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Kalahari Biltong KALAHARI BILTONG Air Dried, Thinly Sliced Beef Original

KALAHARI BILTONG Air Dried, Thinly Sliced Beef Original

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Contaminants · 4

2 at/over limit
From lab tests of this product’s family
Kalahari Biltong Air Dried Beef
This product wasn’t tested · results may differ

In the family’s tests: measured by an independent lab and compared against published safety limits.

Cadmium46 ppbof 5 ppb
Over the limit — 9.2×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L
Measured in: Kalahari Biltong Air Dried Thinly Sliced Beef Garlic
Arsenic42 ppbof 10 ppb
Over the limit — 4.2×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.010 mg/L (= EPA MCL)
Measured in: Kalahari Biltong Air Dried Thinly Sliced Beef Garlic
LeadNDof 5 ppb
Not detectedFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L
Measured in: Kalahari Biltong Air Dried Thinly Sliced Beef Garlic
MercuryNDof 2 ppb
Not detectedFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.002 mg/L
Measured in: Kalahari Biltong Air Dried Thinly Sliced Beef Garlic

Ingredients · 9

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Common questions

Is KALAHARI BILTONG Air Dried, Thinly Sliced Beef Original healthy?

KALAHARI BILTONG Air Dried, Thinly Sliced Beef Original scores 16/100 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, plus lab results from its product family, Kalahari Biltong Air Dried Beef. 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.

What is in KALAHARI BILTONG Air Dried, Thinly Sliced Beef Original?

KALAHARI BILTONG Air Dried, Thinly Sliced Beef Original lists 9 ingredients, starting with Beef, Vinegar, Salt, Black and White Pepper and Organic Garlic Powder. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does KALAHARI BILTONG Air Dried, Thinly Sliced Beef Original contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in KALAHARI BILTONG Air Dried, Thinly Sliced Beef Original’s ingredient list matches a seed oil — canola, soybean, corn, cottonseed, grapeseed, sunflower, safflower, rice bran or peanut oil, or an unspecified "vegetable oil".

How processed is KALAHARI BILTONG Air Dried, Thinly Sliced Beef Original?

KALAHARI BILTONG Air Dried, Thinly Sliced Beef Original is NOVA group 3: processed, but not ultra-processed. NOVA runs 1 to 4, where 1 is whole food and 4 is ultra-processed.

How does KALAHARI BILTONG Air Dried, Thinly Sliced Beef Original compare to other jerky & meat snacks?

At 16/100 KALAHARI BILTONG Air Dried, Thinly Sliced Beef Original 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.

Is KALAHARI BILTONG Air Dried, Thinly Sliced Beef Original organic?

KALAHARI BILTONG Air Dried, Thinly Sliced Beef Original is not certified organic in our data.

Has KALAHARI BILTONG Air Dried, Thinly Sliced Beef Original been lab tested?

Not this product itself. It shares a base recipe (Air-dried thinly sliced beef with vinegar, salt and spices; no cocoa, rice, nut or protein powder) with the other products in its family, Kalahari Biltong Air Dried Beef, and 1 product in its family has been lab tested. This product is scored with the worst result for each contaminant across those tests. Those results are in the family's Contaminants section above; its own results may differ.

Does KALAHARI BILTONG Air Dried, Thinly Sliced Beef Original contain heavy metals?

KALAHARI BILTONG Air Dried, Thinly Sliced Beef Original itself has not been tested for heavy metals, but other products in its family, which share its base recipe, have: a lab detected arsenic at 42 ppb against a 10 ppb limit in Kalahari Biltong Air Dried Thinly Sliced Beef Garlic and cadmium at 46 ppb against a 5 ppb limit in Kalahari Biltong Air Dried Thinly Sliced Beef Garlic. This product is scored with the worst result for each contaminant across those tests. Its own results may differ.

Full methodology: how we score products.

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