Prepared Meats Roundup
We analyzed 740 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.
Detailed Reviews (Page 24)

Double Smoked Beef Sticks
Ingredients: ANGUS BEEF, WATER, SUGAR, SEA SALT, CELERY POWDER, SEA, FACAPSULATED CITRIC ACID, CULTURED GARLIC POWDER, SMOKED POWDER
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Honey Habanero Beef Jerky
Ingredients: Angus beef, honey, water, brown sugar, salt, granulated onion, granulated garlic, red pepper, cayenne pepper, cultured celery powder (celery powder, sea salt), black pepper, habanero powder.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Breakfast Bites Chicken Sausage, Maple & Cherry
Ingredients: Chicken Raised Without Antibiotics, Dried Cherries (Cherries, Cane Sugar, Sunflower Oil), Pure Maple Sugar, Contains 2% or less of: Kosher Salt, Orange Juice Concentrate, Spices, Extract of Rosemary, Vinegar.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Breakfast Bites Country Style Chicken Sausage
Ingredients: Chicken Raised Without Antibiotics, Contains 2% or less of: Sea Salt, Spices, Parsley, Crushed Red Pepper, Water, Vinegar.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Smoked Sausage Italian Style With Parmesan And Mozzarella Cheese
Ingredients: pork, water, parmesan cheese, pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, low-moisture part-skim mozzarella cheese, pasteurized part-skim milk, salt, cheese cultures, enzymes, with 2% or less of the following: salt, onion, roasted garlic, sugar, vinegar, red bell pepper, green bell pepper, cultured celery powder, celery powder, sea salt, spices including paprika, dried parsley, cherry powder, collagen casing
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

All Natural Uncured Pepperoni
Ingredients: PORK, WATER, SEA SALT, SPICES, CANE SUGAR, PAPRIKA (FOR FLAVOR), EXTRACTS OF PAPRIKA (FOR FLAVOR), GRANULATED GARLIC, CHERRY POWDER, CULTURED CELERY POWDER, LACTIC ACID STARTER CULTURE
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Sweet Basil Italian Sausage Rope
Ingredients: Pork, Water, Less than 2% of the following: Salt, Sugar, Spices (including fennel, basil & black pepper), Potassium Salt, Granulated Garlic, Natural Flavors, Extractives of Paprika. Stuffed in Sheep Casings.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Beef Stick Minis Original
Ingredients: BEEF, WATER, SEA SALT, ENCAPSULATED CITRIC ACID, SPICES (INCLUDING PAPRIKA), CULTURED CELERY POWDER, GRANULATED GARLIC, CHERRY POWDER, ONION POWDER, BEEF COLLAGEN CASING
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Premium Grillers
Ingredients: American Pasture Raised Grass-fed Angus Beef, Water, Sea Salt, Black Pepper, Sugar, Granulated Garlic, Cultured Celery Powder, Cherry Powder
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Burnt Ends
Ingredients: BEEF BRISKET, WATER, SALT, MOLASSES, BROWN SUGAR, SUGAR, MAPLE SYRUP, COFFEE, WHITE PEPPER, ONION POWDER, BLACK PEPPER, MODIFIED RICE STARCH, GARLIC POWDER, YEAST EXTRACTS, CITRUS EXTRACTS, DRIED VINEGAR
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Jamón Serrano-Lomo-Chorizo Clásico
Ingredients: PORK, SEA SALT, PORK, SALT, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF THE FOLLOWING: SMOKED PAPRIKA, DEXTROSE., GARLIC, SODIUM ASCORBATE, POTASSIUM NITRATE, LACTIC ACID STARTER CULTURE, SODIUM NITRITE., PORK, SEA SALT, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF THE FOLLOWING: CELERY POWDER, TURBINADO SUGAR, SMOKED PAPRIKA, NATURAL FLAVORING, LACTIC ACID STARTER CULTURE, GARLIC.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Honey Ham
Ingredients: Water, honey, dextrose, vinegar, salt, sodium phosphate, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Lil' Landjaeger
Ingredients: . INGREDIENTS: BEEF, PORK, WATER, SALT, LESS THAN 2% OF SPICES, DEXTROSE*, VINEGAR, CULTURED CELERY POWDER, PAPRIKA, LACTIC ACID STARTER CULTURE, GARLIC POWDER. MADE IN BEEF COLLAGEN CASING. *ADDS A NEGLIGIBLE AMOUNT OF SUGAR. MSC
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Pepperoni
Ingredients: PORK, BEEF, SALT, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF SUGAR, SPICES, OLEORESIN OF PAPRIKA, PAPRIKA, SODIUM ERYTHORBATE, LACTIC ACID STARTER CULTURE, SODIUM NITRITE, BHA, BHT, CITRIC ACID, COLLAGEN CASING
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Contains BHA (Butylated Hydroxyanisole)

Uncured Sopressata
Ingredients: PORK, SEA SALT, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF THE FOLLOWING: NATURAL FLAVORING, TURBINADO SUGAR, WINE, GARLIC, CELERY POWDER, LACTIC ACID STARTER CULTURE
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Hatch Green Chile & Cheddar Cheese Smoked Chicken Sausage
Ingredients: CHICKEN, CHEDDAR CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES, BETA-CAROTENE), HATCH GREEN CHILE PEPPERS, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: KOSHER SALT, SPICES, HATCH GREEN CHILE PEPPER POWDER, GARLIC POWDER, CULTURED CELERY JUICE POWDER, DRIED CITRUS PULP, ROSEMARY EXTRACT, VINEGAR, BEEF COLLAGEN CASING
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Ovengold Turkey Breast
Ingredients: TURKEY BREAST, WATER, CONTAINS LESS THAN 1.5% OF SALT, SUGAR, SODIUM PHOS-PHATE, DEXTROSE, DEXTROSE, CANE SUGAR, PAPRIKA, SPICES, ONION, HONEY, NATURAL FLAVORS, EXTRACTIVES OF PAPRIKA AND TURMERIC
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Beef Frankfurters
Ingredients: Beef, Water, Salt, Spices (Contains Mustard), Sodium Lactate, Paprika, Hydrolyzed Soy Protein, Garlic Powder, Sodium Diacetate, Sodium Erythorbate, Flavor, Sodium Nitrite, Smoke Flavour.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Apple & Gouda Chicken Sausages
Ingredients: Chicken (Raised Without Antibiotics), Apples, Gouda Cheese (Pasteurized Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes, Beta Carotene Color), Contains 2% Or Less Of: (Spices, Extract Of Rosemary, Kosher Salt, Water, Cane Sugar, Vinegar, Beef Collagen Casing).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Roasted Garlic & Asiago Chicken Sausages
Ingredients: Chicken Raised Without Antibiotics, Water, Asiago Cheese (Cultured Milk, Salt, Enzymes), Contains 2% or Less of: Spices, Roasted Garlic (Garlic, Water, Natural Flavor, Citric Acid), Parsley, Garlic, Cane Sugar, Kosher Salt, Extract of Rosemary, Vinegar, Beef Collagen Casing
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Chicken Al Pastor
Ingredients: CHICKEN BREASTS WITH RIB MEAT, CHICKEN THIGHS, WATER, AL PASTOR SEASONING (SPICES [INCLUDING CHIPOTLE CHILI PEPPERS AND SMOKED CHILI PEPPERS], DEXTROSE, SALT, DEHYDRATED GARLIC, PAPRIKA [INCLUDING SMOKED PAPRIKA], SUGAR, NATURAL FLAVORS, LIME JUICE POWDER [MALTODEXTRIN, LIME JUICE SOLIDS], CITRIC ACID), CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF SOYBEAN OIL, GUAJILLO PEPPER PUREE (GUAJILLO PEPPERS, CITRIC ACID), CORN STARCH, CARAMELIZED SUGAR, SODIUM BICARBONATE, DISTILLED VINEGAR, NATURAL PINEAPPLE FLAVOR
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Polish Smoked Sausage
Ingredients: PORK, WATER, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF VINEGAR, SALT, SPICES, BROWN SUGAR, GARLIC, CULTURED CELERY POWDER, DEHYDRATED ONION, SEA SALT, DEHYDRATED GARLIC, IN A NATURAL PORK CASING
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Italian style snack sticks
Ingredients: Pork, water, cane sugar, sea salt, spices (including red pepper), garlic, cultured celery powder, lactic acid starter culture, smoke.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Bravčové párky
Ingredients: PORK, Water, Salt, GLUCOSE (GLUCOSE), Spices, ANIMAL PROTEIN, Flavourings, DRIED ACEROLA
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

sausages
Ingredients: pork (90%), water, rice flour, sea salt, chickpea flour, sugar, stabiliser: diphosphates, white pepper, dried ginger, dried mace, dried nutmeg, dried cayenne pepper, cornflour, preservative: sodium metabisulphite, yeast extract, dried sage, dried thyme, antioxidants: ascorbic acid, sodium ascorbate, dextrose, dried onions, rapeseed oil, flavouring, filled into vegetable based casings (calcium alginate)
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Viande des GRISONS
Ingredients: Viande des Grisons: Ingrédients : Viande de bœuf origine U.E. ou hors UE, sel, épices et plantes aromatiques, extrait d'épices, dextrose, sucre, conservateurs: ascorbate de sodium, citrates de sodium, nitrate de potassium. Présence possible de fruits à coques et de lait.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

BEEF STICKS
Ingredients: grass fed and finished beef, water, encapsulated lactic acid, sea salt, cultured celery powder, cherry powder, black pepper, red pepper, garlic powder, coriander
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed
