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History. The Hebrew National Kosher Sausage Factory, Inc., was founded on East Broadway, on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in 1905. The company was founded by Theodore Krainin, who emigrated from the Russian Empire in the 1880s.

Ingredients. Kosher Beef, Water, Contains 2% or Less of Salt Spice, Sodium Lactate, Paprika, Hydrolyzed Soy Protein, Garlic Powder, Sodium Diacetate, Sodium Erythorbate, Flavoring, Sodium Nitrite.

Why do kosher hotdogs come in packs of seven? Only one kosher brand on the planet does that, and it's because seven hotdogs equal about 1 pound. But that same brand also offers larger packs as well.

But it wasn't until 1965 that the company adopted its famous slogan, “We answer to a higher authority” - a reference not only to their claim to have better quality meat than their competitors, but also to the fact that their products are kosher, abiding by Jewish dietary law.

Still the Hebrew National dogs tasted quite good, and, at number three, are a perfectly respectable dog.

Some reports say German immigrants first sold them from push carts in New York City's Bowery in the 1860s. Another story claims Charles Feltman, a German butcher in 1871, served the sausages with milk rolls from his stand on Coney Island.

Whatever its ultimate origins, German immigrants brought the food to New York in the 1860s, where street vendors sold them as “dachshund sausages,” presumably because of their shape. It is from this that the term hot dog derives, with the implied suggestion that the sausage really was made of dog flesh.

We ensure that our premium hot dogs are free of artificial ingredients, fillers and by-products. This way you can be sure you're serving your family only the very best. We create our all-beef hot dogs under the strict supervision of an independent kosher certifying agency.

What does this mean for Muslim and Jewish consumers? Summing up, Muslim buyers can consume kosher products. Jewish buyers cannot do likewise with halal. For many Muslim buyers, non-alcoholic kosher food products are considered halal.

Kashrut. While McDonald's operates several Kosher and non-Kosher restaurants, all the meat served in the restaurants is kosher beef. The difference is that the non-Kosher branches open on Shabbat and Jewish holidays, in addition to serving dairy products and cheeseburgers.

A Hebrew National Kosher Beef Frank contains 13 grams of fat, with 5 grams saturated fat. You can cut out some fat by opting for dogs made from chicken or turkey.