What role do hot dogs play in American life? Why have they become ubiquitous with holidays and sporting events? And exactly how many do we eat?

It's lower in fat, sugar and calories than peanut butter, and it's gluten-free and vegan. Where peanut butter has 140 milligrams of sodium, Pea-Nutless Butter has 2 milligrams.

That didn't happen, perhaps because the sausage was marketed as low-fat, and consumers were burned out from the low-fat craze of the 1990s. But while Duetts were a dud, it was clear to Wardynski ...