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Very Bad (2/10) Jerky Ingredient Ratings

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Very Bad (2/10) Jerky Ingredients ratings: 23

Very Bad (2/10) Jerky Ingredient Ratings
Name: Artificial Color
Description: An artificial substance used to achieve a specific color in a food. That can be achieved in many different ways, and most likely not healthy at all being artificial.
Rating: 2/10
Name: BHA
Description: An abbreviation for butylated hydroxyanisole. Used as a preservative in food. While “generally recognized as safe” (gras), there is evidence to suggest that it is carcinogenic.
Rating: 2/10
Name: Bourbon Flavor
Description: Artificially flavored bourbon, a cheap alternative to real bourbon, which is expensive. Ingredients can vary, but very likely not to be healthy.
Rating: 2/10
Name: Cola
Description: a carbonated soft drink. Not considered to be healthy. Generally high in sugar, and often use artificial color.
Rating: 2/10
Name: Collagen Casing Beef Colored
Description: Comes from layer of beef hide. The coloring is normally achieved from using an artificial ingredient. Processed and refined to package sausages or meat sticks. Normally has a tender bite, and snap sound when biting the product. The production of collagen can vary widely, and not considered to be healthy.
Rating: 2/10
Name: Cure
Description: A mix of salt and sodium nitrite. While not always true, sodium nitrite should ideally be less than 1% of the mix. In some cures, the sodium nitrite content can be 4%-7%, which is way too much, Sodium nitrite is not so healthy.
Rating: 2/10
Name: Dimethylpolysiloxane
Description: Used as an anti-foaming, anti-caking agent, and an emulsifier. A fairly common ingredient in the fast food industry, and also has industrial uses. Not believed to be healthy at all.
Rating: 2/10
Name: High Fructose Corn Syrup
Description: A group of corn syrups that convert some glucose to fructose. A cheaper way of using real sugar, using corn to sweeten products. Known to be unhealthy and contributes to weight gain.
Rating: 2/10
Name: High Fructose Corn Syrup Solids
Description: The powder of high fructose corn syrup.
Rating: 2/10
Name: Hydrolyzed Palm Oil
Description: Palm oil combined with hydrogen which helps food from becoming rancid. Not considered healthy.
Rating: 2/10
Name: Maple Flavor (artificial)
Description: How artificial maple syrup flavor is accomplished will vary. In pretty much all cases, you can rest assured that it will not be healthy whatsoever.
Rating: 2/10
Name: Modern Cure
Description: A mixture of salt, sugar, and sodium nitrite, used as a preservative. Sodium nitrite is known to be unhealthy. Typically a cure would contain 4%-7% sodium nitrite. A traditional cure would have just salt and sodium nitrite.
Rating: 2/10
Name: Modified Milk Ingredients
Description: A group of milk products that have an altered chemical state from that which is naturally found in milk. Modified milk ingredients are chemically tampered with components of milk that have been taken out of their natural matrix. Not believed to be healthy.
Rating: 2/10
Name: Polysorbate 80
Description: An amber/golden-colored viscous liquid used as an emulsifier that bind ingredients together. Widely used in many industries and believed to be very unhealthy.
Rating: 2/10
Name: Potassium Sorbate
Description: Produced industrially by mixing sorbic acid with potassium hydroxide. Used a food preservative which inhibits mold. Considered to be safe if ingested in very small quantities. Can produce multiple negative health effects.
Rating: 2/10
Name: Prague Powder
Description: A term for a product containing salt and sodium nitrite already mixed together. In general, 94% salt and 6% sodium nitrite which is a high ratio of sodium nitrite. Often called a “cure“. Could be dyed pink.
Rating: 2/10
Name: Reduced Iron
Description: Finedy divided metallic iron prepared using a chemical process. The iron may be exposed to hydrogen for example. Not considered to be healthy, and potentially dangerous.
Rating: 2/10
Name: Sodium Benzoate
Description: The sodium salt of benzoic acid used as a food preservative. Has antibacterial and antifungal properties. Commonly used as a preservative in soy sauce. Generally considered unhealthy.
Rating: 2/10
Name: Sodium Nitrite
Description: A preservative mixed with salt to preserve the shelf life of jerky. Typically called a cure when purchased mixed together with salt already.
Rating: 2/10
Name: Sugar Caramelized
Description: Created by melting sugar at a high temperature until it becomes a caramel-coloured liquid for a sweet, nutty flavor. There is debate as to whether or not this process is carcinogenic. It offers almost zero health benefits.
Rating: 2/10
Name: Tetrasodium Pyrophophate
Description: Generally acts as a pH buffer to maintain acidity levels in foods, and an emulsifier. Has multiple industrial uses. Not generally considered safe for consumption.
Rating: 2/10
Name: Turkey Mechanically Separated
Description: Mechanically separated meat (MSM), mechanically recovered/reclaimed meat (MRM), or mechanically deboned meat (MDM) turkey is made by using high pressure through a sieve to produce a paste. Includes bones, including nerves, blood vessels, cartilage, and skin, as well as a small amount of meat. Also known as pink slime.
Rating: 2/10
Name: Vegetable Oil Shortening
Description: Is essentially hydrogenated oil. Shortening becomes solid at room temperature. High in fat. Considered to be an unhealthy trans fat.
Rating: 2/10

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