Clear Food, a subsidiary of food analyzation startup Clear Labs,
found that human DNA is present in 2 percent of hot dog and
sausage brands, according to a recent study.

The study also found that two thirds of the samples containing
human DNA were advertised as vegetarian and almost 15 percent of
products examined contained ingredients that differed from those
included on the label.

“The food industry has been a black box for too long. Food
consumers have to trust that food labels are accurate, but that
isn’t always the case,” said Sasan Amini, Clear Labs CEO and co-
founder, in a press release. “We’ve found a 10-15 percent rate
of discrepancy between labeled ingredients and actual
ingredients across our internal tests to date.”

The Clear Food study collected 345 samples of hot dogs and
sausages — veggie dogs, sausages, and old-fashioned, all-beef
hot dogs — from 75 different brands at 10 different retailers,
according to their statement. They found that 14.4 percent of
the samples were problematic in some way, due to ingredient
substitution, addition, or hygienic issues.

“Substitution occurs when ingredients are added that do not show
up on the label. Hygienic issues occur when some sort of non-
harmful contaminant is introduced to the hot dog, in most cases,
human DNA,” said Clear Food in their study.

Pork was found in 3 percent of samples, the majority of which
were in products advertised as chicken- or turkey-only,
especially problematic for people who avoid pork for religious
reasons. In products not supposed to contain them, 10 contained
traces of chicken meat, 9 pork, 4 beef, 3 turkey, and 2 lamb.

Vegetarian products were another source of issue in the study.
Besides frequently containing human DNA, 67 percent of the
hygienic issues within the samples were caused by vegetarian
products. Ten percent of all vegetarian samples contained meat;
Clear Food found chicken in a ‘vegetarian’ breakfast sausage and
pork in a ‘vegetarian’ hot dog. Based on their study of
retailers, they advise that vegetarians buy their products from
Trader Joe’s.

“While some of these substitutions, hygienic issues, other
variances, or off-label ingredients may be permitted by the FDA,
our scientific disclosure allows you, as the consumer, to decide
whether the variance or problems meet your personal standard in
your buying decision,” Clear Food says in their study.


The overall best retailers for hot dog and sausage products are
Target, Walmart, and Safeway, and the top brands are, in order,
Butterball, McCormick, Ekrich, and Hebrew National, who all
received a ‘Clear Score’ of 96, meaning ‘highest quality, great
value, and safe.’ Clear Food says is it promising that there are
“a number of hot dog manufacturers, large and small, that are
producing high-quality hot dogs with integrity.”

Amini, in the press release, added that she and her co-founder
“started Clear Food to pave the way for consumers to make more
informed choices about what they eat while rewarding companies
and products with integrity — those that are what they say they
are.” Clear Food was designed to be the customer initiative
division of Clear Labs, and aims to reveal issues with food and
ways to ensure food matches the advertised quality.

Clear Food will release findings of their studies each month for
free to the public on their website, ClearFood.com.

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Now we know what has been happening to all the missing people.