How to know if a Hot Dog is Healthy vs. Not
My top 3 Tips when Shopping for Hot Dogs
1. Look at the Ingredient List!
Ask yourself...can I recognize the ingredients in this product?
Lets look at two different hot dog ingredient lists:
Ball Park Beef Franks:
Ingredients I do not recognize: Potassium Lactate, Hydrolyzed Beef Stock, Sodium Phosphate, Diacetate?!, Extractives?!... YIKES!
Applegate Organic Beef Hot Dogs:
Ingredients I do not recognize:.... NONE! I recognize all of them! Much better choice!
2. Look at the nutrition label!
Lets look at two different hot dog nutrition labels:
Ball Park Beef Franks:
**RED FLAG**: We NEVER want "transfat" in our food! Also it has 6g of saturated fat...we want a serving to be more around 3g or less!
Applegate Organic Beef Hot Dogs:
NO Trans Fats!! Woo Hoo! Also only 4g of Saturated fat which is closer to the ideal of 3g or less.
What to be looking for on food label:
Around 3g of Saturated fat or less.
Less than 600mg Sodium
NO Transfats!!!
Ideally no carbohydrates or sugar (through unrecognizable ingredients)
3. Look for for brands like:
Applegate
365 Organic (Whole Foods)
Thin and Trim
Organic Prairie
Tetons Waters Ranch
Hebrew National All Natural (still has 0.5g tranfats... so other brands may be better)
Natures Promise
Aidells is a great brand for chicken sausages
