DUOS
by Jack Link's
Scores 85/100 on FDA SAFFA + CSPI ingredient analysis , with 1 flagged ingredient identified.
The verdict
DUOS by Jack Link's scores 85/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 34 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 34-component record, beginning with Chicken, Water, Dextrose. That density can include amounts and label fragments, so verify the physical label before relying on ingredient order or completeness. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.
- 85/100
- Caution safety score
- 1
- flagged ingredient of 34 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.
82015150 · Open Food Facts · July 2026
DUOS label screening desk
DUOS screens 85/100 with 1 flagged of 34 parsed ingredients. 13 of 34 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sodium Nitrite). Derived index from public OFF + FDA SAFFA + CSPI data — not an official FDA rating; see methodology. Methodology · Read with nearest score peer: Mango Jalepno Duos (0 pts).
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.
This label parsed into a long component list. Where many entries are screened at once, the composite tends to reflect the overall mix of registry ratings returned rather than the rating of any one entry. Longer declarations also carry more sub-listed and compound entries, where a parenthetical group is resolved into its parts, so the parsed count can exceed what a reader counts on the packaging.
Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood
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. DUOS 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
DUOS lists 34 ingredients on its label
34 98th percentile a longer ingredient list than 98% of the 58 products we track
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Distribution as text
- 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.
Ingredient Safety Analysis
Full Ingredient List
BUFFALO STYLE CHICKEN BITES: CHICKEN, WATER, DEXTROSE,, CAYENNE PEPPER SAUCE (AGED CAYENNE RED PEPPERS, DISTILLED VINEGAR, SALT, GARLIC POWDER), CORN SYRUP, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF RICE BRAN, GLYCERIN,, MALTODEXTRIN, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, SALT, VINEGAR, HYDROLYZED CORN PROTEIN, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, SODIUM DIACETATE, PAPRIKA (COLOR),, CITRIC ACID, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, DISODIUM INOSINATE AND DISODIUM GUANYLATE, PAPRIKA EXTRACT (COLOR), SODIUM NITRITE. RANCH CHICKEN BITES:, CHICKEN, WATER, DEXTROSE, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF CORN SYRUP, FLAVORS, SALT,, GLYCERIN, MALTODEXTRIN, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, RICE BRAN, SUGAR,, SUNFLOWER OIL, TORULA YEAST, VINEGAR, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, CITRIC ACID, DISODIUM INOSINATE AND DISODIUM GUANYLATE, LACTIC ACID,, MALIC ACID, SODIUM NITRITE, SODIUM DIACETATE.
Other products containing Or Less Of Corn Syrup
Or Less Of Corn Syrup is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 130 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 2026. Source: OpenFoodFacts, FDA SAFFA, CSPI Chemical Cuisine.
Product data from OpenFoodFacts (ODbL). Ingredient safety ratings from FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine. See our methodology for details.
This information is for reference only and does not constitute dietary or medical advice.
More from Jack Link's
Cross-brand products with similar screening profiles
Two PlainFoodSafe-derived peer sets for DUOS, both outside the Jack Link's brand so the neighborhoods are not catalog containment (the More-from block above stays brand-local).
Similar safety score
Nearest cross-brand products by ingredient screening score (85/100 here).
Similar ingredient-count peers
Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (34 here).
Every figure on PlainFoodSafe is rendered directly from OpenFoodFacts and FDA data, no number is typed in by an editor. Product figures are computed directly from OpenFoodFacts, FDA SAFFA, and CSPI Chemical Cuisine data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of July 2026.
