Top 10 · Updated October 2026

Least Processed Meat Snack

10 of the top 10 meat snack products sit in NOVA group 3 — the least processed end of the scale. The meat snack with the lowest NOVA processing group — fewer industrial ingredients and additives. We checked 52 meat snack with complete data.

  1. 1 Chicken & Maple Mini Sticks

    Chicken & Maple Mini Sticks

    Snack Mates by New Primal
    d NOVA 3 179 kcal 7.1 g sugar 21.4 g protein 7.1 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free

  2. 2 Chicken Snack Stick Teriyaki Style

    Chicken Snack Stick Teriyaki Style

    Mighty Spark · 1 oz
    d NOVA 3 214 kcal 10.7 g sugar 21.4 g protein 7.1 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free

  3. 3 Chicken Breast

    Chicken Breast

    Carnivore Crisps
    d NOVA 3 333 kcal 0 g sugar 57.1 g protein 7.1 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free · No additives

  4. 4 Minis Original

    Minis Original

    Archer · 12 oz
    e NOVA 3 321 kcal 0 g sugar 28.6 g protein 21.4 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free

  5. 5 Chicken Snack Sticks

    Chicken Snack Sticks

    Mighty Spark
    e NOVA 3 179 kcal 10.7 g sugar 21.4 g protein 8.9 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free

  6. 6 Sea Salt Beef Mini Sticks

    Sea Salt Beef Mini Sticks

    Chomps Chomplings · 7.0 oz
    e NOVA 3 321 kcal 0 g sugar 28.6 g protein 21.4 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free

  7. 7 Original Meat Stick

    Original Meat Stick

    Country Archer Provisions
    e NOVA 3 292 kcal 0 g sugar 29.2 g protein 18.8 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free

  8. 8 Turkey Sticks

    Turkey Sticks

    Thrive Market · 12 oz
    e NOVA 3 250 kcal 0 g sugar 28.6 g protein 14.3 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free

  9. 9 Rotisserie chicken stick

    Rotisserie chicken stick

    New Primal · 1 oz
    e NOVA 3 214 kcal 0 g sugar 35.7 g protein 7.1 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free

  10. 10 Protein Sticks Breakfast Sausage

    Protein Sticks Breakfast Sausage

    1st Phorm · 2 oz
    e NOVA 3 321 kcal 0 g sugar 32.1 g protein 19.6 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free

How we built this list

We ranked all published meat snack on Foodmetria that have a photo and the required nutrition data, using values per 100 g from the product label. Ties are broken by Nutri-Score and by how often shoppers scan the product. Rankings update automatically as label data changes. Read our methodology.

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