Nathan's Famous Skinless Beef Franks

Breakdown

4 ingredients to avoid

Nathan's Famous Skinless Beef Franks scores 39/100 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.

Nathan's Famous Skinless Beef Franks lists 12 ingredients, starting with Beef, Water, 2% Or Less Of: Salt, Sorbitol and Potassium Lactate. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

At 39/100 Nathan's Famous Skinless Beef Franks scores worse than most deli & cured meats we have scored. A higher-scoring option in deli & cured meats is Simply Nature Organic Uncured Beef Hot Dogs at 100/100.