Original Smokehouse Beef Jerky
Original Smokehouse Beef Jerky by Kroger 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
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 Original Smokehouse Beef Jerky 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 Original Smokehouse Beef Jerky 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
Beef, water, brown sugar, corn syrup, contains 2% or less of: potassium chloride, salt, flavorings, citric acid, hydrolyzed soy protein, sodium nitrite.
Product Details
- Brand
- Kroger
- Barcode
- 0011110801005
- Nutri-Score
- Grade E
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
- Stores
- Kroger
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Frequently asked questions
Where does Original Smokehouse Beef Jerky rank on ingredient safety?
Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Original Smokehouse Beef Jerky's 3.5/5 average puts it in the lower 91%, 0.62 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
How should Original Smokehouse Beef Jerky's 3.5/5 score be read?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Original Smokehouse Beef Jerky's mapped ingredients average out to 3.5/5, which is the Mixed Evidence tier.
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