People eat hot dogs without even thinking about whats in it because it's cheap (some say tasty, but I doubt they'd still think so if they knew what they were really eating.) If you're a hot dog lover, then you should be interested in learning what ingredients created that Frankfurter.
A hot dog is a bunch of animals who were mercilessly killed, then ground up into a sort of flesh colored paste. The animal parts they use to make hot dogs are called "processed meat product" or "meat by-products". Think eyeballs, colons, hearts, livers, kidneys, skin, et cetera. Beef stock is also a common component of the average hot dog. All meat stocks are made by boiling water with pieces of muscle, joints, bones, connective tissue and other parts of the carcass. Mechanically separated pork, or pig flesh, is present in hot dog meat, as well as turkey and chicken. When I say mechanically separated, this means that the bones along with attached tissues, are forced through a sieve or similar device under high pressure, and made into a batter like substance. Umm, ew!
There are also an abundance of different types of preservatives put into hot dogs. Potassium lactate, Sodium phosphates, Sodium diacetate, Sodium erythorbate, among others.
That broccoli is actually sounding pretty good right about now, huh?
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