Golden Valley Meat Snacks Beef Jerky - Sweet N' Spicy

Next in the series on Golden Valley Meat Snacks is this Black Pepper variety. See my previous reviews of their Original, Original Ripple Cut, and Black Pepper varieties.

Golden Valley Meat Snacks is a new line of jerky from Intermountain Natural, LLC based out of Idaho Falls, ID. They also make the Golden Valley Natural line of jerky, and are a major private labeler of jerky for stores like Trader Joe's and Whole Foods Market.

This line of jerky is not a natural or organic jerky like their Golden Valley Natural line, but appears targeted to compete against national brands like Jack Link's and Oberto.

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Golden Valley Meat Snacks Beef Jerky - Black Pepper

Next in the series on Golden Valley Meat Snacks is this Black Pepper variety. See my previous reviews of their Original and Original Ripple Cut varieties.

Golden Valley Meat Snacks is a new line of jerky from Intermountain Natural, LLC based out of Idaho Falls, ID. They also make the Golden Valley Natural line of jerky, and are a major private labeler of jerky for stores like Trader Joe's and Whole Foods Market.

This line of jerky is not a natural or organic jerky like their Golden Valley Natural line, but appears targeted to compete against national brands like Jack Link's and Oberto.

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Golden Valley Meat Snacks Beef Jerky - Original Ripple Cut

Next in the series on Golden Valley Meat Snacks is this Original Ripple Cut. Read last week's review of their Original variety.

Golden Valley Meat Snacks is a new brand of jerky Intermountain Natural, LLC, of Idaho Falls, ID, which built a reputation on making all-natural and organic jerky through their Golden Valley Natural brand. This new brand appears to be positioned to compete top brands like Jack Link's and Oberto.

This "Ripple Cut" is described by the company's spokesperson as being sliced more thin and therefore made for "ripping, tearing, chewing and savoring and a bag tends to provide a good deal more jerky enjoyment." Interestingly, ripple style jerky is something that Intermountain Natural's founder Roger Ball is familiar with, having introduced it years ago with his old King B brand of jerky, which he subsequently sold to Jack Link's.

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Golden Valley Meat Snacks Beef Jerky - Original

Golden Valley Meat Snacks is a new line of jerky from Intermountain Natural, LLC, of Idaho Falls, ID. Intermountain is mostly known for making lines of all natural and organic jerky through its Golden Valley Natural brand, as well as private labeling for store brands like Trader Joe's and Whole Foods Market.

Two years ago I wrote reviews of Golden Valley Natural jerky, which you can read here.

Golden Valley Meat Snacks is not an all natural product, which explains why Intermountain Natural didn't use its existing "Golden Valley Natural" brand name. According to a company spokesperson, this line is supposed to be marketed as an "old-school throwback jerky that leans toward the salty taste profiles of the past versus the sweeter flavors of the present."

This new line also uses a smaller package size that incorporates bright colors, which when combined with the "salty taste profile", suggests that Intermountain Natural is going after shelf-space currently occupied by the Jack Link's and Oberto's of the industry.

There are five varieties altogether in this Golden Valley Meat Snacks line, including this Original, an Original Ripple Cut, a Teriyaki, Sweet & Spicy, and Black Pepper, which I'll be reviewing over the next several weeks.

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