Fully cooked meat sticks / jerky-style meat snacks

Chomps meat sticks

Chomps makes portable, fully cooked meat sticks in beef, turkey, chicken, and venison varieties. The range is designed to be eaten as packaged, with product pages listing ingredient and nutrition details by flavor.

What the public facts say

  • Fully cooked and ready to eat without preparation.
  • Made with meat varieties including grass-fed and finished beef and venison, plus antibiotic-free turkey and chicken.
  • Original Beef lists 10g protein, 0g sugar, and 100 calories per stick.
  • The range is made without added sugar, artificial preservatives, or artificial coloring, according to Chomps' product information page.

Dietary notes

Gluten-freeDairy-free

Chomps states that its products are free of gluten and dairy, and that all products are not vegan because they are made from meat. The company also notes that products are produced in a facility where soy, milk, and sesame are present; check the individual flavor label for current ingredient and allergen details.

A dietary tag is not an allergy-safety guarantee. Check the selected flavor’s current label and contact the manufacturer if needed.

Practical tradeoffs

Useful qualities

  • Portable, shelf-stable format can be eaten straight from the package.
  • Ingredient and nutrition information is provided by individual flavor, with no added sugar listed across the range.

Things to consider

  • The meat-based format is unsuitable for vegan or vegetarian diets.
  • Sodium is part of the formulation and preservation process; Chomps lists 380mg for full-size 1.15oz sticks and 170mg for 0.5oz Chomplings.

These are format and ingredient observations from public sources, not tasting results or field-test claims.

Packing & preparation

Fully cooked and ready to eat. Chomps says its products have a 365-day shelf life from production when stored in a cool, dark place such as a pantry. Individual stick sizes and nutrition vary by product; full-size sticks are listed at 1.15oz and Chomplings at 0.5oz.

Official sources

Checked 2026-11-05. Products, labels and availability can change.

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