Pemmican Beef Jerky with Real Dried Fruit — Apples, Apricots, Raisins

Beef jerky made the way pemmican was actually made — meat and real dried fruit, together. Apples, apricots, and raisins folded into the beef, not sprinkled on as an afterthought. 7 grams of protein and 100 calories a serving, with no artificial preservatives.

What pemmican actually is

Traditional pemmican was dried meat, fat, and dried berries pressed together — a portable, calorie-dense food that kept for months without refrigeration. Plains tribes made it. Fur traders lived on it. Shackleton and Amundsen took it to the poles.

Most products sold as "pemmican" today are just beef jerky borrowing the name. Ours has the fruit in it, which is the part that made pemmican pemmican.

What it tastes like

Sweet and savory at once, and closer to a snack bar than to a peppered beef stick. The fruit softens the texture — this isn't the tough, jaw-working jerky you'd pack for a long hunt. It's the one that disappears from a lunchbox.

If you've only had salt-and-pepper jerky, this reads as something different enough that people either love it immediately or need a second piece to decide.

Who it's for

Kids. This is the one all three of ours reach for. Sweet enough to feel like a treat, 7 grams of protein, and a short ingredient list you can read out loud. More on that in our guide to the best meat sticks for kids' lunchboxes.

Anyone hiking, hunting, or working outside. Shelf-stable, no refrigeration, dense calories in a small package. Same reason it was invented.

People who want protein without a candy bar. Sweetness from actual dried fruit rather than syrup.

Ingredients

Beef, dried apples, apricots, raisins, salt, brown sugar, spices, onion powder, garlic powder, celery powder.

No MSG. No fillers. No artificial preservatives.

Made in small batches at Zick's Specialty Meats in Michigan, a family smokehouse running the same recipes for over forty years. USDA inspected every production day. Ships fast from Austin, Texas.