A hot dog can be made from a variety of ingredients, including turkey, beef or a combination of several different meat products, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. A hot dog must begin as a semi-solid product, which the manufacturer puts through a process to reduce the size of the initial product into minutely-sized particles. Flavorings, seasoning and preservatives combine with the meat product during the manufacturing process. A standard chicken hot dog each contains 100 calories. The chicken hot dogs have about 7g of fat. The fat in the chicken hot dogs have about 25 percent of their calories from saturated fats. The American Heart Association recommends that Americans consume no more than 7 percent of their total caloric
