Natural Barbeque Beef Jerky
Nutritional Facts Serving Size 1 oz. (28g) Servings per container: 2 ___________________________________________________________ Amount Per Serving ___________________________________________________________ Calories 70 Calories from Fat 10 ___________________________________________________________ % Daily Value Total Fat 1g 2% Saturated Fat 0g 0% Trans Fat 0g Cholesterol 10mg 3% Sodium 270mg 11% Total Carb. 5g 2% Dietary Fiber 0g Sugars 5g Protein 11g 21% ____________________________________________________________ Iron 4% ____________________________________________________________ Not a significant source of dietary fiber, Vitamin A, Vitamin C and Calcium. *Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Ingredients: Beef, Evaporated Cane Juice, Water, Organic Ketchup (Organic Tomato Concentrate (Water, Organic Tomato Pate), Organic Sugar, Organic Vinegar, Salt, Organic Onion Powder, Organic Spices), Apple Cider Vinegar, Salt, Natural Smoke Flavoring, Cayenne Pepper, Paprika, Black Pepper, Onion Powder, Garlic Powder.
About "Grass Fed" Beef Jerky
Paleo Brands was founded on the desire to make high quality, time efficient “Paleo friendly” foods available to the world. Our company has grown significantly in the past year and we owe that growth to you, our customers. This is a relationship born of equal parts trust, education and delicious food. So far, so good. Perhaps our most popular item, our Gluten free “grass fed” jerky is a great example of our commitment to provide the best products possible to you, our customers. Apparently we did a pretty good job on our jerky recipe as we have gone in and out of stock due to the volume of orders. Well, we have a source big enough to handle volume so that should not be a problem again but we do have a few changes I need to bring folks up to speed on, specifically the “grass fed” designation of our jerky. Let’s look at two factors concerning the jerky. One related to FDA regulations, the other to winter feed for the cows used in our jerky. FDA Regulations The FDA has very specific regulations regarding what can be labeled as “grass fed.” Perhaps most importantly, the critters need to actually eat grass and or wild forage. This will have some bearing on my second point, but for now I’d like to focus on another element of FDA regulation which involves the lot-numbers and tracking of grass fed meat. When you read the labels on our frozen meals, we are able to say “grass fed” beef because that meat arrives to the packing facility accompanied by a “certified grass fed” certificate. That lot is then used to produce our meals, but the whole process is monitored such that each lot is documented as to where it goes. Our jerky by contrast cannot be tracked in this way because we would need to verify that every piece of jerky in a given bag came from the same lot. It’s simply not possible to do this without a massive increase in the price. We can advertise “grass fed jerky” on our website, but we cannot put “grass fed” on the labels. This is just the way the FDA regulations play out in the real world but I want this whole process to be transparent, hence this communication. The second piece to this story is that the cows used for our jerky are occasionally given hay and oats in the winter when forage becomes inadequate due to the weather. I know, I had a fit too, but if we are going to have any type of consistent supply there is simply no way around this. I just wanted to let folks know the back-story on the jerky. If you have questions or concerns please let us know.
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