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Is Paleovalley Jalapeno Beef Stick ultra-processed?

1 oz Beef jerkies Sold in the United States

Pack of Paleovalley Jalapeno Beef Stick

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:

  • 12 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed meats and their 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 100%, water, sea salt, dextrose from tapioca, celery juice, jalapeño, black pepper, cayenne pepper, garlic, coriander, lactic acid starter culture, dye-free beef collagen casing

As written on the pack

100% grass fed beef, water, sea salt, organic dextrose from tapioca, celery juice powder, organic jalapeño, organic black pepper, organic cayenne pepper, organic garlic, organic coriander, lactic acid starter culture, dye-free 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.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Prepared meats Products in the category "Prepared meats" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 33 beef jerkies

From least to most processed, this one ranks 3rd. 58% of the beef jerkies 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 33 beef jerkies, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0850822006052, last edited 2 July 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.