Perky Jerky Original Turkey Jerky, 14oz - Low Sodium - 10g Protein per Serving - Low Fat - 100% U.S. Sourced - Handcrafted, Tender Texture and Bold Flavor

This Jerky is extremely tasty. I have the alpha gal allergy from a Lone Star tick bite a long time ago. This jerky doesn't taste like bacon, BUT it is a fine substitute on a sandwich or eating out of hand. The texture varies from nearly crumbled to thick and chewy. The taste puts me in mind of Asian food. You can't leave this unrefrigerated like you can with beef sticks, for instance. But the bottom line, even at a somewhat high cost, is that I really enjoy it.

I haven't had this in years, but got a craving recently. I haven't had any jerky since I got full dentures, but remembered that this is the only kind I like that is anywhere close to tender enough for me to try. I can't buy it anywhere near me, so was happy to find it on Amazon! I ordered a 14oz bag. It came super fast! It's perfect! It's moist and tender, like I remember. I can chew it with my (ill fitting, temporary) dentures! I can't imagine why I've seen reviews complaining about the texture. The texture is amazing to me! I guess if you want your jerky to be hard and super dry, this isn't for you. But if you want something tender and super flavorful, buy this!!! The original is the only I've ever had, and is the best tasting jerky I've ever eaten, period. It's a little sweet, but also peppery, and it works together to make something beautiful. If you've ever eaten maple pepper bacon, this is very similar in flavor! I'm going to keep buying this here. I recommend it as highly as I possibly could! Something I'm surprised I didn't see advertised much more is that this product is gluten free! This is extremely important to me. I don't personally need gluten free foods, but my oldest son is a type 1 diabetic who also has Celiac disease. So he can't eat ANY gluten, nor can he eat high carbohydrates or high sugar foods. It's very hard to find acceptable snacks for him, especially with the costs of most gluten free items being sooo high. I was so pleased when I saw that these are gluten free and that I can share with him!!! Most have soy sauce, which isn't g.free typically, but perky jerky uses gluten-free soy sauce in their jerky! Amazing!

For over a decade, I had primarily been a part of the "Jack Link's Turkey Jerky" camp. It use to have nice, big, flat, light-colored pieces that were easy to bite into and chew (as is advertised in their supplied product picture here on Amazon), and the few small pieces that collected at the bottoms of the bags were still good enough to eat. However, the quality of their turkey jerky really took a nosedive over the past year or so. Now their turkey jerky is all dark colored, hard, small, most pieces round, some pieces having fat on them still. After trying to find a better source for around a year (tried Amazon, local Walmarts, and other local grocery stores), I finally gave in and said enough was enough. After reading through some turkey jerky reviews here on Amazon, I decided to give this Perky Jerky brand a try. I purchased a bag of their original flavor, and after examination and the first few pieces, I will now be leaving Jack Link's behind. This Perky Jerky brand offers much better pieces of turkey jerky, larger pieces, soft, easy to bite into and chew. Not only that, but it's much better pricing-wise too. Two bags of Jack Link's Turkey Jerky adds up to 11.7oz and (at the time of this review) ~$16, while one bag of this Perky Jerky is 14oz and (at the time of this review) $13. My one small nit-pick is that the original flavor could use just a bit more pepper. Even without it, it's much better than Jack Link's. I'll be sure to give the other flavors a try later.

The four-star ranking is an aggregate of 5 stars for the Original version and 3 stars for the Teriyaki version, both in 14-ounce size, since the website won't let me review and rank them individually. I'd never heard of this product until I recently saw and bought a two-ounce package of the Original version on sale for a couple of dollars on a clearance rack at a nearby grocery store - a couple of bites and I was hooked! Moist, extremely tender, and highly flavorful, it's all there and makes for a great snack. (Note that the 2-ounce bag has far smaller pieces than does the 14-ounce bag.) The Teriyaki version was different from the Original version in almost every respect. Many huge pieces which were almost half again as big as palm-sized, overall a texture much closer to the firm chewiness associated with any kind of jerky, and such a mild flavor that it would have taken me several pieces to finally guess that it was teriyaki-flavored. To be sure, there was nothing at all wrong with it and overall it was pretty good; it was just far from what I was expecting having already enjoyed the Original version. I bought both versions from Amazon last week for $12.99 a bag, and I'd pay that again for either. However, it looks like now the Original version is almost $20.00 a bag and, as good as it is, in my estimate that's at a "pricing-yourself-out-of-the-market" level.

It is tender, with a minimum of fat, packaged in a vacuum sealed container so it keeps fresh longer, and there are different kinds from mild to really spicy

My first response to this product was that yes, the texture was too soft...just not what you're expecting from a jerky. However, it really grew on me and the flavor was absolutely AMAZING. I got to the point where beef jerky kind of tastes awful to me now. I ate a serving of this every day for a year as a protein packed snack and loved it...until a few months ago. I don't know what happened but I got a bag from Amazon that just tasted awful, kind of like stale fat, not rotten or rancid, just stale. Thought it was a fluke but then had the same thing happen in my next order. I wrote to the company and heard nothing back. Forgot to cancel my "subscribe and save" order and thought "I'll give them one last chance...and they failed again. I order 3 bags at a time and 2 were fine, the 3rd was awful - same stale oil/fat taste. I don't know what is going on, clearly there are supply issues, judging from the lack of availability, which is understandable but it shouldn't result in selling a subpar product and/or a lack of quality control. It most certainly shouldn't result in ignoring customer complaints about quality especially given that they guarantee their products.

This is ridiculously expensive marvelous tasting turkey jerky that I can afford to buy once a year as a Thanksgiving Day treat. It is not possible to eat a "one serving" sized portion! Very lucky if I can stop at about a quarter of a bag at a time. Addictive "healthy" food though nothing that addictive can be totally healthy! If you are rich and never think about the cost of food so that you will survive another day, go ahead and buy as many as you desire. Of course that will probably raise the price for the rest of us who are poor. Supply and demands, and corporate greed, works that way and causes inflation. Still the product is wonderful. I hope I can literally afford it next year as a Thanksgiving treat or better yet for my birthday which comes sooner! Call this a mixed review therefore the 3 star rating. If it cost less (it did some time ago) the review would be a definite 5 star! The stuff really is that good taste-wise.

Very good!