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Sophia’s Survival Food – Mild 100% Grass-Fed Beef Jerky (Review #1)

Sunday, March 30, 2014 Leave a Comment

Sophia's Survival Food - Mild Beef JerkyNote: For a live taste review read Sophia’s Survival Food – Mild 100% Grass-Fed Beef Jerky (Recipe #2).

Back in 2012, I made an online purchase of Sophia’s Survival Food 100% grass-fed beef jerky. This review will focus on their 2 ounce/56 gram bag of mild flavored jerky.

Sophia’s Survival Food is owned and run by Sophia Dubrovina, based out of Santa Clara, California. Sophia’s Survival Food started over three years ago and is finding a following. Sophia herself is on the Paleo diet. Realizing that it is quite challenging finding jerky sold in stores that is free of chemicals, she started making her own jerky. Sophia’s Survival Food advertises their beef as hormone free, locally grown, and 100% grass-fed meat.

Sophia's Survival Food - Mild Beef Jerky

Ingredient Review

Ingredients: Grass-Fed Beef, Lemon Juice, Unrefined Sea Salt, Garlic, Pepper

100% grass-fed is about the best choice out there for beef. This jerky also qualifies to be ethically raised, meaning no growth hormones or additional antibiotics are given. Also, this jerky qualifies to have free range access.

Sophia's Survival Food - Mild Beef JerkyThe liquid marinade used here is just lemon juice, where lemons offer many health benefits. Lemon juice acts as meat tenderizer, where the acid breaks down meat tendons, not to mention having many health benefits.

Sophia's Survival Food - MildHealthy garlic is used, which many people consider to be in the superfood category. Black pepper is the only listed spice, which is super healthy.

There absolutely no sugar used in this jerky. Also to Sophia’s credit, the salt level is quite low at 130mg of salt per 28 grams of jerky.

This jerky qualifies to have no sodium nitrite, or any other similar unhealthy preservative. Instead, unrefined sea salt is the main preservative. That is a much better choice compared to highly refined table salt. Unrefined sea salt is in its natural form, not processed like table salt, and full of healthy trace minerals. With more kudos to Sophia, this jerky has no MSG added.

Excellent (10/10) – Ingredient Rating

Taste Review

This mild flavored bag of jerky from Sophia’s Survival Food is advertised as “Jerky Chews”. The pieces were small, and had a nice dry texture. There was a great deal of natural beef flavor. The lemon level was mild, and there was no sweetness whatsoever. Overall, a mild flavor as advertised.

This 2 ounce/56 gram of jerky cost $6.99, which works out to $3.50 an ounce. That would rate as an expensive price, but you pay for high quality.

Good (8/10) – Taste Rating

Bag Review

This certainly is not your typical bag of jerky. The plastic is extremely thin, which would not do a great job in preserving the jerky. In Sophia’s profile she mentions that she is a product designer, where the bag does have an interesting design and logo.

There are no slogans on this bag. Some facts printed on this bag are “Grass-Fed Beef Used”, “No Preservatives” and “Gluten Free”.

The majority of bag categories are covered here. Missing is a blurb printed about this jerky and flavor.

Average (5/10) – Bag Rating

Order their jerky online: www.grassfedjerkychews.com

Sophia’s Survival Food – Mild 100% Grass-Fed Beef Jerky was last modified: January 14/2018 by Jerky Ingredients

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Filed Under:  Beef, Mammal
Ingredient Rating:  Excellent (10/10)
Taste Rating:  Good (8/10)
Bag Design Rating:  Average (5/10)
Allergen Alerts:  None
Health:  Ethical, Free Range, Grass Fed, No MSG, No Sodium Nitrite
Sugar & Salt:  Sugar < 2 Grams, Salt < 150mg
Meat:  None
Other:  2 oz/29-56 grams
Flavor:  Mild
Brand:  Sophia's Survival Food, California, USA  A jerky brand from USA
Distributor:  Sophia's Survival Food, California, USA  A jerky distributor from the USA
Private Labeler:  None
Purchase:  2012, Expensive Price, Online Purchase

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