Smart Dogs Plant-Based Vegan Hot Dogs

Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 8 ingredients to avoid

Lightlife Smart Dogs Plant-Based Vegan Hot Dogs scores 5/100 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. Per serving it carries 2g fiber, 8g protein and 2g sugar. 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.

Lightlife Smart Dogs Plant-Based Vegan Hot Dogs lists 36 ingredients, starting with Water, Soy Protein Isolate, Soybean Oil, Sugars and Raw Cane Sugar. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

60 kcal per serving, or 140 kcal per 100g. Calories are only part of the picture — Tallow scores Lightlife Smart Dogs Plant-Based Vegan Hot Dogs on what the ingredients are, not how many calories they carry.

At 5/100 Lightlife Smart Dogs Plant-Based Vegan Hot Dogs scores worse than most meat alternatives we have scored. A higher-scoring option in meat alternatives is Bob's Red Mill Textured Vegetable Protein at 97/100.