Safe

Teriyaki

by Jack Link's

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0017082889669 · Jack Link's · Meat-snack. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0017082889669 · Serving size 1 stick (52 g)

The verdict

Teriyaki by Jack Link's scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 29 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The 29-component label is layered, beginning with Beef, Water, Brown Sugar. 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.

95/100
Safe safety score
1
One flagged · of 29 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0017082889669
Barcode (UPC/EAN)

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

67/100

Grade B-

Ingredient Safety

95/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

N/A

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.

82889669 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Teriyaki label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-LAYERED 29 ing. REG-SPARSE 24% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 7% LEAD-FLAG Fructose PHOTO-FINISH Angus beef meatballs · ±0 BOOK-OFF …889669 · July 2026

7 of 29 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Fructose). Source sheet 82889669 · 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: Angus beef meatballs · Nearest score peer is Angus beef meatballs at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

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

Within the four-tier shelf-label framework this site publishes, the composite for this product falls in the highest band. That band is defined by a threshold on the derived score alone: it is where labels land once components carrying caution-or-worse registry ratings contribute little or nothing to the deduction. The band is a summary of what the screened registries return for the components that were parsed, so it inherits their coverage gaps — a component absent from both registries neither raises nor lowers the figure. The threshold and the weighting behind it are set out on the methodology page.

No Nutri-Score grade is present for this record in the OpenFoodFacts snapshot this page is built from. The nutritional dimension is absent rather than assessed and withheld: the grade depends on a complete declared nutrition panel, and community-contributed records vary in how much of that panel they carry. Nothing about the missing grade implies anything either way about the panel itself. The screen below covers additive ratings only and does not depend on the nutrition figures.

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. Teriyaki: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Teriyaki95/1002. Angus beef meatballs: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Angus beef meatballs95/1003. MEATBALLS ITALIAN STYLE: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. MEATBALLS ITALIAN STYLE95/1004. MEATBALLS SWEDISH STYLE: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. MEATBALLS SWEDISH STYLE95/1005. Meatballs: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Meatballs95/100
High-band neighbours for Teriyaki (95/100) outside Jack Link's.
Chart values as text

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

Teriyaki
95/100
Angus beef meatballs
95/100
MEATBALLS ITALIAN STYLE
95/100
MEATBALLS SWEDISH STYLE
95/100
Meatballs
95/100

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. Teriyaki scores 2.5 points below that category average (95/100 vs. 97.5/100), so it is roughly typical for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Meat-snack products

Teriyaki lists 29 ingredients on its label

29 93rd percentile a longer ingredient list than 93% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 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: 29 (93rd 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, WATER, BROWN SUGAR, FRUCTOSE, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF SALT, SEA SALT, FLAVORS, MALTODEXTRIN, SOY SAUCE (SOYBEANS, SALT, SUGAR), YEAST EXTRACT, CULTURED CELERY EXTRACT, PINEAPPLE JUICE, MOLASSES, WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE (DISTILLED VINEGAR, MOLASSES, CORN SYRUP SALT, CARAMEL COLOR, GARLIC POWDER, SUGAR, SPICES, TAMARIND, NATURAL FLAVORS, SULFITING AGENTS), LACTIC ACID STARTER CULTURE, CASING (MALT EXTRACT, PAPRIKA OLEORESIN)

Other products containing Corn Syrup Salt

Corn Syrup Salt is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 10 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Meat-snack

High-score cross-brand comparables for Teriyaki

Neighbours outside Jack Link's with screening scores in the same high band as Teriyaki (95/100 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 Teriyaki's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 29-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Fructose. Open Fructose
  • Compare 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 0017082889669: 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.