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What’s Really Inside? Shocking Anatomy of a Hot Dog

treehugger.com 26 Jun '12, 9am

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Last year, Americans purchased more than 700 million packages of hot dogs at retail stores (and that’s excluding sales from Wal-Mart, which doesn't report numbers). Figure in restaurants, food carts, circuses, ballparks and the like, and that’s a lot of dogs. In fact, the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council estimates that Americans consume 20 billion hot dogs annually. The country’s most beloved tube of meat is Sara Lee’s Ball Park brand, which eclipsed sales of Oscar Mayer in 2010. Other media outlets have pulled back the curtain on hot dog ingredients in the past -- and since we’re at the start of prime hot dog season, it seems as good a time as any to take another look at the who’s who of hot dog ingredients. So without further ado, before the Fourth of July grills are aflame, here's the skinny on America's winning wiener, the Original Ball Park frank: Mechanically sep...

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@CoachMask » 19 Jul '12, 3pm
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@RawJuiceGuru » 19 Jul '12, 2pm
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@Andrew__C » 11 Jul '12, 5pm
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@davidramosal » 10 Jul '12, 4pm
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@ahhmanda » 09 Jul '12, 8pm
I don't even care, I will love hot dogs forever: Anatomy of a hot dog [link]
@DETgypsykitchen » 09 Jul '12, 8pm
I do say ketchup, mustard and maybe a little relish on a veggie dog is a close second to this all-american treat!... [link]
@Oriana0214 » 05 Jul '12, 7pm
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@kidskonserve » 05 Jul '12, 5pm
Is there anything more disturbing than the thought of feeding your kids low quality hot dogs? [link]
@fiftyninenorth » 05 Jul '12, 3pm
Q: What’s really in a hot dog? A: You might not want to know. [link] via @TreeHugger #nutrition
@fiftyninenorth » 05 Jul '12, 1pm
What’s really in a hot dog? Clue: It's a very, very long list of ingredients. [link] via @TreeHugger #nutrition
@ficklebird » 04 Jul '12, 6pm
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and they taste so good...The Shocking Anatomy of a Hot Dog : TreeHugger [link] via @TreeHugger
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@NtrlEpicurean » 02 Jul '12, 9pm
What’s Really Inside? Shocking Anatomy of a Hot Dog [link] (I never miss these since going veg! -S)
@AngeliniWine » 02 Jul '12, 9pm
Hmm...Do you want to know what's really inside your hot dog? [link]
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For you discernment: [link]
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@debkuhnen » 01 Jul '12, 5am
Sounds yummy..NOT!!! Ugh, thankfully haven't had one in many years RT @LisaBorden: Shocking Anatomy of a Hot Dog --> [link]
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@roludar » 30 Jun '12, 8pm
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@ZERO_CO2 » 29 Jun '12, 7pm
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@AmandaRWellness » 29 Jun '12, 7pm
Beware of those hot dogs on July 4th! [link] #health #food #July4
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vous prévoyez un BBQ pour le long week-end? Voici ce que contient vos saucisses: [link]
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What’s Really Inside? Shocking Anatomy of a Hot Dog [link] Perfect reading pre-July 4th. RT and spread the word!
@JPesante » 29 Jun '12, 5am
RT @EatDrinkLifeLuv: What's really inside America's most popular hot dogs? [link] Unsurprisingly, mostly chemicals.
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@AdamPorsborg » 28 Jun '12, 9pm
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@goodtablematter » 28 Jun '12, 9pm
The anatomy of a hotdog-- just in time for the 4th of July : [link]
@EatDrinkLifeLuv » 28 Jun '12, 8pm
What's really inside America's most popular hot dogs? [link] Unsurprisingly, mostly chemicals.
@durhamfoodie » 28 Jun '12, 8pm
Just another example of why purchasing meat from your local farmer is so much better for you. #HotDogs [link]
@carrieburrows » 28 Jun '12, 8pm
What's really in a hot dog. [link] Via @TreeHugger Ahem @T_Burrows #diet #nutrition