For 30 years, Applegate has been producing high-quality natural and organic hot dogs, bacon, sausages, deli meats and frozen products. Their products are made without GMO ingredients and they source their meat from farms, where animals are treated with care and respect and are allowed to grow at their natural rate, all part of their mission - Changing The Meat We Eat. Natural can mean many things, but to Applegate natural means that the meat inside their products are: From animals raised humanely without antibiotics, hormones or growth promotants From animals fed a vegetarian or 100% grass diet Free of added chemical nitrites, nitrates or phosphates Free of artificial ingredients or preservatives