Ranking · United States
Healthiest beef jerkies
The 20 best-scoring beef jerkies products sold in the US, ranked by GoodSwap score. Every score comes with a receipt, and brands can’t pay for a place.
Catalog of Oct 11, 2026 · score v1.3.0 · kb 2026.10.11 · How this ranking works
Ranked by score
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Jerky's Gourmet Premium Beef Jerky Black Pepper Jerky’s Gourmet · 1 oz No additives Score 97 out of 100 Excellent -
Carne seca Vaquero Bandito · 56 g No additives Score 96 out of 100 Excellent -
Beef Jerkey Villa paraíso · 1 oz No additives Score 96 out of 100 Excellent -
Beef Stick Dauntless Snacks · 28 g Score 94 out of 100 Excellent -
Grass-Fed Beef Stick Kirkland · 1.15 oz Contains nitrites or nitrates Score 82 out of 100 Excellent -
Minis Original Archer · 1 stick 14 g Contains nitrites or nitrates Score 80 out of 100 Excellent -
Thinly Sliced Steak Stryve · 5 oz High in saltHigh in saturated fatContains caffeine Score 79 out of 100 Good -
Fatty Jalapeño Smoked Meat Stick Sweetwood Smoke & Co USA · 2 oz High in saltHigh in saturated fat Score 79 out of 100 Good -
GRASS-FED BEEF JERKY Mustard BBQ Archer · 2 oz High in saltContains seed oilsNo additives Score 79 out of 100 Good -
Grass-Fed Beef Jerky Spicy Archer · 2 oz High in saltNo additivesSeed-oil free Score 79 out of 100 Good -
Garlic Biltong Kalahari Biltong · 2 oz High in saltContains caffeine Score 79 out of 100 Good -
Old Fashioned Beef Jerky Bar X Brand No additives Score 79 out of 100 Good -
Birria-Inspired Beef Strip Epic · 0.8 oz High in saltHigh in saturated fatNo additives Score 79 out of 100 Good -
Simply Smoked Beef Jerky 44 Farms · 3.0 oz No additives Score 79 out of 100 Good -
Grass-Fed Beef Jerky Classic Country Archer Provisions High in saltContains seed oilsNo additives Score 79 out of 100 Good -
Tender Slices Air Dried Beef Brooklyn Naked High in saltNo additives Score 79 out of 100 Good -
Beef jerky chips Wicked Cutz · 1 unit High in saltNo additives Score 79 out of 100 Good -
Carne Seca Vaquero Bandido · 2 oz High in saltNo additives Score 79 out of 100 Good -
New York Strip Carnivore Snax · 5 oz High in saturated fatNo additives Score 79 out of 100 Good -
Spicy Peri Peri Biltong Kalahari Biltong · 2 oz High in saltContains caffeine Score 79 out of 100 Good
Most-scanned beef jerkies
How the beef jerkies products people scan most often in the US compare, most scanned first.
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Archer Original Beef Stick Mini Archer · 0.5 oz (14 g) Score 72 out of 100 Good -
Original Beef Stick Chomps · 1.15 oz (33 g) Score 75 out of 100 Good -
Original Beef Mini Stick Chomps · 0.5 oz/14 g Score 75 out of 100 Good -
Original Recipe Smoked Shorty Sausages Duke's · 142 g Score 29 out of 100 Poor -
American Wagyu Beef Jerky Snake River Farms · 283 g Score 29 out of 100 Poor -
Steak Strips Beef Snacks Member's Mark · 12 oz Score 9 out of 100 Bad -
Beef Jerky Original Jack Link's · 2.85 oz Score 8 out of 100 Bad -
Pork Jerky Golden Island · 14.5 oz/411 g Score 26 out of 100 Poor -
100% Grass-Fed Beef Minis Archer · 16 unit Score 72 out of 100 Good -
Grass-Fed Beef Jerky Mango Habanero Archer · 16 oz Score 31 out of 100 Poor -
Original Beef Jerky Tillamook Country Smoker Score 66 out of 100 Good -
Beef Jerky Old Trapper · 10 oz Score 19 out of 100 Bad -
Grass-Fed Beef Jerky Archer · 2.5 oz Score 14 out of 100 Bad -
Beef Jerky Teriyaki Jack Link's · 2.85 oz Score 31 out of 100 Poor -
Old Fashioned Beef Jerky Old Trapper · 18 oz Score 14 out of 100 Bad -
Grass-Fed Beef Jerky Teriyaki Archer · 2.5 oz Score 35 out of 100 Poor -
Organic Original Beef Jerky Simply Nature · 71 g Score 38 out of 100 Poor -
Beef Jerky Original Jack Link's · 280 g Score 8 out of 100 Bad -
Beef Jerky Teriyaki Jack Link's · 3.25 oz Score 41 out of 100 Okay -
O.G. Hickory Savory & Smoky Beef Stick Righteous Felon Score 52 out of 100 Okay -
Original beef jerky Jack Link's Score 31 out of 100 Poor -
Beef Jerky Original Jack Link's · 8 oz Score 8 out of 100 Bad -
Beef Jerky Teriyaki Jack Link's · 16 oz Score 30 out of 100 Poor -
Jack Links Beef Steak Jerky Original Muscle Milk · 2 oz Score 26 out of 100 Poor
How this ranking works
Products are ordered by their GoodSwap score, the same 0–100 score and receipt the app shows: ingredients, processing and nutrition, with every point tied to a source. Only products sold in the US whose score has medium or high confidence are ranked, and a tie goes to the more-scanned product. A score can change when a recipe or our published method changes; each product page shows the versions behind its number.