Fazoli’s Baked Ziti with Italian Sausage – Price & Calories (2026)
Fazoli’s Baked Ziti with Italian Sausage is the richest ziti dish in the family. Fazoli’s own menu lists it as the Spicy Baked Ziti with Sausage: penne pasta in the same spicy tomato pepper sauce as the chicken version, but built on Italian sausage instead, and baked under mozzarella and provolone. It costs $11.49, with 1,030 calories on Fazoli’s menu page and 1,080 in Fazoli’s nutrition explorer — this guide shows both official figures. It comes with 2 Signature Garlic Breadsticks, like every Fazoli’s pasta entrée.
Calories and Nutrition
Fazoli’s nutrition explorer — the chain’s complete official nutrition dataset — lists the Baked Ziti with Italian Sausage as follows:
| Nutrient | Amount |
| Calories | 1,080 Cal |
| Total Fat | 58 g |
| Carbohydrates | 99 g |
| Protein | 41 g |
| Sodium | 3,530 mg |
Read the panel honestly, and this is the indulgent ziti. The 58g of fat is the highest of the three baked zitis — Italian sausage and two cheeses see to that — and the 3,530mg of sodium runs past the FDA’s 2,300mg daily limit on its own. Protein lands at 41g, which is solid, but it is actually the lowest of the ziti family despite this being the heaviest plate. This dish is ordered for flavor, not for numbers. Every dish’s full panel is collected on our Fazoli’s nutrition facts page, and Fazoli’s publishes the underlying figures in its official nutrition information.
What Is in Fazoli’s Baked Ziti with Italian Sausage?
The official menu description reads: penne pasta topped with spicy tomato pepper sauce, Italian sausage, and baked with mozzarella and provolone cheeses. It belongs to the Signature Bakes line, so the cheese goes on before the dish hits the oven and comes out browned on top. Swapping chicken for Italian sausage is the only change from the spicy chicken ziti — same penne, same pepper sauce, same two cheeses — but it changes the character of the plate: richer, fattier, and more savory.
Fazoli’s Baked Ziti with Italian Sausage Price
The Baked Ziti with Italian Sausage is $11.49 — identical to the Spicy Baked Ziti with Chicken, and $3.50 more than the Baked Ziti with Meat Sauce at $7.99. Location prices can vary, and delivery apps generally list Fazoli’s entrées above the in-store menu price. Be aware that several menu sites still show $8.99 for this dish; that figure comes from older Fazoli’s data and no longer matches the current menu.
Why You Will See Three Different Calorie Counts
Depending on where you look, this dish shows 850, 1,030, or 1,080 calories. The 850 figure is the one most menu sites print, and it comes from Fazoli’s older nutrition dataset, last updated in May 2025 — Fazoli’s has revised its numbers since, and the copies never caught up. Fazoli’s current menu page puts the dish at 1,030 calories. Its current nutrition explorer puts it at 1,080, alongside the full macro panel above. This guide leads with the explorer figures because they are the most recent complete official set, and prints the menu-page figure beside them so nothing at the counter comes as a surprise.
Baked Ziti with Italian Sausage vs. Chicken vs. Meat Sauce
Three baked zitis, one table. Menu-page calories are the numbers printed on the board; Explorer calories come from Fazoli’s full nutrition dataset:
| Dish | Price | Menu-page Cal | Explorer Cal | Protein |
| Baked Ziti with Italian Sausage | $11.49 | 1,030 | 1,080 | 41 g |
| Spicy Baked Ziti with Chicken | $11.49 | 930 | 990 | 47 g |
| Baked Ziti with Meat Sauce | $7.99 | 610 | 830 | 43 g |
At the same $11.49, the Spicy Baked Ziti with Chicken wins every statistic — fewer calories, less fat, more protein — which is why our Spicy Baked Ziti with Chicken breakdown calls it the numbers pick of the family. The sausage version’s case rests on taste: Italian sausage brings a richness chicken cannot match, and plenty of regulars would not trade it. The meat sauce ziti, covered in our Baked Ziti with Meat Sauce breakdown, remains the budget route at $7.99 — no heat, less of everything, $3.50 saved.
Allergens and Heat Level
The listed allergens for the Baked Ziti with Italian Sausage are wheat, milk, egg, and pork — the penne, the cheese blend, and the Italian sausage itself. It is not gluten-free and, with sausage as the main protein, obviously not vegetarian. The heat is the same tomato pepper sauce used on the chicken version: a warm, peppery kick that sits behind the sausage rather than overpowering it.
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Final Thoughts
The Baked Ziti with Italian Sausage is the ziti you order when flavor outranks arithmetic: the heaviest, richest plate of the three, at the same price as its chicken rival. Go in knowing the explorer’s 1,080 calories, 58g of fat, and 3,530mg of sodium are the real panel, whatever older sites still print. To plan the rest of the order, browse the full fazolis menu price guide before you reach the counter.
