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Is Jack Links Beef Steak Teriyaki ultra-processed?

2oz Sold in the United States

Pack of Jack Links Beef Steak Teriyaki

Yes, it's ultra-processed

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

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 22 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Beef brown sugar, fructose salt, water, less than 2% hydrolyzed soy protein, flavorings, pineapple, teriyaki sauce (soy sauce (soy beans, salt, wheat), apple vinegar, salt, sherry wine, garlic, ginger, white, black pepper), sherry wine, orange, sodium erythorbate, spice sodium nitrite

Additives: E250 Sodium nitrite , E316 Sodium erythorbate

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E250 Sodium nitrite.

As written on the pack

Beef brown sugar, fructose salt, water, less than 2% hydrolyzed soy protein, flavorings, pineapple juice solids, teriyaki sauce [soy sauce (soy beans, salt, wheat), apple vinegar, salt, sherry wine, garlic, ginger, white and black pepper], sherry wine solids, orange juice solids, sodium erythorbate, spice sodium nitrite.

What makes it ultra-processed

Cosmetic additives

Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
3 ingredients that would only make it processed

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

  • E250 Sodium nitrite Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

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About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0017082600738, last edited 15 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.