Best jerky treats, ranked.

A mainstream chicken jerky with chicken first and USA-sourced chicken, free of artificial colors and synthetic preservatives; the label adds sugar and vegetable glycerin, which trips the added-sugar penalty in our view. We found no recall on the Nudges line within five years.

A short, single-meat chicken jerky made in the USA with no artificial preservatives or colors and disclosed calories; in our view the one avoidable knock is added organic cane sugar, which trips the added-sugar penalty. Piece count is derived from pack weight, so per-piece value is approximate.

Names beef first and discloses calories, but the list carries added sugar, propylene glycol, artificial color, and BHA, and the line saw a 2021 mold withdrawal; honest and cheap, not clean.

Pork is the first ingredient and calories are disclosed, but the strip runs on barley, rice, wheat, corn, and sugar with BHA and an undisclosed added color, and the 'no FD&C colors' line sits beside that added color; honest on calories, not on the label.

A clean single-ingredient dried sweet potato chew, but it markets a fiber and sensitive-stomach benefit a treat cannot substantiate, the stated origin is inconsistent (USA versus Peru), and it runs expensive per slice.