Costa Coffee is making big changes to its sausage roll as fans demand a lower price

COSTA Coffee fans are in uproar after the cafe chain reduced the number of sausages in their breakfast sandwiches.

The coffee giant used to put four sausages in their cap, but that number has now been reduced to three.

However, the price has remained the same, with the sarnie still standing at £3.75.

The news broke when an eagle-eyed regular posted a photo of his three-sausage cap on Twitter this week.

His fellow customers rushed to the comments to express their displeasure, but the chain quickly backtracked with the reasoning behind the decision.

They wrote: “After listening to customer feedback, we have improved the sausages used in our breakfast sandwiches and they are now larger than the sausages we previously used.

“The result is that we can now only fit three on a roll.”

But fans aren’t exactly convinced, with many now calling for the role to be made cheaper.

One person wrote: “There’s clearly room for four here.”

Another said: “But you kept the price the same? To take off.”

Consumer rights expert Martyn James added: “I’m just not buying the ‘three bigger sausages’ line here.

“The problem with having a successful product is that people notice when you tinker with it.

“So there was no way that regular shoppers would do that failure to discover the mystery of the missing one sausage.”

A spokesperson for Costa Coffee said: “We have changed our sausage cap recipe following feedback from our store teams re: operational challenges during the to cook process – the fourth sausage fell out of the cap.

“We switched from 4 smaller sausages and replaced them with 3 larger sausages so they fit neatly on the cap for a more even cooking process and an enjoyable experience.

“This has resulted in a small change in the weight of the total bap, under 5g.”