Ranking · United States
Healthiest dried meats
The 20 best-scoring dried meats 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 -
Biltong Original Biltong Depot · 454 g Ultra-processedNo additives Score 82 out of 100 Excellent -
Minis Original Archer · 1 stick 14 g Contains nitrites or nitrates Score 80 out of 100 Excellent -
Naked tender steak slices Brooklyn Biltong · 12 oz High in saltNo additives Score 79 out of 100 Good -
Thinly Sliced Steak Stryve · 5 oz High in saltHigh in saturated fatContains caffeine Score 79 out of 100 Good -
Air-Dried Steak Lineage Provisions · 4 oz High in saltNo additives 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
Most-scanned dried meats
How the dried meats 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 -
Classic Beef Stick Archer · 1 oz Score 68 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 -
Beef Stick Archere · .16 oz Score 68 out of 100 Good -
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 -
Snack Mates Chicken & Apple Mini Sticks New Primal · 28 g Score 35 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
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.