Hot Dogs

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Ingredients · 15

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Common questions

Is Hot Dogs healthy?

Hot Dogs scores 7/100 on Tallow — our avoid band. That number comes from what is on the label: the ingredients, how processed it is, and what it is packaged in. It is not a verdict on your diet — Tallow does not weigh calories, portion size or how often you eat it, so a high score means the ingredients are clean, not that the food is unlimited.

What is in Hot Dogs?

Hot Dogs lists 15 ingredients, starting with Mechanically Separated Chicken, Water, Pork Rinds, Pork Fat and Potato Starch. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Hot Dogs contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Hot Dogs’s ingredient list matches a seed oil — canola, soybean, corn, cottonseed, grapeseed, sunflower, safflower, rice bran or peanut oil, or an unspecified "vegetable oil".

How processed is Hot Dogs?

Hot Dogs is NOVA group 4: ultra-processed. That is the top of the scale and the classification the score penalises most heavily.

How does Hot Dogs compare to other deli & cured meats?

At 7/100 Hot Dogs scores worse than most deli & cured meats we have scored. A higher-scoring option in deli & cured meats is Dietz & Watson Originals Organic Roasted Turkey Breast at 100/100.

Is Hot Dogs organic?

Hot Dogs is not certified organic in our data.

Full methodology: how we score products.