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Are Ball Park Beef Franks Healthy

The healthiest — and unhealthiest — hot dogs you can buy at the grocery store

Delicious healthy hot dogs can be hard to find.
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The INSIDER Summary:

  • Picking the perfect pack of hot dogs can be a daunting task.
  • Reaching for the healthiest brands is often the best way to go.
  • Applegate Farms and Hebrew National have some of the healthiest hot dog options.

Hot dogs are one of those quintessentially American foods, one without which no summer cookout is complete. But when it comes time to actually choose the perfect pack of hot dogs, it can sometimes be daunting to find the right one — especially if you're looking for healthier options. We've done the work for you and tracked down the healthiest and unhealthiest hot dogs at the supermarket .

All Beef: Healthiest: Applegate Farms: The Great Organic Uncured Beef Hot Dog

Walmart

Calories: 110
Fat: 9 grams
Sodium: 530 milligrams
Cholesterol: 25 milligrams

This hot dog is 98 percent organic grass-fed beef and water; the other two percent is sea salt, spices, garlic, onion, paprika, and celery powder. Not much to disagree with there.

All Beef: Healthiest: Organic Prairie Organic Uncured Grassfed Beef Hot Dogs

Amazon

Calories: 160
Fat: 13 grams
Sodium: 450 milligrams
Cholesterol: 40 milligrams

Like Applegate's, this hot dog doesn't contain any funky stuff: just organic beef, water, sea salt, cane syrup, celery powder, spices, onion, and garlic.

All Beef: Unhealthiest: Kayem Beef Hot Dogs

Walmart

Calories: 150
Fat: 13 grams
Sodium: 440 milligrams
Cholesterol: 30 milligrams

This hot dog is also 98 percent beef and water, but other ingredients include potassium lactate, sodium phosphate, and sodium diacetate.

All Beef: Unhealthiest: Ball Park Beef Franks

Walmart

Calories: 190
Fat: 16 grams
Sodium: 550 milligrams
Cholesterol: 35 milligrams

This hot dog is 98 percent beef, water, and corn syrup, and additional ingredients include potassium lactate, hydrolyzed beef stock, and sodium phosphate.

Low Fat: Healthiest: Hebrew National 97% Fat Free Beef Franks

Target

Calories: 45
Fat: 1 gram
Sodium: 490 milligrams
Cholesterol: 15 milligrams

This hot dog is primarily beef, water, and modified potato starch used as an extender, along with standard processed hot dog ingredients like sodium lactate, hydrolyzed soy protein, and sodium diacetate; unfortunately, if you want a low-fat hot dog it won't be all-natural. Hebrew National's beef is kosher, however, and the hot dogs contain no artificial flavors, artificial colors, or by-products.

Low Fat: Less Healthy: Boar's Head Lite Beef Frankfurters

Instacart

Calories: 90
Fat: 6 grams
Sodium: 270 milligrams
Cholesterol: 25 milligrams

Boar's Head Lite Beef Franks contain far less sodium than your standard dog, and they only contain eight ingredients: beef, water, salt, paprika, sodium phosphate, flavorings, sodium erythorbate, and sodium nitrite.

Low Fat: Less Healthy: Ball Park Lean Beef Franks

Ball Park

Calories: 80
Fat: 5 grams
Sodium: 410 milligrams
Cholesterol: 20 milligrams

These are primarily beef, water, and modified corn starch, and other ingredients include corn syrup, sodium phosphate, and sodium diacetate; they're nitrate-free.

Low Fat: Unhealthiest: Nathan's Famous 50% Reduced Fat Beef Franks

Walmart

Calories: 120
Fat: 7 grams
Sodium: 510 milligrams
Cholesterol: 25 milligrams

These hot dogs have more fat, calories, and sodium than any other on the market, and main ingredients include beef, water, corn syrup, and modified food starch; other ingredients include sodium phosphates, hydrolyzed corn protein, and sodium nitrite.

Mixed Meat: Healthiest: Boar's Head Pork & Beef Frankfurters

Walmart

Calories: 150
Fat: 14 grams
Sodium: 460 milligrams
Cholesterol: 25 milligrams

Ingredients aren't available for this one, but Boar's Head only uses whole-muscle beef and pork, with no "mechanically separated" ingredients.

Mixed Meat: Less Healthy: Oscar Mayer Classic Uncured Wieners

Walmart

Calories: 110
Fat: 10 grams
Sodium: 420 milligrams
Cholesterol: 12 milligrams

Oscar Mayer's classic wieners sadly do contain mechanically separated chicken and turkey ( which you can read all about here ), but they contain less fat and cholesterol than the competition, and the newly revamped formula means that the only other ingredients are pork, water, salt, dextrose, corn syrup, white vinegar, celery juice, sodium phosphate, cherry powder, and flavorings.

Mixed Meat: Less Healthy: Kayem Old Tyme Frankfurters

Sam's Club

Calories: 160
Fat: 14 grams
Sodium: 490 milligrams
Cholesterol: 30 milligrams

These franks contain "premium cuts of beef and pork," along with ingredients including water, corn syrup, potassium lactate, and dextrose.

Mixed Meat: Unhealthiest: Ball Park Classic Franks

Walmart

Calories: 180
Fat: 15 grams
Sodium: 480 milligrams
Cholesterol: 40 milligrams

Ball Park's flagship Classic Franks are quite high in sodium and cholesterol, and the main ingredients are mechanically separated chicken, pork, water, corn syrup, and potassium lactate.

Turkey: Best: Applegate The Great Organic Uncured Turkey Hot Dog

Amazon

Calories: 70
Fat: 3.5 grams
Sodium: 450 milligrams
Cholesterol: 35 milligrams

Like their bovine cousins, these turkey dogs contain 98 percent meat and water; the other ingredients are salt, paprika, onion, garlic, cardamom , coriander, mace, ginger, black pepper, celery juice powder, and cherry powder.

Turkey: Best: Waterhill Naturals Uncured Turkey Hot Dogs

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Calories: 120
Fat: 8 grams
Sodium: 360 milligrams
Cholesterol: 20 milligrams

These contain more fat and calories than Applegate's, but considerably less sodium and cholesterol. The turkey is hormone- and antibiotic-free .

Turkey: Worst: Foster Farms Turkey Franks

Walmart

Calories: 140
Fat: 12 grams
Sodium: 480 milligrams
Cholesterol: 50 milligrams

Not only do these contain more cholesterol than just about any other standard-size frank on the market, they're also made with mechanically separated turkey . As for the rest of the ingredients, the only ones that are pronounceable are corn syrup solids, spices, and flavorings.

Turkey: Worst: Ball Park Turkey Franks

Publix

Calories: 110
Fat: 7 grams
Sodium: 580 milligrams
Cholesterol: 35 milligrams

These are loaded with sodium, and are also made of mechanically separated turkey. Interestingly enough, they also contain beef stock .

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