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Alaska man pushes health benefits of salmon sausage

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, March 14th, 2005

A Soldotna man wants to take a bite out of the sausage industry with a breakfast sausage made of wild Alaska salmon.

Fred West, president of Sea Products, aims to appeal to consumers' health interest with a salmon sausage patty designed to taste like a pork sausage patty.

His pinker and leaner breakfast sausage will be hitting breakfast plates across the country in the next 45 days.

The sausage comes uncooked and ready to be formed and tossed in a frying pan. It's made entirely of Alaska salmon and a blend of spices, he said, but no preservatives.

West started his career smoking salmon in Westport, Washington....

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