Jack link's, bbq pork seasoned jerky, smoke
Jack link's, bbq pork seasoned jerky, smoke by Jack Link's has 2 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 3 out of 5, 1.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is E, and 1 of its ingredient carries a low safety rating.
- Safety score 1.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
Snacks / Meats and their products / Meats / Dried meats / Beef jerkies
How This Score Is Built
Jack link's, bbq pork seasoned jerky, smoke draws on FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research, combined into a single editorially-derived 1-5 scale (never an official government rating). 2 of its 2 tracked ingredients are scored so far; data as of 2026-09-07.
Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records feed this score. The FDA site → has the primary record; our methodology page explains the scoring.
Where Jack link's, bbq pork seasoned jerky, smoke sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
3 Top 98% higher than 2% 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
- Sodium Nitrite - Safety score: 2/5
Ingredient Safety Breakdown
Processing Level
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
Pork, water, sugar, less than 2% brown sugar, salt, flavoring, fructose, worcestershire sauce [distilled vinegar, molasses, corn syrup, salt, caramel color (contains sulfites), garlic powder, sugar, spices, tamarind, natural flavor], dried vinegar (maltodextrin, white distilled vinegar, modified food starch, tomato solids, cayenne pepper sauce [aged cayenne red peppers, vinegar, salt, garlic, maltodextrin], malic acid, autolyzed yeast extract natural smoke flavor (smoke flavor, maltodextrin), sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite.
Product Details
- Brand
- Jack Link's
- Barcode
- 0017082873842
- Nutri-Score
- Grade E
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Is Jack link's, bbq pork seasoned jerky, smoke above or below average on ingredient safety?
Jack link's, bbq pork seasoned jerky, smoke scores 3 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, in the bottom 98% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, 1.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
How should Jack link's, bbq pork seasoned jerky, smoke's 3/5 score be read?
Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Jack link's, bbq pork seasoned jerky, smoke's 3/5 is the average across every mapped ingredient it lists, landing it in the Mixed Evidence 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.