Jack Link's Screamin' Jalapeno Beef & Cheese Meat Snacks, Screamin' Jalapeno Beef & Cheese
Link Snacks, Inc. · Pepperoni, Salami & Cold Cuts · barcode 00017082884893
What stands out
- From the label
The ingredients list BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole) and Red No. 3 (erythrosine), which have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: US (FDA) ban from 2027. Details
- Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
- RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
- Additives2 ingredients have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: US (FDA) ban from 2027. Which
- TypicalFDA's tests of pepperoni, salami & cold cuts show what's typical. See levels
Additives with restrictions somewhere
From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2021-07-29). Recipes change, so check the package you have.
Rules that apply to more than one of these
- US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows it as a preservative. Source. Applies to BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole), BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene).
- EU: Allowed (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source. Applies to all of them.
- West Virginia: Banned from 2028-01-01 Food containing it is treated as adulterated in West Virginia from January 1, 2028. (HB 2354 (2025)) Source. Applies to BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole), Red No. 3 (erythrosine).
- Texas: Warning label required from 2027-01-01 Labels developed on or after January 1, 2027 must warn that the product contains an ingredient not recommended for consumption in Australia, Canada, the EU or the UK. (SB 25 (2025)) Source. Applies to all of them.
- Louisiana: Banned in school meals from 2028-2029 school year Banned in Louisiana school food from the 2028-2029 school year (concession stands and vending machines exempt). (SB 14, Act 463 (2025)) Source. Applies to all of them.
- Louisiana: Warning label required from 2028-01-01 Products containing it must carry a QR code disclosure from January 1, 2028. (SB 14, Act 463 (2025)) Source. Applies to all of them.
BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole) (E320)
Only the shared rules above.
Red No. 3 (erythrosine) (E127)
- US (FDA): Authorization revoked from 2027-01-15 FDA revoked its approval for food; food makers must stop using it by January 15, 2027 (ingested drugs by January 18, 2028). (90 FR 4628 (2025)) Source
- California: Banned from 2027-01-01 Banned in food made, sold or distributed in California after January 1, 2027. (AB 418 (2023)) Source
- West Virginia: Banned in school meals from 2025-08-01 Banned in West Virginia school meals since August 1, 2025. (HB 2354 (2025)) Source
BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene) (E321)
Only the shared rules above.
Typical for pepperoni, salami & cold cuts
What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food across the US. These are not tests of this product.
- Cadmium: typically 0.583 ppb (FDA, 36 samples, 2017-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 13 kg (29 lb) a day; an adult at about 59 kg (130 lb).One serving (1 package, 34 g, from the label):under 1% of a toddler's daily limitunder 1% of an adult's daily limit
- Lead, Mercury, Arsenic (total): usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
FDA samples behind these numbers
- Lead in Luncheon meat, bologna: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Luncheon meat, ham: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Luncheon meat, turkey: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 1.4, highest 4.2 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Salami, dry/hard: found in 1 of 27 samples, average 0.18, highest 4.9 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Luncheon meat, bologna: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 2.4, highest 4.4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Luncheon meat, ham: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 3.2, highest 5.3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Luncheon meat, turkey: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 3.87, highest 6 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Salami, dry/hard: found in 10 of 27 samples, average 0.54, highest 2.4 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Luncheon meat, bologna: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Luncheon meat, ham: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Luncheon meat, turkey: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Salami, dry/hard: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Luncheon meat, bologna: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Luncheon meat, ham: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 4.03, highest 5.5 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Luncheon meat, turkey: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 7.83, highest 9 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Salami, dry/hard: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 3 ppb (2017-2020)
- Perchlorate in Bologna (beef/pork): found in 15 of 20 samples, average 112, highest 1,557 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Luncheon meat (ham): found in 18 of 20 samples, average 20.6, highest 56.4 ppb (2008-2012)
Left out of the summary above: Perchlorate. FDA measured it in only some of these foods, so the result describes those foods, not the whole kind.
"Typically" is FDA's middle sample. Daily amounts use the long-run average and each chemical's daily limit (EPA reference dose, or FDA's level for lead) for a 33-lb toddler and a 154-lb adult. ppb = micrograms per kilogram of food. Source: FDA Total Diet Study.
Not tested
No published results for this product cover: Metals, Perchlorate, Phthalates (plastic softeners), Phthalate substitutes, Bisphenols. That means nobody has published a test, not that these are absent.
Ingredients (from the label)
BEEF STICK: BEEF, WATER, SALT, CORN SYRUP, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF FLAVORS, DEXTROSE, SUGAR, SODIUM ERYTHORBATE, LACTIC ACID STARTER CULTURE, CITRIC ACID, SODIUM NITRITE, BHA, BHT, COLORS (CARAMEL, RED 3, ANNATTO). PASTEURIZED PROCESS CHEESE WITH JALAPENOS: CULTURED PASTEURIZED MILK, WATER, RED AND GREEN JALAPENO PEPPERS, SALT, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, SORBIC ACID (PRESERVATIVE), NATURAL FLAVORING, ENZYMES.
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-07-29. Labels change; check the package.