# 2/3 of vegetarian hot dogs found to contain human DNA. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 26, 2015, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-3-of-vegetarian-hot-dogs-found-to-contain-human-dna/735817 "2015-10-26T21:06:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![excavating\_for\_a\_mind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e8c25b/32.png) [@excavating\_for\_a\_mind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/excavating_for_a_mind)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2015, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-3-of-vegetarian-hot-dogs-found-to-contain-human-dna/735817/21 "2015-10-27T03:02:54Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > … > > SOYLENT YELLOW IS MADE OF VEGETARIANS! That’s why it isn’t green! ---
**Author:** ![actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/actualliberalnotoneofthose)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2015, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-3-of-vegetarian-hot-dogs-found-to-contain-human-dna/735817/22 "2015-10-27T03:15:46Z")
I have never understood the idea behind wanting vegetarian versions of the lowest forms of meat. Hot dogs aren’t even that great a food. I’m not a vegetarian, but there are probably dozens of delicious vegetables (even though I consume huge quantities of fatty meat, I’d wager I eat more vegetables than most “vegetarians”) and other non-meat things that in no way resemble processed-meat and are much more delicious. If I opposed eating vegetables, I wouldn’t make vegetable-free meatified versions of brussells sprouts. I would just eat meatballs. Or a nice steak. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2015, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-3-of-vegetarian-hot-dogs-found-to-contain-human-dna/735817/23 "2015-10-27T03:27:12Z")
I was vegetarian for a couple years. It’s not that I didn’t like meat in all it’s forms. Just ethically wouldn’t/couldn’t eat it for a while. Lots of vegetarians loved meat back when they ate it, and miss it. Hence the fake versions. Hot dogs may not be that great, but when everyone else is grillin’ ‘em up at the cookout, ya kinda want one, too. That hankerin’ for chicken nuggets and riblets and such is still there sometimes, it’s nice when there’s even a remotely acceptable substitute is out there. Most veg/vegan people I know eat lots more tofu and fruit/vegetables than they do the substitute stuff, that’s a treat not a staple. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2015, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-3-of-vegetarian-hot-dogs-found-to-contain-human-dna/735817/24 "2015-10-27T03:32:10Z")
I grew up eating meat, but I’ve been a vegetarian for about 24 years. **SeaDragonTattoo** says pretty much what I would have said were I not writing on a teeny tiny screen. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2015, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-3-of-vegetarian-hot-dogs-found-to-contain-human-dna/735817/25 "2015-10-27T15:54:47Z")
Snopes put up an [article](http://www.snopes.com/clear-foods-hot-dog-dna-study/)about this yesterday. They call the claims “Unproven” and raise some of the same questions raised in this thread: > [@Snopes](#): > > Missing from the bevy of articles about human DNA in hot dogs (and meat in veggie dogs) was any explanation about how Clear Food determined those percentages, under which conditions testing occurred, whether any independent entities confirmed or duplicated the claims, and the methodology by which Clear Food arrived at their overall conclusions. > > \ > > It’s certainly not out of the realm of possibility hot dogs contain ingredients or adulterants folks might find unappetizing, but the claim about meat and human DNA adulterants did not originate with a “study” of any sort. Its findings lay solely with a brand new, private company who didn’t disclose any details of their purported testing (or any proof that meaningful research was undertaken at all). ---
**Author:** ![Aquadementia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aquadementia/32/555_2.png) [@Aquadementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquadementia)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2015, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-3-of-vegetarian-hot-dogs-found-to-contain-human-dna/735817/26 "2015-10-27T16:56:14Z")
OMG! You mean 1/3 of my hotdog is alien!? ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2015, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-3-of-vegetarian-hot-dogs-found-to-contain-human-dna/735817/27 "2015-10-27T17:59:49Z")
> [@Aquadementia](#): > > OMG! You mean 1/3 of my hotdog is alien!? No no no. Not 1/3 of a given hot dog. One out of 3 hot dogs is alien. Any given hot dog is either alien or not. ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2015, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-3-of-vegetarian-hot-dogs-found-to-contain-human-dna/735817/28 "2015-10-27T18:23:14Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > soy and lentils. > soy and lentils. > soy lentils. > soylentils. > SOYLENT YELLOW IS MADE OF VEGETARIANS! I’m vegetarian. My username is extra relevant! ---
**Author:** ![Aquadementia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aquadementia/32/555_2.png) [@Aquadementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquadementia)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2015, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-3-of-vegetarian-hot-dogs-found-to-contain-human-dna/735817/29 "2015-10-27T18:42:09Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > No no no. Not 1/3 of a given hot dog. One out of 3 hot dogs is alien. Any given hot dog is either alien or not. Oh, that’s a relief. And it should greatly improve my odds should I test if it responds to "Na-nu Na-nu’ before I tuck in. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2015, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-3-of-vegetarian-hot-dogs-found-to-contain-human-dna/735817/30 "2015-10-27T18:52:13Z")
I thought those were the humanitarians… ---
**Author:** ![WildBlueYonder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ce7236/32.png) [@WildBlueYonder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildBlueYonder)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2015, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-3-of-vegetarian-hot-dogs-found-to-contain-human-dna/735817/31 "2015-10-27T19:42:38Z")
sheet ya cant eat anything these days! ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2015, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-3-of-vegetarian-hot-dogs-found-to-contain-human-dna/735817/32 "2015-10-27T19:51:01Z")
Spit, urine, skin flakes/dandruff, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Sr\_Siete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Sr\_Siete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sr_Siete)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2015, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-3-of-vegetarian-hot-dogs-found-to-contain-human-dna/735817/33 "2015-10-27T20:01:35Z")
But is it free range human? ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2015, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-3-of-vegetarian-hot-dogs-found-to-contain-human-dna/735817/34 "2015-10-27T20:05:02Z")
Was this human killed by hand with a sharp knife? ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2015, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-3-of-vegetarian-hot-dogs-found-to-contain-human-dna/735817/35 "2015-10-27T21:46:46Z")
Well, the problem with human meat is that the taste varies from person to person. ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2015, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-3-of-vegetarian-hot-dogs-found-to-contain-human-dna/735817/36 "2015-10-27T22:52:28Z")
> [@Frodo](#): > > Was this human killed by hand with a sharp knife? That’s only necessary when trying to keep kosher. Most are killed by small caliber gunfire. Sometimes bystanders are killed when supplies are low. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2015, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-3-of-vegetarian-hot-dogs-found-to-contain-human-dna/735817/37 "2015-10-28T00:27:57Z")
Who knows. In this world you could probably keep up a small supply killing only people who not only want to be killed, but are capable of saying so clearly and distinctly. ---
**Author:** ![Fubaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@Fubaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fubaya)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2015, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-3-of-vegetarian-hot-dogs-found-to-contain-human-dna/735817/38 "2015-10-28T04:02:35Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > Translation: we’re a startup with a very slightly tweaked method for doing DNA sequencing. How can we get a lot of free press very very quickly? Or “We form this fake company, send out a press release, get investors for our proprietary technology, then split.” Reminds me of the company that claimed to have located MH370 by detecting trace elements through satellite imagery. Their technology was proprietary and operated solely on the power buzzwords too. ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2015, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-3-of-vegetarian-hot-dogs-found-to-contain-human-dna/735817/39 "2015-10-28T09:04:07Z")
> [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](#): > > I have never understood the idea behind wanting vegetarian versions of the lowest forms of meat. . I had two vegitarian teachers. One didn’t like meat. He didn’t eat meat substitutes, because they tasted sort of like meat, which he didn’t like. The other didn’t like abatoirs. He done some work in an abatoir, and decided that he didn’t want to eat anything that had caused that much suffering. He ate meat substitutes, some of which tasted kind of like the lowest form of meat product, so making the stuff up into hotdogs kinda worked. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2015, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-3-of-vegetarian-hot-dogs-found-to-contain-human-dna/735817/40 "2015-11-04T01:21:04Z")
> [@Melbourne](#): > > abatoirs Learned a new word. Is this a fancy word for slaughterhouse, or just one that isn’t used around here? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-3-of-vegetarian-hot-dogs-found-to-contain-human-dna/735817.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-3-of-vegetarian-hot-dogs-found-to-contain-human-dna/735817.md?page=3)