These hot dogs combine pasture-raised heritage-breed pork with beef. They contain sugar, potato starch and natural flavor, and have no added nitrates or nitrites.
Weighted as processed meatLow confidence · Scored on 3 of 11 inputs, 6 claims verified
Nutrition facts not available. Scored on its ingredients, processing, sourcing and transparency; the Nutrition part is neutral until we can read the label.Your product? Claim this listing to add the label and it’s scored in full.
Nutrition · counts 20%50
Ingredients · counts 25%92
Processing · counts 25%35
Sourcing · counts 15%78
Transparency · counts 15%78
Why it scores 65
Nutrition 50 · No nutrition facts available; scored mid-range
Ingredients 92 · Natural flavours (additive, −4); Yeast extract or hydrolysed protein (additive, −4); no dyes or artificial sweeteners
Processing 35 · Hot dogs include potato starch, hydrolyzed corn protein and natural flavor.
Sourcing 78 · Pasture-raised heritage-breed pork; no pork origin or ranch named.
Transparency 78 · Complete ingredient list and specific claims about how the pigs are raised.
Contains sugar and potato starch
Contains hydrolyzed corn protein and natural flavor
Evidence behind the Ingredients deductions
Varies by additive−8 for natural flavours, yeast extract or hydrolysed protein
Scored Oct 20, 2026 · Scoring guide v3.1 · Updated Oct 20, 2026 · See what changed
Your diet score
Doesn’t change the score above
Pick a diet to see if this product fits it, using limits you can change.
Diet profiles v1.1. Defaults come from published guidance; you can change any limit. How the diet score works
Similar, for lessSame kind of food, scoring about as well or better, for less than $1.12/oz here
Southwest Beef DirectSmoked Uncured All Beef Hot Dogs (4/1Pk)
68+3
$4.35 · $0.27/oz · 76% less per oz
Hudson Grocery Co-OpApplegate Natural Uncured Beef Hot Dog, 10oz
69+4
$6.99 · $0.70/oz · 38% less per oz
Natures Pick MarketUncured Beef Hot Dogs, NSA Grassfed ABF, 8 oz
Enjoy hot dogs made with ingredients you can feel good about. Our
Heritage Breed Pork Hot Dogs
are crafted from
100% pasture-raised Heritage Breed pork
and contain
no added nitrates or nitrites
, delivering classic hot dog flavor with a cleaner ingredient list.
Our pigs are raised on pasture with room to roam and are
never confined in gestational crates
,
Additives4 additives · 3 limited risk
Natural flavoursFlavouringLimited risk
An undisclosed mix of extracts and carriers; the label doesn’t say what’s in it or how it was made.
Yeast extract or hydrolysed proteinFlavour enhancerLimited risk
Contains free glutamate, the flavour-enhancing part of MSG, without being labelled as MSG.
Added sugarSugarLimited risk
Added sugar; the WHO and the US Dietary Guidelines advise keeping added sugars under 10% of daily calories.
Rosemary extract (E392)AntioxidantNo risk
A natural antioxidant from rosemary; EFSA considers it safe.
Matched from the ingredient list. Risk levels summarise findings from EFSA, the FDA, IARC and published studies; they explain a concern, not a diagnosis.