A woman buys a box of Foster Farms Corn Dogs that don’t expire for a year. Then her child bites into one: ‘Absolutely disgusting’

A woman bought a box of Foster Farms Corn Dogs with a year left before the expiration date, then discovered what was inside after her child had already taken a bite. Amanda Marie Hawk, who posts on TikTok as @amandamariehawk, stood in her kitchen holding a yellow box of the product and a blue plate of cooked corn dogs. The video has gained hundreds of thousands of views.

Standing in her kitchen with a yellow box and a blue plate of cooked corn dogs, Hawk pulled the hot dog out of the breading and turned it for the camera. She said the piece looked deformed and disgusting. She broke it in half to show the interior and stated that it was inedible, smelled terrible, and appeared in every single corn dog from the package she bought that day.

Hawk gestured while asking what the company was feeding people. She noted that her child had taken a bite and said she was glad the child did not s–t a tooth. She described the experience as absolutely disgusting, said she would never buy any of the company’s products again or recommend them to family and friends, and ended by calling the situation absurd.

Foster Farms website lists ingredients and product claims for the corn dogs

According to the Foster Farms website, the Honey Crunchy Corn Dogs in the frozen 16-count box are described as a classic treat with honey crunchy flavor. The site states that each serving has 7 grams of protein, with no added hormones or steroids and no by-products. One corn dog is listed as the serving size at 75 grams, with 180 calories and 9 grams of fat.

The website description says the product has a crispy golden coating with juicy, flavorful chicken inside. It notes no artificial colors and says the corn dogs work for quick meals, after-school snacks, parties, or on-the-go eating.

The listed ingredients for the batter include water, enriched flour, sugar, yellow corn flour, enriched degermed yellow corn meal, soy flour, and smaller amounts of leavening, soybean oil, salt, egg yolk, potato flour, egg white, dried honey, and artificial flavor. The batter is fried in vegetable oil.

The chicken frank ingredients are listed as mechanically separated chicken, water, salt, and 2 percent or less of corn syrup solids, potassium lactate, potassium acetate, spices, sodium phosphate, sodium diacetate, flavorings, sodium erythorbate, and sodium nitrate. The package contains wheat, soy, eggs, and gluten.

Consumers who find a problem with meat or poultry products can contact the USDA. According to USDA guidance, people can call the Meat and Poultry Hotline or report the complaint online. To help with an investigation, a person should keep the original container or packaging, any foreign object found, and any uneaten portion of the food, refrigerated or frozen.

Hawk could provide her name and contact details, the brand and product name, package size and type, codes and dates on the box, the establishment number near the USDA inspection mark, and the store name and purchase date. She could also note that a child bit into one of the items. People can choose to contact the store or the manufacturer instead of making a formal report. Parents have run into similar problems before, such as finding something odd in a McDonald’s nugget.

Viewers left a range of reactions under the video. One person pointed to broader concerns about food oversight and wrote, “We don’t have the fda anymore so what do you expect.” Another commented on recent meat quality in general, saying, “Meat is gross lately.” A third questioned the choice of product altogether and asked, “Why are we buying corn dogs in the first place to.”

One commenter focused on the appearance of the meat and noted, “it looks like a finger…” Another suggested the issue was not new, stating, “Those have always been disgusting tbh.”

A sixth person pushed back on calls for homemade alternatives and wrote, “All these people in the comments acting like everyone has the time or energy to make their own snack foods. Dude, we barely have time to shower and sleep.” Some parents now inspect food before it reaches the table, as one woman checks Walmart cake pops before serving her child.