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Elk Jerky

Wapiti Ways Elk Jerky is the natural and healthy alternative to snack foods and power bars. Made with only the finest quality, naturally raised, antibiotic free, Wapiti Ways elk meat, our elk jerky is the NATURAL winner! Have a look for yourself at the table below and compare our elk jerky, which comes in both a lean version and smooth version, with other power bar products on the market today. Not only is Wapiti Ways Elk Jerky the lowest in calories and highest in protein, but is also close to the lowest in fats and carbohydrates. That is why Wapiti Ways Elk Jerky stands heads and antlers above the rest.

Nutritional Comparision of Power Bar Products Clicking on a column heading will sort the products according to that column. Clicking a second time will sort them in reverse order.
	Product	Size (grams)	Energy (calories)	Protein ( grams)	Fat ( grams)	Carbs ( grams)
	Wapiti Ways Lean Elk Jerky	30	72	13.4	.9	2.6
	Wapiti Ways Smooth Elk Jerky	30	76	11.6	2.2	5.3
	Premiere Protein Bar	30	112	12.5	3.4	8.8
	Detour Whey Protein Energy Bar	30	119	10.5	4.2	9.8
	Protein Plus Power Bar	30	115	9.3	1.9	15.0
	Advantage Protein Bar	30	114	9.0	5.5	1.0
	Odyssey Slim Advantage	30	120	9.0	5.5	12.5
	Mesotech Energy Bar	30	112	8.9	3.0	13.1
	Zone Perfect Nutrition Bar	30	126	8.4	4.3	14.0
	MLO BioProtein Bar	30	115	7.8	2.2	16.0
	GenSoy Soy Protein Bar	30	116	6.9	2.9	16.0
	Presidents Choice Fast Track Bar	30	106	6.5	2.6	16.0
	Presidents Choice Equalizer Nut. Supp. Bar	30	119	6.6	3.5	15.0
	Kellogs Vector Energy	30	109	4.9	2.4	19.0
	Joe Weider Tiger's Milk	30	119	4.8	5.6	15.0
	Power Bar Harvest Grain	30	115	4.5	3.0	19.0
	Clif Cookies & Cream Bar	30	106	4.4	1.8	21.0
	MLO Power Sport Energy Bar	30	106	4.3	1.2	20.0
	Nature Valley Granola Bar	30	132	3.0	4.3	22.0
	Atkins Endulge	30	142	2.7	11.5	15.0
	Presidents Choice Low Fat Bar	30	125	1.5	3.3	23.1
	Nutri Grain Cereal Bar	30	114	1.3	2.4	21.0
	Real Berry & Real Green Organic Bar	30	93	.5	.3	25.2

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What is Elk Jerky?

Wapiti Ways elk jerky is slices of naturally raised, Alberta ranched elk, prepared using our own unique recipe, then dried and smoked. Jerky has become a very popular snack in North America with its natural taste and low fat and calories.

Jerky - A History of A Nutritious Snack Food

Jerky was first introduced by the South American native tribe called the Quechua. The Quechua were part of the Inca empire. They called their Jerky Ch'arki, a name that can still be found on Spanish jerky today. The Quechua sliced their meat and pounded it between stones before cooking and drying it.

North American Indians developed a similar method of preserving their meat and produced a product called pemmican. Pemmican was made using venison or buffalo meat dried slowly and pounded into powder. Wild berries and hot fat were then added to the meat and it was all placed in waterproof hide casings.

Early hunters, trappers, and settlers quickly adopted the native techniques of cutting and pulling meat, salting it, and hanging it over branches to let Mother Nature dry it with sun and wind. Over time drying methods changed. To speed the process up people began drying the jerky in smoke huts over fire. The smoke would cure the meat, imparting its own unique flavour to it, and the heat from the fire would dry the meat. Not only was this process faster, but it required much less salt making the jerky more palatable.

Through time and experimentation unique recipes for jerky were developed. The smoke from different woods imparted its own essence to the jerky, and marinating the meat in different combinations of preserves, spices, herbs, added its own unique tastes. There was a time where every family had their own jerky recipe, often handed down over generations, and often well guarded like all family treasures.

Today you can find some of these well-guarded family recipes on the store shelves. Pemmican is there, only now it is called "kippered." It is pemmican though, a chipped and formed product placed in a casing and often confused these days with jerky.

Once a nourishing staple of travelers, explorers, trappers, wranglers, and voyageurs, Jerky is still one of the most nutritious snack food available today and Wapiti Ways Elk Jerky ranks among the best.

Who is Wapiti Ways Elk Jerky For?

A lightweight snack packed with nutrition and low in fat and calories, elk jerky is the perfect treat for drivers, hikers, cyclists, fishermen, hunters, orienteers, nordic skiers, and many more groups.

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