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Is Kirkland Signature Steak Strips ultra-processed?

12 oz (340 g) Steaks Sold in the United States and France

Pack of Kirkland Signature Steak Strips

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:

  • 14 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed steaks

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

top round beef, brown sugar, water, peach puree, salt, sugar, spices, canola oil, garlic powder, hickory smoke flavor, onion powder, sodium nitrite, vinegar, yeast extract

Additives: E250 Sodium nitrite

As written on the pack

top round beef, brown sugar, water, peach puree concentrate, salt, cultured sugar, spices, canola oil, garlic powder, hickory smoke flavor, onion powder, sodium nitrite, vinegar, yeast extract.

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.

Preservation and traditional processing

Keep food safe or ferment it, like preservatives and cultures. A sign of processing, not ultra-processing.

  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 16 steaks

From least to most processed, this one ranks 13th. 19% of the steaks 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 16 steaks, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0096619064069, last edited 5 August 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.