Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Thumbs up and down to Oscar Mayer

Thumbs up: It is very hard to find nitrate-free hot dogs at the "regular" grocery store, much less at a reasonable price. I was in a for a nice surprise today at Food Lion - nitrate free Oscar Mayer hot dogs, and the turkey variety was only $1.99/pack! (The Angus variety were $4+/pack.)

Thumbs down: Mechanically separated turkey? Gross. I forgot to look at the Angus variety, so they may be better, but still.  And what is cultured corn sugar and cherry powder? Those are new ones to me.

Expected: High sodium, plenty of fat (too much for a turkey dog), and saturated. fat.

I'm glad to see nitrates/nitrites removed from these hot dogs, but there is still plenty of room for improvement. Because I don't see these leaving society's diet anytime soon, we can take all the improvements we can get.
Posted by Kelly B. at 5:54 PM

4 comments:

  1. SweetMissMagnoliaJune 30, 2010 at 10:00 PM

    oh yes-agree soo excited about the nitrite/nitrates being removed from the "dogs" too....yeah still could use improving--hoping this is a start in the right direction for them....keep hoping the other "lunch meats" will go the same way--love a good ham sandwich but could do without all the "junk" you know.....slowly but surely I hope.....

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  2. Pictures of a Gone WorldJuly 1, 2010 at 8:16 AM

    Would you mind taking a look at the nutritional information for my favorite hot dog and giving it your rating? There are a few ingredients that stump my brain.

    Hebrew National Beef Franks

    Nutrition Facts
    Serving Size 1 Frank (49g)
    Servings Per Container 7
    Amount Per Serving
    Calories 150Calories from Fat 130
    % Daily Value *
    Total Fat 14g 22%
    Saturated Fat 6g 30%
    Trans Fat 0.5g 0%
    Cholesterol 25mg 8%
    Sodium 460mg 19%
    Potassium 80mg 2%
    Total Carbohydrates 1g 0%
    Dietary Fiber 0g 0%
    Sugars 0g 0%
    Protein 6g 10%
    Vitamin A 0% Vitamin C 0%
    Calcium 0% Iron 4%

    * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your Daily Values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

    INGREDIENTS: Beef, Water, Contains 2% or less of: Salt, Sodium Lactate, Spice, Hydrolyzed Soy Protein, Paprika, Sodium Diacetate, Garlic Powder, Sodium Erythorbate, Sodium Nitrite, Flavorings. CONTAINS: Soy

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  3. Kelly B.July 1, 2010 at 9:07 AM

    The Hebrew National is probably good in that it is made mainly from beef, but the sodium nitrite would nix it for me personally. One hot dog also has 22% of fat for a day (and almost all calories come from fat), 30% of saturated fat, and 19% of sodium. Dang you hot dogs for tasting so good and being so bad! What sucks is that it doesn't have to be that bad to taste good.

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  4. Pictures of a Gone WorldJuly 1, 2010 at 2:55 PM

    Hebrew National has two low fat versions, one being 97% fat free, but I don't think I've ever seen them in one of our local stores.

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