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Is Archer Original Beef Stick ultra-processed?

1 oz (28 g) Dried meats Sold in the United States

Pack of Archer Original Beef Stick

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 16 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed meats and their products

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Grass-Fed Beef, Water, Sea Salt, Contains 2% and Less (Encapsulated Citric Acid), Garlic, Red Pepper, Black Pepper, Celery Powder, Cherry, Coriander, Onion Powder, White Pepper, Ground Nutmeg, Parsley, In Colored Beef Collagen Casing

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Grass-Fed Beef, Water, Sea Salt, Contains 2% Or Less: Encapsulated Citric Acid, Dehydrated Garlic, Red Pepper, Black Pepper, Cultured Celery Powder, Cherry Powder, Coriander, Onion Powder, White Pepper, Ground Nutmeg, Parsley, In Colored Beef Collagen Casing.

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Prepared meats Products in the category "Prepared meats" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 47 dried meats

From least to most processed, this one ranks 17th. 51% of the dried meats here are ultra-processed.

Ranked by NOVA group, then by the number of ultra-processing signs, additives and ingredients. Our ordering, not part of NOVA.

All 47 dried meats, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0853016002571, last edited 4 September 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
  • Photo: Open Food Facts contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
  • NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.