Is Golden Island Korean Barbecue Pork Jerky ultra-processed?

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It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Salt
Sugar
Vegetable oil

14 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score E

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

pork, sugar (processing marker), water, gluten-free soy sauce (water, soybeans, salt (processing marker)), brown sugar (processing marker), CONTAINS 2% and LESS OF SESAME SEEDS, garlic, salt (processing marker), spices, sesame oil (processing marker), onion

As written on the pack

PORK, SUGAR, WATER, GLUTEN-FREE SOY SAUCE (WATER, SOYBEANS, SALT), BROWN SUGAR, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF SESAME SEEDS, GARLIC POWDER, SALT, SPICES, SESAME OIL, ONION POWDER, CONTAINS: SOY, SESAME

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.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0017082016188, last edited 17 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.