4D Acres Emu Jerky - with Cranberries

Next in the series on 4D Acres Emu Jerky is this "with Cranberries" variety. See my previous review of their "with Raisins" variety.

4D Acres is an emu ranch in Louisburg, KS, owned and operated by Mike and Dee Martin. The jerky that 4D Acres sells are all chopped & formed, with 3% beef. Aside from their raisin and cranberry varieties, they also offer one with jalapenos, but I didn't order any of the jalapeno.

When I saw this "with Cranberries" variety, I immediately thought of the Tanka Bar (I reviewed last year), which is chopped & formed buffalo meat, but with whole cranberries. I couldn't taste much of the cranberries in the Tanka Bar, so I was curious how this emu jerky compared.

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4D Acres Emu Jerky - With Raisins

4D Acres is an emu ranch in Louisburg, KS, owned and operated by Mike and Dee Martin.

In the late 1980s commercial emu ranching got started for purposes of selling meat and oil. The oil has become particularly valuable after stories of aborigines in Australia having used it as a general purpose ointment. Today, 4D Acres primary product is emu oil.

The jerky that 4D Acres sells are all chopped & formed, with 3% beef. I'm not certain the reasons for adding 3% beef, other than it could be due to USDA inspection requirements for exotic meats. 4D Acres offers this "with Raisins" as well as "with Cranberries", which I'll review later. They also offer a spicy version with Jalapenos.

Their jerky appears to have been manufactured by Luther's Jerky, of Le Roy, KS.

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