All American Beef & Cheese Snack Sticks

Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 10 ingredients to avoid

Jack Link's All American Beef & Cheese Snack Sticks scores 5/100 on Tallow — our avoid band. That number comes from what is on the label: the ingredients, how processed it is, and what it is packaged in. Per serving it carries 8g protein and 1g sugar. It is not a verdict on your diet — Tallow does not weigh calories, portion size or how often you eat it, so a high score means the ingredients are clean, not that the food is unlimited.

Jack Link's All American Beef & Cheese Snack Sticks lists 27 ingredients, starting with Beefstick: Beef, Water, Salt, Corn Syrup and Flavors. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

88 kcal per serving, or 259 kcal per 100g. Calories are only part of the picture — Tallow scores Jack Link's All American Beef & Cheese Snack Sticks on what the ingredients are, not how many calories they carry.

At 5/100 Jack Link's All American Beef & Cheese Snack Sticks scores worse than most jerky & meat snacks we have scored. A higher-scoring option in jerky & meat snacks is Brooklyn Biltong Naked Classic Tender Steak Slices at 95/100.