Is Chomps Original Beef Sticks ultra-processed?

Beef and its products Sold in the United States

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Salt

14 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score E

Less processed beef and its 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, encapsulated lactic acid, sea salt (processing marker), celery powder, celery powder, salt (processing marker), garlic, cherry, black pepper, red pepper, garlic, coriander, stuffed in a beef collagen casing

Additives: E270 Lactic acid

As written on the pack

grass fed beef, water, encapsulated lactic acid, sea salt, cultured celery powder, celery powder, salt, garlic, cherry powder, black pepper, red pepper, garlic powder, coriander, stuffed in a 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 159 beef and its products

From least to most processed, this one ranks 67th. 47% of the beef and its products 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 159 beef and its products, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0850015892523, last edited 29 June 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.