Uncured hot dogs are slightly healthier than cured hot dogs, although both uncured hot dogs and cured hot dogs have similar health concerns as a result of their processed nature.
Uncured hot dogs are made using natural sources such as celery juice or celery powder for preservation, and cured hot dogs are made using synthetic nitrates and nitrites.
However although the natural sources in the uncured hot dogs are healthier, they can still form some nitrosamines, which are linked to an increased risk of cancer, especially when heated.
It is safe to eat uncured hot dogs as long as the uncured hot dogs have actually been cooked and are not raw.
Many hot dogs are cooked already and safe to eat but you might find some beef hot dogs that may be raw and need cooked and if so they should always be cooked.
All beef hot dogs are better than regular hot dogs as they are made using 100 percent beef without any additional fillers or other ingredients like pork or chicken.
Regular hot dogs often contain pork and chicken along with some beef but 100 percent beef hot dogs are made without the chicken or pork, so they taste much better and can also be a bit healthier as will.
The taste of 100 percent beef hot dogs are much better than regular hot dogs.
The hot dogs that are all beef or 100% beef are Nathan's Famous Hot Dogs, some Oscar Mayer Hot dogs, Boar's Head Hot Dogs and Hebrew National Hot Dogs.
Even Costco's food court hot dogs are 100 % beef.
Nathan's Famous hot dogs are known for their classic beef franks and their jumbo restaurant style beef franks.
The best hot dog brand is Nathan's Hot Dogs as well as Oscar Mayer Hot dogs.
Kirkland beef dinner franks as well as Ambassador Old fashioned Wieners and Hebrew National Beef Franks are also some of the best hot dogs.
For me I prefer Nathan's beef franks for hot dogs although I also love Oscar Mayer Hot dogs.
The ingredients in Nathan's beef franks are beef, salt, water as well as sodium lactate, sorbitol, natural flavorings, sodium phosphates, hydrolyzed corn protein, paprika, sodium diacetate, sodium erythorbate and sodium nitrate.
Some variations of Nathan's beef franks such as the uncured all natural beef franks tend to have different ingredients such as natural flavoring, sugar, dehydrated garlic, vinegar, yeast extract, sea salt, cultured celery juice and even cherry powder.
Nathan's famous skinless beef franks are jumbo hot dogs and are made with 100 percent premium beef and contain no byproducts or fillers.
While Nathan's Famous Uncured All Natural Beef Franks are on the higher end of sodium levels compared to other brands, the Nathan's beef franks are free of artificial preservatives, phosphates and nitrites and they have lower sodium levels compared to Nathan's regular dogs.
Nathan's beef franks also have no added nitrates or nitrites and no fillers.