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Beef jerkies, from least to most processed

We track 33 beef jerkies, 58% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Original Beef Mini Stick.

What makes beef jerkies ultra-processed

The signs of ultra-processing found most often, and the share of beef jerkies that contain each:

Processed food (14)

  1. 1 Original Beef Mini Stick Chomps 3
  2. 2 Beef Jerky Classic Think Jerky 3
  3. 3 Jalapeno Beef Stick Paleovalley · 1 oz 3
  4. 4 American Wagyu Beef Jerky Snake River Farms · 283g 3
  5. 5 Grass-Fed Beef Jerky Mango Habanero Archer · 16 oz 3
  6. 6 Pork Jerky Golden island 3
  7. 7 Original Beef Stick Chomps · 1.15 oz (33 g) 3
  8. 8 100% grass-fed beef minis Archer · 16 unit 3
  9. 9 Archer Original Beef Stick Mini Archer · 0.5 oz (14 g) 3
  10. 10 O.G. Hickory Savory & Smoky Beef Stick Righteous Felon 3
  11. 11 Minis Original Archer · 1 stick 14g 3
  12. 12 Biltong Original Recipie Ember · 28g 3
  13. 13 Original Steak Strips New World Foods (Europe) Ltd. Oakland Farms · 35 g 3
  14. 14 Beef Jerky Original Snack Day · 65 gram 3

Ultra-processed food (19)

  1. 15 Original Beef Jerky Tillamook Country Smoker 4
  2. 16 Steak Strips Beef Snacks Member's Mark · 12 oz 4
  3. 17 Tesco Original Beef Jerky Tesco · 19 g 4
  4. 18 Beef Jerky Original Tillamook Country Smoker 4
  5. 19 Original Beef Jerky Pacific Gold · 35 g 4
  6. 20 Jack Link's Jerky Original 70g Spesialgrossisten As 4
  7. 21 Grass-Fed Beef Jerky Archer · 2.5 oz 4
  8. 22 Jerky Jack links 4
  9. 23 Beef Jerky Old Trapper · 10 oz 4
  10. 24 Old Fashioned Beef Jerky Old Trapper · 18 oz 4
  11. 25 Biltong Lidl · 65g 4
  12. 26 Jack Links Beef Jerky Jalapeño Jack Link's · 80 g 4
  13. 27 Organic Original Beef Jerky Simply Nature · 71g 4
  14. 28 Original Recipe Smoked Shorty Sausages Duke's · 142 g 4
  15. 29 Steak Strips Kings · 60 g 4
  16. 30 Beef Jerky Sweet & Hot Jack Links 4
  17. 31 Beef Jerky Teriyaki Jack Links · 2.85 oz 4
  18. 32 Beef Jerky Original Jack Link's · 2.85 oz 4
  19. 33 Original Beef Jerky Jack Link's · 80 g 4

Within each group, products with fewer signs of ultra-processing, additives and ingredients come first. This ordering is ours, for comparison; it is not part of NOVA.