It took a little over six years to review $6,000 worth of jerky. The single biggest complaint about jerky is the high price. Of course the best way to get around the expensive price of jerky is to make your own homemade jerky. However, even homemade jerky is not all that cheap. Keep in mind the meat loses 50 – 75% of its weight due to moisture evaporating during the drying process. That’s the simple fact, and also what gives jerky such a long shelf life.
Since we took it upon ourselves in 2017 to start tracking jerky prices, the price of jerky has remained fairly consistent. Using beef jerky as an example has only risen 5 cents per ounce since 2016 based on what we have reviewed inside this jerky review web site. Some of the more exotic kinds of jerky sold has taken us a longer to determine the cheap, average, and expensive price ranges.
Jerky Ingredients – Jerky Price Range Update (July 2017)
Jerky Ingredients – Jerky Price Range Update (August 2018)
Jerky Ingredients – Jerky Price Ranges Update (August 2019)
We here at Jerky Ingredients have seemed to set the Jerky Industry standard with jerky prices. A fact that we are proud of, and work hard towards.
Total Cost of Jerky Bags
Jerky Bags cost: $9373.79 (Jan 24/2020 – $6007.64)
Total Cost of Jerky Bags Purchased
Purchased Jerky Bags cost: $3451.02 (Jan 24/2020 – $1903.53)
Total Cost of Jerky Bags Submitted
Submitted Jerky Bags cost: $5922.77 (Jan 24/2020 – $4104.11)
While our preference is to have jerky submitted for review, we are not adverse to purchasing jerky. The first six months of this jerky review web site way back in 2014 was done solely on purchased bags to document my jerky bag collection. Living in Canada has certainly presented its challenges, where not all jerky makers are willing to send their jerky over the border. If we lived in the U.S.A., the jerky maker content in this jerky review web site would look far different than what it is today.
In many cases a jerky maker with a bad ingredient list would never submit their jerky for review. Why would these jerky makers submit jerky for review? So that we can slam their ingredient list in the ingredient review, albeit the vast majority of people only care about the taste. A poor bag design should never prevent a jerky maker from submitting their jerky for review, where who cares about the bag anyway.
People may be surprised to discover how willing jerky makers are to submit their jerky in exchange for a review. It is generally a win-win situation for a jerky maker to submit bags of jerky for review, where we get another jerky bag to review, and the jerky maker gets free publicity.
The figure of $6,000 worth of jerky reviewed is misleading. The actual figure would be much higher, where the $6,000 only includes unique bags of jerky reviewed. If, for example, a jerky maker submits or we purchase two 3 oz bags of the same flavor, then that only counts as one 3 oz bag. If, for example, a jerky maker sends us one 3 oz bag and one 1 oz bag of the same flavor, that does count as two bags reviewed. There needs to be something unique about the bag, whether the bag size is different, the bag design changed, or the jerky has been reformulated.
We are proud of offering great exposure, giving the opportunity to get each and every jerky brand known to the market and community in this probably now 3 Billion Dollars annual sales dried meats industry. The jerky industry has a broad presence on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. As a general rule, jerky makers with high social media activity have good to great tasting jerky.
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Below are some various statistics to illustrate how we got up to $6,000 of jerky reviewed to date. Even after a little over six years later, we are still overrun with jerky submissions. The jerky industry rocks!
Jerky Review Counter
Jerky Reviews: 1178 (Jan 24/2020 – 795)
Jerky Brand Counter
Jerky Brands reviewed: 382 (Jan 24/2020 – 230)
United States of America Brand Counter
USA Jerky Brands reviewed: 
289 (Jan 24/2020 – 184)
Canada Jerky Brand Counter
Canadian Jerky Brands reviewed: 
82 (Jan 24/2020 – 39)
Jerky Tag Counter
Jerky Tags created: 1202 (Jan 24/2020 – 804)
Jerky Category Counter
Jerky Categories created: 75 (Jan 24/2020 – 63)
Total Cost of Jerky Bags
Jerky Bags cost: $9373.79 (Jan 24/2020 – $6007.64)
Total Cost of Jerky Bags Purchased
Jerky Bags cost: $3451.02 (Jan 24/2020 – $1903.53)
Total Cost of Jerky Bags Submitted
Submitted Jerky Bags cost: $5922.77 (Jan 24/2020 – $4104.11)
Jerky Bags Counter
Unique Jerky Bags acquired: 1260 (Jan 24/2020 – 875)
Jerky Brand Submitted Counter
Jerky Brands Submitted For Review: 162 (Jan 24/2020 – 119)
Submitted Jerky Bags
Unique Submitted Jerky Bags reviewed: 768 (Jan 24/2020 – 574)
Jerky Ingredient Counter
Jerky Ingredients reviewed: 972 (Jan 24/2020 – 791)
Jerky Flavor Name Counter
Jerky Flavor Names reviewed: 696 (Jan 24/2020 – 515)
Jerky Flavor Counter
Jerky Flavor Tags reviewed: 74 (Jan 24/2020 – 64)
Total Weight of Jerky
- Grams 104,700 (Jan 24/2020 – 70,144)
- Ounces 3,697 (Jan 24/2020 – 2471)
- Pounds 231.0 (Jan 24/2020 – 154.5)
- Kilograms 104.8 (Jan 24/2020 – 70.1)
JERKY SHRINE DETAILS
Jerky Shrine Brand Counter
Jerky Shrine Brands: 471 (January 24/2020 – 305)
Jerky Shrine Bag Counter
Jerky Shrine Bags: 1801 (January 24/2020 – 1,343)
Jerky Shrine Brand On Display Counter
Jerky Shrine Brands On Display: 112 (January 24/2020 – 64)
Jerky Shrine Brand Wall #1 Counter
Jerky Shrine Brands Wall #1: 48 (January 24/2020 – 6)
Jerky Shrine Brand Cork Board #1 Counter
Jerky Shrine Brands Cork Board #1: 30 (January 24/2020 – 28)
Jerky Shrine Brand Cork Board #2 Counter
Jerky Shrine Brands Cork Board #2: 34 (January 24/2020 – 31)
Jerky Shrine Brand Closet Counter
Jerky Shrine Brands Closet: 25 (January 24/2020 – 16)
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Jerky Flavors: www.jerkyingredients.com/flavours-3/
Jerky Types: www.jerkyingredients.com/jerky-types/
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