Jalepeno Cheese Stick
Jalepeno Cheese Stick by Jack Links 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
Dairies / Fermented foods / Fermented milk products / Cheeses / Snack-stick
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. 2 of 2 ingredients tracked for Jalepeno Cheese Stick 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 Jalepeno Cheese Stick 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
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more scored products. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
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
PASTEURIZED PROCESS AMERICAN CHEESE WITH JALAPEÑOS: CULTURED PASTEURIZED MILK, WATER, RED AND GREEN JALAPEÑO PEPPERS, SALT, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, SORBIC ACID [PRESERVATIVE], NATURAL FLAYORING, ENZYMES. MEAT STICK: PORK, BEEF, WATER, SUGAR, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF SALT, FLAVORS, CHILI PEPPER, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE HYDROLYZED CORN PROTEIN, DEHYDRATED TOMATO, RICE BRAN, ENCAPSULATED LACTIC ACID, SAFFLOWER OIL, ENCAPSULATED CITRIC ACID, SODIUM NITRITE. CONTAINS: MILK
Product Details
- Brand
- Jack Links
- Barcode
- 0028400733274
- Nutri-Score
- Grade E
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
Find Products
Frequently asked questions
Is Jalepeno Cheese Stick above or below average on ingredient safety?
Jalepeno Cheese Stick scores 3.5 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, in the bottom 91% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, 0.62 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What's behind the 3.5/5 rating on Jalepeno Cheese Stick?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Jalepeno Cheese Stick'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.