100% Grass Fed Meat Sticks, Carnivore Snacks, Venison Original | 10 Count, Individually Wrapped, Naturally Fermented, Gluten Free, Keto and Paleo, Made With Simple Ingredients, 7g Protein

I had a health practitioner suggest I increase protein intake and add in some game meats (venison, bison, elk) along with beef. I found Paleo Valley venison and beef sticks as a great solution to add these to my diet without a big bite in my budget. Paleo Valley provides several beef sticks that are all tasty and will appeal to a variety of consumer preferences though my personal favorite is the venison. All their sources are grass fed and finished, pasture raised and finished. You can instantly taste the difference in quality with your first bite. The sticks are firm and moist, nicely flavored and are simple to carry around as a quick snack or extra protein boost. I found I have less interest in sugary or carb-filled snacks by eating a quality protein source. Many other brands I've tried are hard, dry, heavily spiced and don't really taste natural. Not so with Paleo Valley. As a company, I found them to be very health conscious and have other supplements available, along with really useful educational tips for a healthier lifestyle. I think it's important to leave good reviews when I find something that's exceptional quality and Paleo Valley fits that bill.

Unsure if I got a bad batch, ill explain why I gave it a 3. First four I had had the consistency of a banana and just tasted extremely off. It was oily, greasy, and the texture was just not something I ever experienced, and ive had venison/beef sticks before. It was pretty disgusting I brought them to work to ensure they didnt go to waste and kept one The one I had was perfect flavor, texture, non greasy and exactly what I had expected. Checked with the coworkers I shared them with and theirs were fine. It leads me to believe maybe it was a bad batch? If they were all like the first few id say 0 stars, if they were all like the last id say 5

The venison sticks are really good but we had great difficulty opening the packages. Had to cut them open with a knife!

The macros are good and its a decent snack by the numbers alone. The problem is that they have extremely poor process control. I assume its not manufactured in a first world country or an ISO type facility. The product is inconsistent, with textures that range from stale Slim Jim to tender ribeye. That could be simply because its venison, but its extremely inconsistent, regardless. Taste is generally a 8 out of 10, which is excellent for a "meat stick" product. Sometimes the dry ones are a little tough to get down. Also, the packaging is so inconsistent that 7 out of 10 of these require tools to open. It doesnt matter how long your fingernails are or how strong you are, the adhesive holding the packaging together in the vicinity of the "open here" flap is excessive. I used to eat these while driving into work, I cant really do that anymore as the packaging requires a knife to open more often than not. Its not a "portable snack" due to this. Again, the problems are just process control. I cant help but think that the operation that manufactures these is extremely small or offshore. Having said all that, I will continue to buy these, but I just dont eat as many as I used to due to the poor quality control and inconvenience of getting the things open. If the people who make Slim Jim's can figure it out, I dont see why Paleovalley cant.

They are great pick me puts for everything I do.