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Ready Harvest Pantry Can – Freeze-Dried Fully Cooked Ground Beef (8.2 oz)

Contains natural flavors

Fully cooked ground beef is freeze-dried for convenient pantry storage and provides 22 g of protein per serving. It also contains natural flavors, sunflower oil, gum arabic and 350 mg sodium per serving.

No added sugarNo artificial dyesNo artificial flavorsNo synthetic preservativesNo added nitritesNo phosphatesGluten-free (label)Dairy-free
$37.99 8.2 oz · lowest price at Thrivalist
Price and stock checked Oct 29, 2026
Key nutrition facts
260caloriesPer serving · 1/2 Cup (41g)
Protein
22g▲
Fiber
0g
Added sugar
0g
Sodium
350mg▲
Saturated fat
7g▼
▲ raises the score · ▼ lowers it · From the product label
Ingredients: Beef, less than 2% salt, natural flavors, grill flavor, natural flavor (from sunflower oil), gum arabic, spice
61 / 100
Fair Scored automatically
Weighted as processed meatHigh confidence · Scored on 10 of 11 inputs, 1 claim verified
Nutrition · counts 20%70
Ingredients · counts 25%91
Processing · counts 25%35
Sourcing · counts 15%50
Transparency · counts 15%50
Why it scores 61
Nutrition 70 · Compared with other processed meats: more saturated fat (7 g), more protein (22 g), less sodium (350 mg); no added sugar per 1/2 Cup
Ingredients 91 · Sunflower oil, in the 2% or less part (seed oil, −5, ClearShelf standard); Natural flavours (additive, −4); no dyes or artificial sweeteners
Processing 35 · Cooked beef is freeze-dried with flavors and gum arabic.
Sourcing 50 · No beef origin or raising practice is stated.
Transparency 50 · Beef is listed, but natural flavors and spice are broad terms.
Contains sunflower oil
Contains natural flavors
Contains gum arabic
350 mg sodium per serving
Evidence behind the Ingredients deductions
Varies by additive−4 for natural flavours
ClearShelf standard−5 for sunflower oil · our house standard, not a medical claim
Scored Oct 20, 2026 · Scoring guide v3.1 · Updated Oct 20, 2026 · See what changed

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Ingredients
Beef Less than 2% salt Natural flavors Grill flavor Natural flavor (from sunflower oil) Gum arabic Spice
7 ingredients 3 to watch1 to avoid
Sourcing

Origin not disclosed on the product page.

Additives3 additives · 2 limited risk
Seed oilFatLimited risk
ClearShelf standard: we lower the Ingredients score when seed oils are used. This is our house standard, not a medical claim. Research is mixed; major health groups have not found harm at typical intakes.
Natural flavoursFlavouringLimited risk
An undisclosed mix of extracts and carriers; the label doesn’t say what’s in it or how it was made.
Gum arabic (acacia) (E414)ThickenerNo risk
A natural tree-sap fibre; EFSA found no safety concern in 2017.
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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