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You may be hosting a patriotic barbecue for the Fourth of July on Friday, but are the BBQ foods you’re serving American-made? Reuters

You may be hosting a patriotic barbecue for the Fourth of July on Friday, but are the BBQ foods you’re serving made in the USA?

USA Today reports that many patriotic items marketed for America’s birthday are not actually made in America. Instead of U.S.-made products, many are choosing lower-priced items made outside of the country, where costs are kept down by cheap foreign labor and offshore manufacturing practices.

Roger Simmermaker, author of “Home Americans Can Buy American: The Power of Consumer Patriotism,” told the paper that Independence Day is a great opportunity to take advantage of using products made in the United States.

"Buying American is about more than just American-made products and U.S. jobs," he told USA Today. "We're less of an independent country to the extent that we rely on other nations to supply our wants and needs."

So if you’re looking to “buy American” this Fourth of July, here are Independence Day barbecue food staples that are union-made-in-America, according to Labor 411. (Union-made refers to companies that “provide fair wages, safe working conditions and access to health care,” according to the website.)

HOT DOGS AND MEATS:

Ball Park

Boar’s Head

Butterball

Calumet

Dearborn Sausage Co.

Fischer Meats

Hebrew National

Hofmann

Johnsonville

Omaha Steaks

Oscar Mayer

Vienna beef

BREAD:

Arnold Bread

County Harvest Bread & Rolls

Country Hearth

Entenmann’s

Marie Callender’s

Old Country

Pillsbury Dinner Rolls

Sara Lee

Stroehmann Bakery Products

Sunbeam Breads

CONDIMENTS:

French’s Mustard

Guldens Mustard

Heinz Ketchup

Hidden Vallet Ranch

Lucky Whip

Vlasic

BEVERAGES:

Barq’s Rootbeer

CocaCola

PepsiCo

Pocono Northern Fall’s

Poland Spring

Sprite

BEER:

Beck’s

Budweiser

Bud Light

Henry Weinhard’s Private Reserve

Keystone Light

Lionshead

Mad River

Michelob

Miller

Natural Ice

O’Doul’s

Pabst

Rolling Rock

+More

SIDES AND SNACKS:

Betty Crocker

Breyers Ice Cream

Campbell’s Soup

Chef Boyardee

Ebro Backed Beans

Frito-Lay Chips

Good Humor Ice Cream

Hamburger Helper

Hanover Beans

Heinz Baked Beans

JIF Peanut Butter

Kraft Foods

Mott’s Applesauce

Ore-Idea Sweet Potato Fries and Tater Tots

Ronzoni Pasta

San Giorgio Pasta

Van Camps Baked Beans

OTHER:

Bain de Soleil sunscreen

Coppertone sunscreen

Igloo coolers

Rubbermaid coolers

Solo cups

Weber Q series grill

For additional union-made products, check the Labor 411 website.

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