Lightlife Smart Pretzel Dog

September 6, 2006 | Reviewer: Heather

Price: $2.29
Serving: 1 Pretzel Dog (142 g)
Calories: 350
Fat: 12%, 8g
Sodium: 30%, 730mg
Protein: 20g
Carbs: 17%, 50g
Fiber: 16%, 17g

Light Life says:Veggie dog wrapped in pretzel dough.

Heather says: Let me first admit that my contributions to this site have made me perhaps a little bit more of a spendthrift in my grocery shopping forays than I once was. In the name of each assignment, I somehow feel emboldened in my choices of food product. This isn’t confined to my participation here. I normally like to try new things, and that extends to my food choices. I’m an anthropologist, after all, so I suppose it’s only natural.

So it was that I found myself at Whole Foods last night pondering this product. Someone would actually make this and eat it? And, I imagine, if it is here on this market shelf, somebody must be buying it. So then, why not me?

My first thought about reading this product’s rather lackluster description was that it needed more adjectives, and perhaps more creative marketing. After having tasted it, however, I found that the description is spot-on, and that there simply aren’t any complimentary adjectives that could be used to more accurately describe it. As you can see, this product looks just like a hot dog. It tastes like not much of anything at all. If I were forced to describe it, however, I would say that it most definitely does taste like a veggie hotdog wrapped in a pretzel.

So, yes, the next time I’m craving a hot dog wrapped in a pretzel, I imagine this would suffice. However, the only circumstances under which I can imagine that happening ever again would be if I was starving to death and every single other edible thing had suddenly vanished from the face of the earth (bugs and dirt included).

In short, thumbs way down.

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4 Responses to “Lightlife Smart Pretzel Dog”

tg on September 6th, 2006

as much as i heart and admire heather, this review leaves me as hungry as the pretzel veggie-dog left heather. see, cuz i like pretzel bread. was this pretzel bread soft or firm? crusty on the edges? any chunks of salt? and the doggie - anything to say about the texture? any info on its ingredients?

if i’m asking too much, pls. forgive. i just figured, yknow, heather being an anthropologist, after all
Heather on September 8th, 2006

No, no, questions are welcome and encouraged! K, the pretzel…it was definitely soft but a little chewy. Not at all crusty on the edges. No real chunks of salt (ahh…blessed sea salt), but it did have a weird flavor of what I might describe as ‘briny.’ It reminded me a little of bleach, if that paints a taste picture. The doggie was pretty much standard-form veggie dog…firmer to the bite than a regular hotdog I guess, but still fairly, ummm, hotdogish. Ingredients? I dunno…if I had to guess, I’d say wheat and soy. You might check the label at the grocery store. But consider yourself warned. It was odd. And not especially flavoful.
TG on September 11th, 2006

1,000 thank yous for this finely detailed elaboration, oh anthropological one
MW on July 9th, 2008

Wow, I can’t believe this review from Heather. I am not a “natural foods” person at all, but when my health conscious co-workers started eating them, I just had to try one. It was different I admit. But I was hooked. The warm soft pretzel dough was delicious. I even took them home to my teenage sons who are now hooked. I am a little puzzled by Heather’s review. We love them!!!!