Jack link's, turkey snack bites, original
Jack link's, turkey snack bites, original by Jack Link's has 5 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 3.2 out of 5, 0.92 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 0.92 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
Snacks
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. 5 of 5 ingredients tracked for Jack link's, turkey snack bites, original have 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 Jack link's, turkey snack bites, original sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
3.2 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
Turkey thigh, mechanically separated turkey, water, contains 2% or less of brown sugar, sugar, turkey broth, dextrose, flavoring, monosodium glutamate, dry soy sauce [(wheat, soybeans, salt), maltodextrin], hydrolyzed corn protein, autolyzed yeast extract, salt, sodium erythorbate, glycerin, sodium lactate, sodium diacetate, paprika, sodium nitrite, beef collagen casing, potassium sorbate to ensure freshness.
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Jack link's, turkey snack bites, original: 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: 3.2/5.
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 5.
Product Details
- Brand
- Jack Link's
- Barcode
- 0017082874351
- 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, turkey snack bites, original above or below average on ingredient safety?
Jack link's, turkey snack bites, original scores 3.2 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, in the bottom 93% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, 0.92 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What does a 3.2/5 ingredient safety score mean?
Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Jack link's, turkey snack bites, original's 3.2/5 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.