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Is Old Trapper Peppered Beef Jerky ultra-processed?

18 oz Sold in the United States

Pack of Old Trapper Peppered Beef Jerky

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:

  • 9 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score E

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

beef, brown sugar, water, salt, flavorings, beef stock hydrolyzed corn protein, vinegar sodium nitrite, %2% 0% for maximum flavor and freshness consume and refrigerate within 3 days of opening, so suro n 2%

Additives: E250 Sodium nitrite

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

As written on the pack

beef, brown sugar, water, salt, flavorings, beef stock hydrolyzed corn protein, vinegar sodium nitrite. %2% 0% for maximum flavor and freshness consume or refrigerate within 3 days of opening. 2% so suro n

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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0079694282207, last edited 1 April 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.