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Old Trapper – Peppered Beef Jerky (Recipe #2)

Saturday, January 11, 2014 Leave a Comment

Old Trapper - Peppered Beef Jerky 3.25ozUpdate December 2014: Open this link for a more recent jerky review on Old Trapper Peppered Beef Jerky (Recipe #3).

I earlier reviewed an Old Trapper 1 ounce/28 gram bag of their peppered flavor. This bag is 3.25 ounces/92 grams, but there is one difference in the ingredient list. No ratings will change in this review, but the cost was changed from cheap to average for this 3.25 ounce/92 gram bag.

Typically, when a jerky maker changes their ingredient list, it is usually in favor of cheaper, inferior ingredients. This bag was bought in June, 2012, at a convenience store in Barstow, California.

Old Trapper jerky is made by Old Trapper Smoked Products, Inc. from Forest Grove, Oregon. On the back of the Old Trapper jerky bag, they describe how they have over 40 years experience making jerky. They go on to describe how the finest ingredients are used, and then smoked with real wood. At first glance it appears to be a high quality jerky product.

Old Trapper - Peppered Beef Jerky 3.25oz

Ingredient Review

Ingredients: Beef, Brown Sugar, Water, Salt, Flavorings, Hydrolyzed Corn Protein, Vinegar, Sodium Nitrite

The beef used is not guaranteed to be free of growth hormones or additional antibiotics. Also, the beef is not guaranteed to have at least partial free range access to graze on grass. As a result, the highest ingredient rating that can be awarded is a Good (8/10) rating.

The liquid marinade is just water and healthy vinegar. Spices is listed as one ingredient, and in general very healthy. It is common for jerky makers to list the vague term spices, where that way they don’t have to disclose what actual spices are used to their competitors. With this being a peppered flavor, black pepper should be for sure one spice.

The sugar level is 3.5 grams per 28 grams of jerky, which is acceptable. The salt level is also acceptable at 213mg of salt per 28 grams of jerky.

Unhealthy sodium nitrite is the main preservative used, apart from salt. The flavor enhancer hydrolyzed corn protein is a particularly bad ingredient, which is highly processed, and believed to be a form of MSG. Hydrolyzed Corn Protein is listed higher on the ingredient list than even vinegar.

Fair (4/10) – Ingredient Rating

Taste Review

Update December 2014: Click this link for a more recent jerky review on Old Trapper Peppered Beef Jerky (Recipe #3).

The texture of this jerky is fairly dry with solid strips of beef that have medium thickness. It is not overly chewy, pretty much the perfect dryness for my liking. The taste itself is nothing overly special. Being a peppered flavor, you would expect a peppery flavor, but the black pepper taste itself is mild. There is some saltiness, sweetness and a smoky flavor, but nothing overbearing.

At $6.99 for a 3.25 oz/92 gram bag, that works out to $2.15 an ounce. From the Old Trapper web site, the bag would cost $6.00, which works out to $1.85 an ounce. That would equate to an average price.

Fair (4/10) – Taste Rating

Bag Review

This bag is a professional looking bag. Everything is imprinted directly on the bag, and there are no labels affixed. The logo is of a man who appears to be wearing a beaver cap.

Their slogans is “Taste the Best”. Some facts printed on this bag are “Made From Solid Strips of Beef”, “Since 1969”, and “Naturally Smoked”.

All bag categories are covered. There is a good blurb printed on the back of this bag about Old Trapper. As an added bonus there are USA flags on the front and back to signify made in the USA, or at least packaged in the USA.

Very Good (9/10) – Bag Rating

Old Trapper – Peppered Beef Jerky (Recipe #2) was last modified: August 12/2017 by Jerky Ingredients

Filed Under:  Beef, Mammal
Ingredient Rating:  Fair (4/10)
Bag Design Rating:  Very Good (9/10)
Allergen Alerts:  None
Health Tags:  None
Sugar & Salt Tags:  None
Meat Tags:  Smoked
Other Tags:  4 oz/86-113 grams
Flavor Tags:  Black Pepper
Brand Tags:  Old Trapper, Oregon, USA  A jerky brand from USA
Distributor Tags:  Old Trapper Smoked Products Inc., Oregon, USA  A jerky distributor from the USA
Private Labeler Tags:  None
Purchase Tags:  2012, Average Price, Barstow, California, USA  Jerky purchased in the USA

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