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McLean Clean & Lean – Teriyaki Beef Jerky (Recipe #2)

Tuesday, December 4, 2018 Leave a Comment

McLean Clean & Lean - Teriyaki Turkey Jerky (Recipe #2)Over 30 years ago, Garth McLean moved from New Brunswick and got his first job working in a Federal meat plant as a truck driver. Eventually working his way to sales, Garth was dismayed with all of the chemicals and preservatives used, Garth then developed Canada’s first nitrate-free deli line called Natural Farms. In 2003, Garth’s friends Michelle Neilson & Deanna Bell joined Garth and together they rebranded the company as McLean Meats, drawing inspiration from the words “CLEAN” and “LEAN” in Garth’s last name. In 2006, Garth’s eldest son Justin McLean joined the company on the production floor. Working from the ground-up like his father, today he is in charge of supply management and logistics. McLean Meats follows the original principles and values that inspired Garth to launch his own company: clean recipe development, animal welfare and building a team that shares the same passion. McLean Clean & Lean jerky is distributed by McLean Meats Inc. based out of West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

The next review on McLean Clean & Lean will focus on a 1.76 ounce/50 gram bag of their teriyaki flavored beef jerky. This will be the second review on this teriyaki flavored beef jerky, where the ingredient list and bag design has since been tweaked. The jerky was kindly submitted by the Director of Sales, Eastern Canada, Gina Lipton.

Ingredient Review

Ingredients: Beef, Evaporated Cane Sugar, Apple Cider Vinegar, Molasses, Sea Salt, Yeast Extract (Contains Natural Flavour), Garlic Powder, Spices and Spice Extracts, Green Tea Extract, Smoke.

McLean- Teriyaki Turkey 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. As a result, the highest ingredient awarded can be Very Good (9/10).

 

McLean Clean & Lean - Teriyaki Turkey Jerky (Recipe #2)The liquid marinade is comprised of only super healthy apple cider vinegar.

There are multiple healthy ingredients added such as spices, garlic powder, and spice extracts (coriander, white pepper, rosemary).

The sugar level is acceptable at around 3.7 grams of sugar per 28 grams of jerky. The salt level is fairly low at around 215mg of salt per 28 grams of jerky. Commendably, minimally processed sea salt is used, which is high on minerals and trace minerals.

This jerky does qualify to have no sodium nitrite, or any other similarly unhealthy preservatives, Instead, apart from sea salt, the interesting choice of green tea extract is also used as a preservative, and apple cider vinegar to a lesser extent. Admirably, this jerky also qualifies to have no MSG added.

Very Good (9/10) – Ingredient Rating

Taste Review

These strips of jerky are mainly small in size, and the thickness varies being thick and thin. The texture is more so on the soft and tender side, being fairly easy to chew. Handling these jerky strips does leave a slightly oily residue on your fingers. The aroma from this jerky is interesting and pleasant to say the least, where it’s challenging to pinpoint exactly what you are smelling.

No singular flavor jumps out at first, but rather a remarkable, complex taste profile. All at light levels are garlic, saltiness, sweetness, fruitiness, smokiness, and black pepper. There are other less noticeable foreign flavors that add to this intriguing taste profile.

With only having a light level of sweetness, the natural flavor of beef comes across well. The surprising amounts of fat enhance the natural beef flavor even that much more when you are lucky enough to encounter it.

 

As fantastic as this flavor tastes, there is little resemblance to a classic teriyaki flavor. It is difficult to be critical here, as McLean Meats is merely sticking to their company philosophy of delivering a clean and lean product. A traditional tasting teriyaki flavor is typically sweet tasting, where this flavor is not so much, but that is good from a health standpoint. Normally soy is a staple of teriyaki, but McLean Meats proudly advertise this flavor to be soy free, where the majority of soy sauces out there are genetically modified (GMO). It’s as if this flavor was concocted to be the best possible tasting flavor, with little regard to it actually resembling a teriyaki flavor. Perhaps we can take solace that at least some sweetness was added in using one of the better sweeteners out there with evaporated cane sugar.

While Paul was not quite as impressed compared to Stephane and I, here is what Stephane had to say: “This is not a traditional Teriyaki flavor per se, but I still really enjoy it, nonetheless. The meat is lean and a very good quality beef. Although slightly sweet, it still somewhat loosely tastes like Teriyaki and mostly, it reminds me of Honey Garlic Ribs. I am at a 9/10 simply due to some disconnect between the jerky and the flavor stated on the bag. Other than that, the flavors and the aroma especially are mouthwatering and this little gem is addictive as heck. I find this jerky to be very clean tasting and I can’t find any other reasonable fault.”

This flavor delivers in giving a ‘clean’ and natural tasting flavor. This teriyaki flavor is downright addictive, where it was a massive challenge not to devour this 50 gram bag in one sitting. The various spices used worked their magic in my mouth. Only due to the technicality of not resembling a teriyaki flavor enough, we are awarding this flavor a Very Good (9/10) taste rating.

This 1.7 ounce/50 gram bag was purchased for $5.99, which works out to $3.40 an ounce. That translates to an expensive price.

Very Good (9/10) – Taste Rating

Bag Review

This non-resealable bag has everything imprinted on both the back and front, with no labels attached. The McLean Clean & Lean logo is a farm on top of a scenic picture showing the surrounding land. To illustrate that further, a fairly high resolution picture of a farm is depicted on the front.

Some slogans printed on this bag are “Clean & Lean Foods”, “Embrace Food With Gratitude”, and “Eat Healthy – Be Kind To Animals”. Some facts printed are “Beef Raised Without the Use of Antibiotics”, “No Nitrites Added”, “Soy Free”, “Gluten Free”, “No Celery Extract”, “Low Fat Protein Snack”, and “No Preservatives”.

All bag categories are covered here. There is a short blurb printed on the back briefly explaining McLean Meats Inc. As per Canadian law, French translations are required.

Excellent (10/10) – Bag Rating

Check out their web site: www.mcleanmeats.com

McLean Clean & Lean – Teriyaki Turkey Jerky (Recipe #2) was last modified: December 23/2018 by Jerky Ingredients

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Filed Under:  Beef, Mammal
Ingredient Rating:  Decent (7/10)
Bag Design Rating:  Excellent (10/10)
Allergen Alerts:  None
Health:  Ethical, No MSG, No Sodium Nitrite
Sugar & Salt:  None
Meat:  Smoked
Other:  2 oz/29-56 grams
Flavor:  Teriyaki, Sweet
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:  None
Purchase:  2018, Expensive Price, Submitted

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