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Dried meats, from least to most processed

We track 47 dried meats, 51% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Naked tender steak slices.

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What makes dried meats ultra-processed

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

Processed food (23)

  1. 1 Naked tender steak slices BrooklynBiltong · 12 oz 3
  2. 2 Original Beef Mini Stick Chomps 3
  3. 3 Beef Jerky Classic Think Jerky 3
  4. 4 Jalapeno Beef Stick Paleovalley · 1 oz 3
  5. 5 Steak strips Simms · 283 g 3
  6. 6 Korean Barbecue Recipe Fire-Grilled Pork Jerky Golden Island 3
  7. 7 American Wagyu Beef Jerky Snake River Farms · 283g 3
  8. 8 Grass-Fed Beef Jerky Mango Habanero Archer · 16 oz 3
  9. 9 Pork Jerky Golden island 3
  10. 10 Classic Beef Stick Archer · 1 oz 3
  11. 11 Beef Stick Archere · .16 oz 3
  12. 12 Original Beef Stick Chomps · 1.15 oz (33 g) 3
  13. 13 Beef Original Beef Stick Mild Chomps · 1.15 OZ (32g) 3
  14. 14 100% grass-fed beef minis Archer · 16 unit 3
  15. 15 Archer Original Beef Stick Mini Archer · 0.5 oz (14 g) 3
  16. 16 Snack Mates Chicken & Apple Mini Sticks New Primal · 28 g 3
  17. 17 Original Beef Stick Archer · 1 oz (28 g) 3
  18. 18 O.G. Hickory Savory & Smoky Beef Stick Righteous Felon 3
  19. 19 Minis Original Archer · 1 stick 14g 3
  20. 20 Biltong Original Recipie Ember · 28g 3
  21. 21 Beef cuts chilli rub Ember · 25g 3
  22. 22 Original Steak Strips New World Foods (Europe) Ltd. Oakland Farms · 35 g 3
  23. 23 Beef Jerky Original Snack Day · 65 gram 3

Ultra-processed food (24)

  1. 24 Original Beef Jerky Tillamook Country Smoker 4
  2. 25 Steak Strips Beef Snacks Member's Mark · 12 oz 4
  3. 26 Tesco Original Beef Jerky Tesco · 19 g 4
  4. 27 Beef Jerky Original Tillamook Country Smoker 4
  5. 28 Original Beef Jerky Pacific Gold · 35 g 4
  6. 29 Jack Link's Jerky Original 70g Spesialgrossisten As 4
  7. 30 Grass-Fed Beef Jerky Archer · 2.5 oz 4
  8. 31 Jerky Jack links 4
  9. 32 Beef Jerky Old Trapper · 10 oz 4
  10. 33 Old Fashioned Beef Jerky Old Trapper · 18 oz 4
  11. 34 Biltong Lidl · 65g 4
  12. 35 Jack Links Beef Jerky Jalapeño Jack Link's · 80 g 4
  13. 36 Organic Original Beef Jerky Simply Nature · 71g 4
  14. 37 Original Recipe Smoked Shorty Sausages Duke's · 142 g 4
  15. 38 Biltong Jack Link's · 20g 4
  16. 39 Steak Strips Kings · 60 g 4
  17. 40 Beef Jerky Sweet & Hot Jack Links 4
  18. 41 Beef Jerky Teriyaki Jack Links · 2.85 oz 4
  19. 42 Beef Jerky Original Jack Link's · 2.85 oz 4
  20. 43 Original Beef Jerky Jack Link's · 80 g 4
  21. 44 Bresaola Fratelli Beretta · 50 g 4
  22. 45 Bresaola Zeta · 70g 4
  23. 46 Spicy Pepperoni Dulano · 120 g 4
  24. 47 Torrido Dried Pork Chips Klaipėdos mėsinė · 25 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.