Jack Link's, Jack Links Nutri-Score E NOVA 4

Kippered beef steak bites, teriyaki

Kippered beef steak bites, teriyaki: 3/5 ingredient safety

Kippered beef steak bites, teriyaki by Jack Link's, Jack Links 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

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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 Kippered beef steak bites, teriyaki, 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 Kippered beef steak bites, teriyaki 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

3
Mixed Evidence
Average ingredient safety: 3 out of 5
Based on 2 tracked ingredients
2
Tracked Ingredients
1
Concerning
1
Low Risk / Safe
E
Nutri-Score
1 ingredient flagged for safety concerns

Ingredient Safety Breakdown

Processing Level

4
NOVA Group 4
Ultra-processed foods

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, brown sugar, fructose, water, contains 2% or less of salt, hydrolyzed soy protein, flavorings, pineapple juice solids, teriyaki sauce solids (soy sauce [soybeans, salt, wheat], sake, apple cider vinegar, garlic, mustard, ginger, black and white pepper, modified food starch, maltodextrin, sucrose, fructose), orange juice solids, sherry wine solids, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite. treated with solution of potassium sorbate, green tea extract, and rosemary extract to ensure freshness.

Product Details

Barcode
0017082886026
Nutri-Score
Grade E
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

Where does Kippered beef steak bites, teriyaki rank on ingredient safety?

With an average ingredient safety score of 3/5, Kippered beef steak bites, teriyaki sits behind 98% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, 1.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What's behind the 3/5 rating on Kippered beef steak bites, teriyaki?

The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Kippered beef steak bites, teriyaki's mapped ingredients average out to 3/5, 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.