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World Kitchens Beef Jerky

by Steve
5/30/2006 01:49:00 PM

World Kitchens Beef JerkyI don't normally do taste tests here at Junk Food Blog, but this is one of those rare times that I will.

Summary: Barf!!!

World Kitchens is a brand of beef jerky I found at the supermarket yesterday. I'm always buying beef jerky and sunflower seeds as my blog staple of choice, and I needed to replenish.

I bought this particular bag of jerky because it contained a full pound (16oz) of jerky, compared to the 4oz you often see with other brands. Moreover, it only costs $9.99, compared to $5.99 for the 4oz competitor brands. What a deal I thought!

I bought the Teriyaki flavor.

The very first taste told me right away something was wrong. It didn't taste like jerky. Yes, it did have a teriyaki flavor, but it was almost like this stuff was very old. I checked the expiration date, it was dated for "09/20/07", still plenty fresh.

I gave the piece some chews and it crumbled apart into pieces. It's obviously not real chunks of meat. The package does say, "BEEF JERKY", and the ingredients does say, "sliced beef", but beef could be from any part of the animal. There's beef hearts, beef tongue, beef liver, beef kidney, etc.

Chewing further on, this stuff started tasting like liver. Honestly, I don't know what this stuff is made out of.

The package says the jerky is actually made in Brazil, and distributed to the USA by BrucePac, apparently the company that owns the World Kitchens brand.

Interestingly, the company has published a long list of customer comments from its most loyal of fans.

I think I'll save the rest of it for my dogs. I hope they'll understand.

Note: Check out another review I did for my dog blog.

14 Comments:

  • I have purchased this product for a long time, this is the best product I have ever had. I don't know what you are talking about.

    You sure seem to want to make a bad thing out of a good thing...

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 11/30/2006 09:20:00 PM  


  • I've just been enjoying my first taste. I liked it but I soon got a piece with grit. It was like chewing dirt. This wasn't the entire experience but it made me wonder enough about it to start googling, and that brought me here. I bought the "Hot & Spicy Beef Jerky" and I find the flavor good and it was nice and spicy.

    I wonder what the factory looks like. I'm afraid of what I might find.

    More and more we need to know that some person is responsible for the product. I wonder who makes this product and what they would say about the grit.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 12/17/2006 11:03:00 PM  


  • I work for the company that makes this product. I am sorry you do not like it.
    We sell SO MUCH of it, I feel we must be doing something right!!!

    Maybe if you tried another flavor, like Old Fashion you would like it better.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 2/02/2007 09:57:00 AM  


  • World Kitchens beef jerky is not on the highest quality available anywhere- it is also the fastest growing brand in the entire country. Based on your review- one would have to question your agenda????

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 3/14/2007 07:15:00 AM  


  • I'm guessing a couple of the anonymous posters must have some stock in World Kitchen's jerky; but the best jerky I've ever had is homemade or Pemmican's original flavor. I'm a cheapskate; and my thirty dollar investment into a food dehydrator has paid me back many a time. Jerky, dried fruit, ect, to taste! Skip the shitty jerky and make your own. :)

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 7/07/2007 03:51:00 AM  


  • I am a jerky junky and a bit of a jerky snob, and when I found this jerky for the nice price of 8.99 for a pound I had to try it. I bought the peppered jerky, and have not bought any other jerky with out noticing how much less I like them. I still prefer my own homemade jerky, but at the price the "premium" makers charge, you will not find me looking twice at their product.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 10/31/2007 10:39:00 AM  


  • There is something seriously wrong with teriyaki, the peppered is great. although my experience has always been that the teriyaki flavors no matter the brand are horrid. Gimme peppered!

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 11/06/2007 03:40:00 PM  


  • I have been buying World Kitchens jerky for three years, and its the best jerky i have ever eaten! I buy the peppered kind, but like someone else posted, Teriyaki flavor usually sucks no matter what brand. I think you should get the peppered. It tatses like bef, not liver, and doesn't crumble apart. I have never wondered what it was made of, because the peppered is so delicious you don't have to wonder.

    By Blogger rasseng, at 12/02/2007 11:00:00 PM  


  • First off, I'm not a employed or have any stake at all with this company, so take my word for it. This is the best tasting beef jerky i've ever had (elk is better than beef though)! Having said that, you have to watch out when you purchase this flavor. I've noticed that some of the meat in some of the bags have a much redder color, while others have a much darker brown color to it. The brown colored bags are nasty! The pieces drier and more crumbly like as described in the other comment, but if you stick to the bags that have red colored meat, you won't be disappointed... I don't know what the deal is with this flavor or why it varies so much, but the color of the meat in the bag is a dead give away as to it's taste.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 2/15/2008 05:14:00 PM  


  • I agree with others that this is one of the best commercial beef jerkys I've tasted (though Tillamook Country Smoker peppered jerky is also very good).

    The just previous comment made me chuckle. I deliberately look for the dark brown colored beef; I like its flavor better than the reddish-colored version. But heck; both are good!

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 3/06/2008 06:38:00 PM  


  • This beef jerky is the best i ever had and probably will have. I dont know what you are talking about saying its bad.
    But whatever, you dont like it dont buy it.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 3/09/2008 05:11:00 PM  


  • I have tried all flavors, Oringal, Maple Sugar, Peppered, teriyaki, and Hot N Spicy. They are ALL awesome and I have tried a lot of Jerky. People are correct if you get a fresh bag it is the softest jerky and very tendor but the flavor rocks. My wife gsts mad because I buy pounds at a time. GOOD STUFF. I heard the "grit" is large salt or sugar grains.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 3/19/2008 10:30:00 PM  


  • I have been buying the peppered beef jerky for years and loved it, until I read the back of the package and found it was Brazilian beef...question..is this beef raised on grassland that resulted from the destruction of tropical rain forests?? I've been trying to find out and have STOPPED BUYING IT until I know for sure. We must stop the destruction of rain forests.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 4/11/2008 04:38:00 PM  


  • My wife purchased a bag of this Jerky from Buymart. I'm really not liking the fact that the origin of the beef is not on the bag. It shows where it was packaged but not where it was made. I had to find this site to get that info. Brazilian beef is fine but I was very worried it came from China.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 8/14/2008 10:45:00 PM  


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