Caution

DUOS

by Jack Link's

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0017082015150 · Jack Link's · Meat-snack. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0017082015150 · Serving size 1 container (81 g)

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
One flagged · 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.

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.

82015150 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

DUOS label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 85/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 34 ing. REG-PART 38% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 2% LEAD-FLAG Sodium Nitrite PHOTO-FINISH Korean BBQ PORK · ±0 BOOK-OFF …015150 · July 2026

13 of 34 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sodium Nitrite). Source sheet 82015150 · 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.

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

1. DUOS: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. DUOS85/1002. 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 DUOS (85/100) outside Jack Link's.
Chart values as text

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

DUOS
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. 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

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%). Below this entry. 20–22: 3 products (5%). Below this entry. 22–24: 1 products (2%). Below this entry. 24–26: 1 products (2%). Below this entry. 26–28: 1 products (2%). Below this entry. 28–30: 3 products (5%). Below this entry. 34–36: 1 products (2%). This entry sits in this band. 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: 34 (98th 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.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

How the 85/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 34 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Chicken
2
Water
3
Dextrose
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Cut Back GRAS
4
Cayenne Pepper Sauce
5
Aged Cayenne Red Peppers
6
Distilled Vinegar
7
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
8
Garlic Powder
9
Corn Syrup
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, TEXTURIZER
Cut Back GRAS
10
Or Less Of Rice Bran
11
Glycerin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, HUMECTANT, MASTICATORY SUBSTANCE, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
12
Maltodextrin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
13
Natural And Artificial Flavors
14
Dried Vinegar
15
Hydrolyzed Corn Protein
16
Msg
17
Sodium Diacetate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe GRAS
18
Paprika
19
Color
20
Citric Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, ENZYME, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Safe GRAS
21
Corn Starch
22
Disodium Inosinate And Disodium Guanylate
23
Paprika Extract
24
Or Less Of Corn Syrup
25
Natural Flavors
26
Rice Bran
27
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
28
Sunflower Oil
29
Torula yeast
Flavoring
Safe
30
Modified Food Starch
31
Autolyzed yeast extract
Flavoring
Certain People Should Avoid
32
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
33
Malic Acid
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SYNERGIST
Safe GRAS
34
Sodium Nitrite
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROPELLANT
Avoid Prior Sanctioned

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.

Categories

Meat-snack

High-score cross-brand comparables for DUOS

Neighbours outside Jack Link's with screening scores in the same high band as DUOS (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

Sodium Nitrite is the first flagged ingredient selected from DUOS's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 34-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Sodium Nitrite. Open Sodium Nitrite
  • Compare DUOS'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 0017082015150: 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.