Slim Jim mills beef and cheese single small on side of end cap
Slim Jim mills beef and cheese single small on side of end cap by Slim Jim 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, 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
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 Slim Jim mills beef and cheese single small on side of end cap 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 Slim Jim mills beef and cheese single small on side of end cap 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
- 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 STICK: BEEF, SALT, WATER, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF; CORN SYRUP, DEXTROSE, SPICES, NATURAL SMOKE FLAVOR, NATURAL FLAVOR, SODIUM ERYTHORBATE, HYDROLYZED SOY PROTEIN, LACTIC ACID STARTER CULTURE, SODIUM NITRITE. PASTEURIZED PROCESS CHEDDAR CHEESE STICK: PASTEURIZED PROCESS CHEDDAR CHEESE (CULTURED PASTEURIZED MILK, WATER, SALT, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, NATURAL FLAVORING, SORBIC ACID [PRESERVATIVE], COLOR [PAPRIKA AND TURMERIC EXTRACT], ENZYMES).
Product Details
- Brand
- Slim Jim
- Barcode
- 0026200112008
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Is Slim Jim mills beef and cheese single small on side of end cap above or below average on ingredient safety?
With an average ingredient safety score of 3/5, Slim Jim mills beef and cheese single small on side of end cap 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 does a 3/5 ingredient safety score mean?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Slim Jim mills beef and cheese single small on side of end cap'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.