In this post, I will be comparing
two 'beef' hot dog wieners; one made by Oscar Meyer labeled as
'Premium beef' and another called 'Jumbo' by Fairgrounds, a product
that is distributed expressly for the Save A Lot chain of
grocery stores.
Before getting to any remarks about
taste, I wanted to inspect the ingredient labels closely on both.
Right from the get go, I saw that both had very similar lists of
ingredients....
Fairgrounds Ingredients: Beef,
water, dextrose, modified food starch, corn syrup, contain 2% or less
of salt, sodium lactate, flavorings, sodium phosphates, sodium
diacetate, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrate. Additionally, each
link weighed in at 50 grams and give up about 150 calories when
consumed.
Oscar Meyer Ingredients: Beef,
water, corn syrup, contains less than 2% salt, potassium lactate,
dextrose, sodium phosphates, sodium diacetate, flavor, ascorbic acid
(vitamin c), extracts of paprika, sodium nitrate. One link weighed in
at 42 grams and had about 130 calories.
From a cost analysis standpoint;
Fairground $3.99 for 8 dogs 400
grams/pkg at about .26 cents per ounce cost
Oscar Meyer $4.99 for 10 dogs 420
grams/pkg at about .32 cents per ounce cost
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| Fairgrounds on the left |
Based on the above, I wondered why
anyone would buy the Oscar Meyer brand when the other guy gives you a
bit more meat at a significantly cheaper cost? Let's move now to the
all important appearance and taste tests....
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| Fairgrounds on left |
OK, if you were wondering where that
extra dollar went, then just get a gander at both dogs in a side by
side comparison. To my way of thinking, the OM dog looked to be a bit
darker and when you cut it to see the 'grain', it looked to be more
meaty if that is even a term.
Rather surprisingly, both tasted about
the same to me...
So, from an appearance perspective, I like the Oscar Meyer dogs and would buy them if serving something like wieners on a toothpick. But, for everyday, the Fairgrounds product would do nicely.
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