Caution

Beef Tender Bites Teriyaki

by Jack Link's

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0017082014580 · Jack Link's · Meat-snack. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0017082014580 · Serving size 1 portion (28 g)

The verdict

Beef Tender Bites Teriyaki by Jack Link's scores 85/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 18 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The 18-component label is layered, beginning with Beef, Sugar, Water. Start with any flagged rows, then check the nutrition grade and serving size instead of treating one roll-up score as the whole decision. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

85/100
Caution safety score
1
One flagged · of 18 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
E
Nutri-Score nutrition grade

Computed directly from OpenFoodFacts ingredient data cross-referenced with FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. See our methodology for the scoring formula.

Composite profile score

One verdict from three independent sources

50/100

Grade C-

Ingredient Safety

85/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

E

Nutri-Score front-of-pack nutrition grade

Weighted 50% ingredient safety / 25% processing level / 25% nutrition grade. A dimension with no data for this product (common: source coverage is partial) is dropped and its weight redistributes across the remaining dimensions, so missing data never silently lowers the score. See the full benchmark table.

82014580 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Beef Tender Bites Teriyaki label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 85/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-LAYERED 18 ing. REG-PART 33% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-MID Len top 22% LEAD-FLAG Fructose PHOTO-FINISH Korean BBQ PORK · ±0 BOOK-OFF …014580 · July 2026

6 of 18 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Fructose). Source sheet 82014580 · Open Food Facts · July 2026. The screening score and flag counts are in the verdict band above. This desk is the provenance stamp, not a second scorecard. Methodology · Read with nearest score peer: Korean BBQ PORK · Nearest score peer is Korean BBQ PORK at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

The composite for this product falls in the second band of the four-tier framework. That band collects labels whose registry-rated components pull the derived score down measurably without dominating it. Position inside a band is not visible from the band name, and two labels sharing it can differ in how many components were rated and how severely. This is a threshold on an index computed here from public data, not a regulatory classification of any kind; the exact cut-offs are published on the methodology page.

Nutri-Score assigned its lowest band to this label. The algorithm reserves that grade for nutrition panels where the values it penalises sit well above the components it credits. The two systems on this page measure genuinely different things: a product can hold this grade while carrying no additive flagged by the registries screened below, and a product graded well can carry several. Neither reading substitutes for the other, and the per-component table is where the additive picture is set out.

A mid-length component list was parsed from this label. There are enough separate entries for the screen to match several independently, while each matched entry still carries visible weight in the resulting index. Lists of this size are the most common shape in the catalogue, which makes the composite here easier to place against comparable products than at either extreme.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Beef Tender Bites Teriyaki: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Beef Tender Bites Teriyaki85/1002. Korean BBQ PORK: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Korean BBQ PORK85/1003. Premium Cuts Beef Jerky, Original: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Premium Cuts Beef Jerky, …85/1004. CHAI TEA LATTE: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. CHAI TEA LATTE85/1005. Beef Steak: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Beef Steak85/100
High-band neighbours for Beef Tender Bites Teriyaki (85/100) outside Jack Link's.
Chart values as text

Unit: PlainFoodSafe screening score out of 100. Data current as of July 2026.

Beef Tender Bites Teriyaki
85/100
Korean BBQ PORK
85/100
Premium Cuts Beef Jerky, Original
85/100
CHAI TEA LATTE
85/100
Beef Steak
85/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 61 products we've scored in the Meat-snack category, the average safety score is 97.5/100. Beef Tender Bites Teriyaki scores 12.5 points below that category average (85/100 vs. 97.5/100), so it is a comparatively weaker pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Meat-snack products

Beef Tender Bites Teriyaki lists 18 ingredients on its label

18 78th percentile a longer ingredient list than 78% of the 58 products we track

4–6: 1 products (2%). Below this entry. 8–10: 6 products (10%). Below this entry. 10–12: 14 products (24%). Below this entry. 12–14: 10 products (17%). Below this entry. 14–16: 10 products (17%). Below this entry. 16–18: 4 products (7%). Below this entry. 18–20: 3 products (5%). This entry sits in this band. 20–22: 3 products (5%). Above this entry. 22–24: 1 products (2%). Above this entry. 24–26: 1 products (2%). Above this entry. 26–28: 1 products (2%). Above this entry. 28–30: 3 products (5%). Above this entry. 34–36: 1 products (2%). Above this entry. This product 4 36 every published Meat-snack product, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more products. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Distribution as text

58 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 18 (78th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

4–6
1 products (2%)
8–10
6 products (10%)
10–12
14 products (24%)
12–14
10 products (17%)
14–16
10 products (17%)
16–18
4 products (7%)
18–20
3 products (5%)
20–22
3 products (5%)
22–24
1 products (2%)
24–26
1 products (2%)
26–28
1 products (2%)
28–30
3 products (5%)
34 and above
1 products (2%)

Source Open Food Facts, product label ingredient lists · July 2026

Ingredient-list length is a descriptive property of the label, not a safety rating. A longer list is not automatically worse and a shorter one is not automatically better; the count is shown so the label can be placed against a comparable population. The comparison here runs against the 58 Meat-snack products we publish with a parsed label, not against the whole catalogue, because list length varies far more between categories than within one.

Full Ingredient List

BEEF, SUGAR, WATER, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF SALT, SOY SAUCE (WHEAT, SOYBEANS, SALT), FRUCTOSE, FLAVORS, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, HYDROLYZED CORN PROTEIN, MALTODEXTRIN, SODIUM ERYTHORBATE, PAPRIKA EXTRACT, SODIUM NITRITE, TREATED WITH A SOLUTION OF POTASSIUM SORBATE TO ENSURE FRESHNESS, SOY, WHEAT

Other products containing Treated With A Solution Of Potassium Sorbate To Ensure Freshness

Treated With A Solution Of Potassium Sorbate To Ensure Freshness is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 4 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Meat-snack

High-score cross-brand comparables for Beef Tender Bites Teriyaki

Neighbours outside Jack Link's with screening scores in the same high band as Beef Tender Bites Teriyaki (85/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Jack Link's; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Fructose is the first flagged ingredient selected from Beef Tender Bites Teriyaki's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 18-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Fructose. Open Fructose
  • Compare Beef Tender Bites Teriyaki's 1 flagged ingredients with a product from the same score neighbourhood. Compare labels
  • Check how caution flags contribute to the derived screening score before drawing a dietary conclusion. Read the method

This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 0017082014580: product data from Open Food Facts (July 2026). Screening from FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine where attached. Figures are computed from those sources, not editor-typed. Methodology. Reference only, not dietary or medical advice.