Morningstar Farms Veggie Dogs

By: Tanya Taylor, PhD | Dec 8, 2004
5 stars

hot dog Morningstar Farms Veggie Dogs look like 'regular' meat wieners, and they taste just as good as well! After trying the Boca Soy Sausages which were not good - which is putting it mildly - I was skeptical about how these would taste. Luckily, I need not have worried because these cooked up almost as juicy, and certainly as tasty as all the other good hot dogs I've had. Most meat eaters will be able to detect a slight difference between these, and regular hot dogs, but I don't think it will be an issue.

Nutritionally each 'dog' has 80 calories compared to 180 in Ball Park Franks (which we had to call out as DietTrash), 1% of the recommended daily amount (RDA) for total fat, no saturated fat, 24% of the RDA for sodium (580 mg), 11 grams of protein and 6 grams of total carbohydrates, which includes 1 gram of fiber and 2 grams of sugar.

The big difference is in the dramatically reduced fat content, with onlu 0.5 gof total fat - no saturated fat, compared to 14 g total fat and 6 grams (30% of the RDA) of saturated fat in Oscar Mayer wieners. The only drawback - there is still a lot of sodium (580 mg or 24% RDA in one dog).

One pack with 8 dogs cost $2.98 and it was worth every penny

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Sat: January 21, 2006
kristy said:

was just wondering...morningstar farms veggie dogs...on the package it says keep frozen. Can you refrigerate them too if you do not use all of them because it is a waste to just keep freezing the remainder?

Mon: March 27, 2006
tanya [admin] said:

I think its best to keep them frozen. You can kep them refrigerated, but if you don't have them sealed up tight, they get hard and inedible.

Fri: February 16, 2007
Anonymous said:

I agree that these are good. I have been veg all my life, and when I was little I was hooked on hotdogs. THese definetly won my taste test as well- I've yet to find a hotdog that tastes better!

Sat: February 24, 2007
Frank said:

Hey, I just learned that Morningstar Farms uses eggs from factory farms. The birds have parts of their beaks burned off and are kept in tiny wire cages that don't even allow them to spread their wings. Check out the link for more info and to contact Morningstar.

You're much better off going with the egg-free versions that Gardenburger and Tofurky make.

Wed: November 7, 2007
Lauren said:

Do you have the carb count for these? I'm guessing they don't contain nitrates, which is a good thing.