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BBQ Chicken

Contains FDC Red #3

Chicken jerky made and packaged in Chamberlain, South Dakota, and handcrafted in small batches. It contains sugar, dextrose, modified starches, sodium nitrite and Red #3.

Seed-oil freeNo artificial dyesNo artificial flavorsNo phosphatesNo gluten ingredientsDairy-freeContains corn
$10.00 lowest price at badriverjerky
Price and stock checked Oct 29, 2026
Key nutrition facts

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Ingredients: chicken, sugar, salt, dextrose, spices, tomato powder, onion & garlic powder, corn starch, natural hickory smoke flavor (contains maltodextrin), citric acid, spice extractives (including celery seed), modified potato starch(food starch-modified), trehalose, and modified carrot fiber (isolated carrot product or modified carrot product), salt, sodium nitrite, FDC Red #3
42 / 100
Poor Scored automatically
Weighted as processed meatLow confidence · Scored on 4 of 11 inputs, 2 claims verified
Nutrition facts not available. Scored on its ingredients, processing, sourcing and transparency; the Nutrition part is neutral until we can read the label.Your product? Claim this listing to add the label and it’s scored in full.
Nutrition · counts 20%50
Ingredients · counts 25%42
Processing · counts 25%25
Sourcing · counts 15%50
Transparency · counts 15%50
Why it scores 42
Nutrition 50 · No nutrition facts available; scored mid-range
Ingredients 42 · Sugar, 2nd ingredient (added sugar, −20); Red 3 (synthetic dye, −15); Sodium or potassium nitrite (additive, −15); 1 more
Processing 25 · Jerky with sweeteners, modified starches, smoke flavor, nitrite and Red #3
Sourcing 50 · Made in South Dakota; the chicken's raising and origin aren't stated
Transparency 50 · Full list, but it includes unspecified spices and natural smoke flavor
Contains sugar and dextrose
Contains sodium nitrite
Contains FDC Red #3
Contains modified starches
Evidence behind the Ingredients deductions
Strong evidence−28 for sugar, dextrose
Moderate, evolving−15 for red 3
Varies by additive−15 for sodium or potassium nitrite
Scored Oct 20, 2026 · Scoring guide v3.1 · Updated Oct 20, 2026 · See what changed

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Ingredients
Chicken Sugar Salt Dextrose Spices Tomato powder Onion & garlic powder Corn starch Natural hickory smoke flavor (contains maltodextrin) Citric acid Spice extractives (including celery seed) Modified potato starch(food starch-modified) Trehalose And modified carrot fiber (isolated carrot product or modified carrot product) Salt Sodium nitrite FDC Red #3
17 ingredients 4 to watch2 to avoid
Sourcing

Origin not disclosed on the product page.

Additives5 additives · 1 high risk
Sodium or potassium nitrite (E250, E249)PreservativeHigh risk
Can form nitrosamines in cured meat; IARC classifies processed meat as carcinogenic (Group 1), with nitrites a likely contributor.
Modified starch (E14xx)ThickenerLimited risk
Chemically treated starch; considered safe, but a marker of more processed food.
MaltodextrinFillerLimited risk
Highly processed starch that raises blood sugar quickly and adds no nutrition.
Added sugarSugarLimited risk
Added sugar; the WHO and the US Dietary Guidelines advise keeping added sugars under 10% of daily calories.
Citric acid (E330)AcidNo risk
Usually made by fermentation; considered safe.
Matched from the ingredient list. Risk levels summarise findings from EFSA, the FDA, IARC and published studies; they explain a concern, not a diagnosis.

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