How bad is Jack Link's Beef Jerky for you?
Chef's answer
A one-ounce serving of Jack Links Cholula Hot Sauce Beef Jerky packs 690 mg of sodium. Since it's easy to wolf down two or three servings in a sitting, you could be consuming over 2,000 mg of sodium. Yikes! Sugar can be an additional concern.
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Jack Link's Beef Jerky is an American snack company best known as the producer and marketer of the eponymous brand of beef jerky. It was founded by John 'Jack' Link in 1986. ... In addition to traditional beef jerky, the company also manufactures bacon jerky, made with salt-and-sugar cured pork meat..
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Based on the Link family signature recipe, our Original Beef Jerky is slowly cooked over a special blend of hardwoods for the classic flavor America loves. ... Marinated in our signature blend of herbs and spices and slow roasted over hardwood smoke. No added MSG. No added nitrates..
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The jerky will probably have the best results if you use some sort of seasoning that is composed of a lot of sugar. The sugar will help bind with the water and meat, allowing the jerky to stay more moist while still having a low water activity typical for jerky..
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We know it's hard to stay on track with your nutrition goals, so let us help. Meet Jack Link's Zero Sugar Beef Jerky. Yes, you heard us right, zero sugar. In this bag is delicious, gluten free, keto-friendly jerky with all the taste you've come to love from Jack Link's, but with zero sugar..
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Made with 100% Premium Beef* Our Original Beef Jerky made of lean cuts of 100% premium beef. It's 96% fat free and has no added MSG or nitrates/nitrites..
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A one-ounce serving of Jack Links Cholula Hot Sauce Beef Jerky packs 690 mg of sodium. Since it's easy to wolf down two or three servings in a sitting, you could be consuming over 2,000 mg of sodium. Yikes! Sugar can be an additional concern.
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We use the leanest cuts of meat, slice them into snack-worthy strips and then follow a 100-year-old family recipe to perfectly craft our jerky. Our meat is marinated with select, premium ingredients and a unique blend of herbs which gives Jack Link'sTM its remarkable flavor..
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