so I'm afraid there is no other explanation than to simply buy his book, open a "bud", sit back, and read.
By the way, how is your smoker coming along? Are you finished with it? Have you been using it? Inquiring minds want to know!

Best Wishes,
Chuckwagon