Jack Link's Nutri-Score E NOVA 4

Beef Steak

Beef Steak: 4/5 ingredient safety

Beef Steak by Jack Link's has 1 tracked ingredient, with an overall safety score of 4 out of 5, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is E.

  • Safety score in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

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How This Score Is Built

PlainIngredients safety scores are a transparent, editorially-derived index synthesizing FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research into a single 1-5 scale, not an official government rating. 1 of 1 ingredient tracked for Beef Steak has a scored rating so far. Data current as of 2026-09-07.

Sourced from Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records. Verify with the FDA → See our full scoring methodology.

Where Beef Steak sits nationally

Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients

4 Top 80% higher than 20% of 58,710 scored products

Average ingredient safety score (1 = highest risk, 5 = safest), bucketed by value

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Source PlainIngredients ingredient safety index · 2026-09-07

4
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 4 out of 5
Based on 1 tracked ingredient
1
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
1
Low Risk / Safe
E
Nutri-Score

Ingredient Safety Breakdown

Processing Level

4
NOVA Group 4
Ultra-processed foods

Ultra-processed products are formulations made mostly or entirely from substances derived from foods and additives. They typically contain ingredients not commonly used in home cooking.

Full Ingredients List

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.

Product Details

Barcode
0017082600738
Nutri-Score
Grade E
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

How does Beef Steak's safety score compare to other products?

Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Beef Steak's 4/5 average puts it in the lower 80%, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What does a 4/5 ingredient safety score mean?

The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Beef Steak's mapped ingredients average out to 4/5, which is the Low Risk tier.

Every figure on PlainIngredients is rendered directly from FDA, EU, EFSA and U.S. state regulatory records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.