Edible sausage casing has a graphic representation is to the sausage casing using a printing process. Preferably a gravure printing process is used to apply a figure, a symbol, a pattern or a combination of these. The sausage casing is e.g. made of a collagen material and the printing pattern is formed using a carbon material based on gelatin. Clear pictures, patterns etc. can be applied to sausages using a simple process.