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Why are all beef hotdogs not darker in color?  ?

I have never cooked any cut of beef that comes out this color. Why are hotdogs not darker in color?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    They use sodium nitrate, which gives the meat a pink color. It's also the reason corned beef and pastrami are pink-ish.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Its all the parts of the cow that arent meat! So color varies

  • Ryan D
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    The same reason pork hot dogs aren't white.... Hot dogs are cured before they're packaged, which preserves them.

  • 1 decade ago

    honestly if you really knew how hot dogs were made you would probably not eat them.. Its pretty discusting. I know someone who works in a meat processing factory...yuck!

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  • dunno but they are so good

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