Jack link's, premium cut turkey jerky, original
Jack link's, premium cut turkey jerky, original by Jack Link's has 2 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 3.5 out of 5, 0.62 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 0.62 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
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How This Score Is Built
This 1-5 scale is an editorially-derived index, not an official government rating -- it synthesizes FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research. For Jack link's, premium cut turkey jerky, original, 2 of its 2 tracked ingredients carry a scored rating so far, current as of 2026-09-07.
Data draws on Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records -- cross-check with the FDA → directly, or read how we score it.
Where Jack link's, premium cut turkey jerky, original sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
3.5 Top 91% higher than 9% 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
Turkey breast, water, sugar, less than 2% molasses powder (refinery syrup, cane molasses), salt, brown sugar, hydrolyzed corn protein, soy sauce powder (wheat, soybeans, salt, maltodextrin), flavoring, turkey flavor (autolyzed yeast extract, turkey broth powder, natural flavor), paprika extract, sodium nitrite.
Product Details
- Brand
- Jack Link's
- Barcode
- 0017082873293
- Nutri-Score
- Grade E
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Where does Jack link's, premium cut turkey jerky, original rank on ingredient safety?
Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Jack link's, premium cut turkey jerky, original's 3.5/5 average puts it in the lower 91%, 0.62 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What's behind the 3.5/5 rating on Jack link's, premium cut turkey jerky, original?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Jack link's, premium cut turkey jerky, original's mapped ingredients average out to 3.5/5, which is 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.