Jack link's, premium cuts beef jerky, original hickory smokehouse
Jack link's, premium cuts beef jerky, original hickory smokehouse by Jack Link's has 4 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 3.3 out of 5, 0.82 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is E, and 2 of its ingredients carry a low safety rating.
- Safety score 0.82 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, premium cuts beef jerky, original hickory smokehouse 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). 4 of its 4 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, premium cuts beef jerky, original hickory smokehouse sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
3.3 Top 93% higher than 7% 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
- Monosodium Glutamate - Safety score: 2/5
- 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
Beef, water, sugar, less than 2% salt, brown sugar, maltodextrin, flavorings, monosodium glutamate, spices, smoke flavor, sodium erythorbate, citric acid, sodium nitrite.
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Jack link's, premium cuts beef jerky, original hickory smokehouse: nearest mean mapped additive safety score and nearest mapped ingredient count among indexable products with at least 3 scored additives, excluding same-brand siblings. Scores describe regulatory and research signals on additives, not dietary advice.
Similar mean additive safety
Nearest products by average mapped safety score. This record: 3.3/5.
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 4.
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Product Details
- Brand
- Jack Link's
- Barcode
- 0017082700100
- 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 cuts beef jerky, original hickory smokehouse rank on ingredient safety?
With an average ingredient safety score of 3.3/5, Jack link's, premium cuts beef jerky, original hickory smokehouse sits behind 93% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, 0.82 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What's behind the 3.3/5 rating on Jack link's, premium cuts beef jerky, original hickory smokehouse?
Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Jack link's, premium cuts beef jerky, original hickory smokehouse's 3.3/5 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.