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Is Beef Jerky Healthy? The Truth is Finally Revealed

If you’ve ever wondered if beef jerky was a healthy snack or not, then look no further because after doing several hours of research I have finally found the answer. But first let me explain a bit more about how beef jerky stated… In case for some

USA Celebrates National Jerky Day

Australia could do with a day like this – Jerky Day, observed in the USA on June 12, gives jerky fans an opportunity to honour all things Jerky. It may be an unofficial holiday – created by Jack Link’s as a promotional tool – but that doesn’t make the holiday

African Gold Biltong Beef Jerky

African Gold Biltong is a product of De Beer Meat Company in Brisbane who produce a range of products including Biltong/Drywors/Stokkies, Boerewors and Traditional Rusks. This review is of a 50 gram pack of the African Gold Biltong Beef Jerky Traditional Flavour Beef Sticks. I’ll just refer

Darling Jerky – Original

Darling Jerky Co based in Sydney produce a handcrafted quality jerky made from 100% grass fed beef. They currently have two flavours on the market; Original and Cheeseburger. I received this jerky several months ago and feared I had lost it whilst moving office but to my

Chinese Companies caught out producing beef-free beef jerky

The beef jerky marketed under the brand name Yisi was discovered to contain no beef whatsoever when Guanghzou inspectors found little protein content and almost no meat in product samples. The “jerky” was being produced by Ruian Lianxi Food, Ruian Chengjia Food and Guangzhou Siwei Food, three companies that

Lab grown beef is like melt-in-your-mouth jerky

At the reThink Food conference in California this month, punters were able to taste test bio-engineering company Modern Meadow’s lab grown beef offering – the Steak Chip. These orange, crinkly discs are made up of beef cells grown in a lab and bound together with pectin, plus