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McLean Clean & Lean – Old Fashioned Beef Jerky (Review #1)

Saturday, November 15, 2014 Leave a Comment

McLean Clean & Lean™ - Old Fashioned Beef JerkyNote: For a more current taste review on a tweaked bag design, open up McLean Clean & Lean – Traditional Beef Jerky (Review #2).

The next review for McLean Clean & Lean will focus on a 1.76 ounce/50 gram bag of their old fashioned flavor. This bag was purchased at a Goodness Me organic grocery store in Burlington, Ontario, Canada.

McLean Clean & Lean jerky is distributed by McLean Meats Inc. based out of West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The company was founded by Garth McLean who began his career in the meat industry as a truck driver delivering sides of pork. As Garth worked his way up into sales, he became personally involved in every aspect of the commercial meat industry. Dismayed with all the chemicals and preservatives found in food, he developed his own line of nitrite-free deli meat. In 2003, Garth partnered with Michelle Neilson, and together they rebranded the company in 2004 as McLean Meats. This jerky is manufactured by a private labeler named Made-Rite located in Langley, British Columbia, Canada, making this a stock recipe.

Ingredient Review

Ingredients: Beef, Sea Salt, Maltodextrin, Sugar, Spice and Spice Extracts, Dextrose, Molasses, Green Tea Extract, Ascorbic Acid, Garlic Powder, Yeast Extract, Caramel, Smoke.

McLean- Teriyaki Beef JerkyThe cattle have free range access to graze on grass. They are also ethically raised, meaning no additional antibiotics or growth hormones are given. The beef is carefully sourced from selected farms in the USA and Canada.

McLean Clean & Lean - Old Fashioned Beef JerkyOld fashioned is really the perfect name for a flavor here, old fashioned style jerky with no liquid marinade. Another term is a dry rub, as opposed to gourmet jerky, which uses a liquid marinade. There are healthy spice and spice extracts used.

The sugar level is very impressive at only 1 gram of sugar per 28 grams of jerky. The salt level is reasonable at 260mg of salt per 28 grams of jerky.

As advertised, this jerky contains no sodium nitrite as a preservative. It is great to see that sea salt is used instead of just plain table salt, where salt is the main preservative. Ascorbic acid, a form of Vitamin C, acts as a preservative also.

Cleverly, green tea extract is used as a preservative, utilizing the antioxidants. Green tea has a very long history in medicine providing many health benefits.

Very Good (9/10) – Ingredient Rating

Taste Review

Most of the pieces of jerky are small in size, with about a medium thickness. The texture is dry, but not too dry, which results in jerky that is relatively easy to chew. There are no signs of fat, and handling this jerky leaves no oily residue on your fingers.

At first, the jerky tastes non-descript. Then some of the flavors begin to develop. More than anything, the actual natural beef flavor stands out the most, the way an old fashioned flavor should taste. While not that salty of a jerky, the salt taste perhaps stands out the most. This jerky is in no means sweet tasting. There is a certain pleasant blend of flavors.

This 1.7 ounce/50 gram bag was purchased for $3.99, which works out to $2.34 an ounce. That is a borderline average price. This jerky is highly recommended to anybody who prefers the actual jerky beef flavor, and not some overpowering type of flavor. There are high quality ingredients used.

Decent (7/10) – Taste Rating

Bag Review

This bag is not resealable, and you need a sharp object to open it. There are labels affixed to both the front and back of this transparent bag. On the front label, there is the McLean Clean & Lean logo of a farm, on top of a scenic picture showing a farm and the surrounding land.

There are two trademarked slogans: “Nature’s Gourmet” and “Clean & Lean Foods”. Other facts printed are “Beef Raised Without Antibiotics”, “Beef Raised Without Growth Hormones”, “Preservative Free, No Celery Extracts Added”, “Free of Soy, Dairy, Gluten” and “Contains green tea extract”.

All of the important bag categories are covered. There is no description about McLean Meats Inc. but in fairness there is no free space. For all jerky bags packaged in Canada, French translations are required.

Decent (7/10) – Bag Rating

Check out their web site: www.mcleanmeats.com

McLean Clean & Lean – Old Fashioned Beef Jerky was last modified: April 24/2019 by Jerky Ingredients

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Filed Under:  Beef, Mammal
Ingredient Rating:  Very Good (9/10)
Bag Design Rating:  Decent (7/10)
Allergen Alerts:  None
Health:  Ethical, Free Range, No MSG, No Sodium Nitrite
Sugar & Salt:  Sugar < 2 Grams
Meat:  Smoked
Other:  2 oz/29-56 grams, Stock Recipe
Flavor:  Original
Brand:  McLean Clean & Lean, British Columbia, Canada  A jerky brand from Canada
Distributor:  McLean Meats Inc., British Columbia, Canada  A jerky distributor from Canada
Private Labeler:  Made-Rite, British Columbia, Canada  Jerky purchased in Canada
Purchase:  2014, Average Price, Burlington, Ontario, Canada  Jerky purchased in Canada

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