what exactly is in a hotdog?

Question

just so you know....
i know you might think it's kind of weird that i'm asking this question in the "vegetarian" section. however, i did that on purpose. i figured that if anyone knows the answer, it would be vegetarians who are armed with information like this in order to convert more people to vegetarianism.

i'm not a vegetarian myself but I sympathize with you guys and I support you. I just like the taste of turkey, and shrimp, and steak too much. But I don't like hotdogs. Gross!

Answer 1

Definitions
Frankfurters (a.k.a., hot dogs, wieners, or bologna) are cooked and/or smoked sausages according to the Federal standards of identity. Federal standards of identity describe the requirements for processors to follow in formulating and marketing meat, poultry, and egg products produced in the United States for sale in this country and in foreign commerce. The standard also requires that they be comminuted (reduced to minute particles), semisolid products made from one or more kinds of raw skeletal muscle from livestock (like beef or pork), and may contain poultry meat. Smoking and curing ingredients contribute to flavor, color, and preservation of the product. They are link-shaped and come in all sizes — short, long, thin, and chubby.

The most popular of all categories, the skinless varieties, have been stripped of their casings after cooking. Water or ice, or both, may be used to facilitate chopping or mixing or to dissolve curing ingredients. The finished products may not contain more than 30% fat or no more than 10% water, or a combination of 40% fat and added water. Up to 3.5% non-meat binders and extenders (such as nonfat dry milk, cereal, or dried whole milk) or 2% isolated soy protein may be used, but must be shown in the ingredients statement on the product's label by its common name.

Byproducts, Variety Meats
"Frankfurter, Hot Dog, Wiener, or Bologna With Byproducts" or "With Variety Meats" are made according to the specifications for cooked and/or smoked sausages (see above), except they consist of not less than 15% of one or more kinds of raw skeletal muscle meat with raw meat byproducts. The byproducts (heart, kidney, or liver, for example) must be named with the derived species and be individually named in the ingredients statement.

Answer 2

are you sure you want to know?

"There is no fixed specification for hot dog meat, with pork and beef being the most popular. Less expensive hot dogs typically contain chicken, due to the low cost and availability of mechanically separated chicken, and some pork. Hot dogs are generally regarded as unhealthy insofar as most have high sodium, fat and nitrate content. Contents can also be questionable, with cheaper types of hot dogs having been known to contain snouts, ears and organ meat blended. In recent years, due to changing dietary preferences in the U.S., manufacturers have turned to turkey, chicken, or vegetarian meat substitutes as well as lowering the salt content.

In general, if a manufacturer produces two different hot-dog-type sausages, "wieners" tend to contain pork, and to be the blander of the two, while "franks" tend to be all-beef, and more strongly seasoned. This is particularly true of Oscar Mayer."

Answer 3

Its ground up any kind of left over meat that is shaped into a tube shape for your fatty enjoyment. Not to mention pumped full of sodium and other such chemicals that aren't really good for the body.

Answer 4

Butterd Toast.

Answer 5

read the label.... franfurters are beef and weiner usually have`pork and chicken.... if you want to be safe, buy Hebrew National brand, they are all beef and kosher so there is no weird stuff, and they taste pretty good

please, if the stuff is FDA approved and sold in supermarket chains, then use your head - there are no rats in it like someone answered - it might not be the best stuff nutritionally but its not gonna kill you

Answer 6

Those who love law and sausage should never watch either being made. The same applies to Hot Dogs.
Seriously, you don't want to know

Answer 7

Who knows. LOL Depends on the type. If they say they are all beef, then you know it's all beef, you just don't know what kind or type of beef, LOL. . . .Others are mixed meats, like turkey, etc.

Answer 8

lots of scraps, some tend to be beef oriented, others pork & chicken, you can also fiend turkey, but the common denominator is scraps

Answer 9

Meat by product

Answer 10

A sausage in a bun