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Yes. All our All Natural Beef Snacks are gluten free. Beef is naturally gluten free, and all of our spices are certified gluten free.

Yes. Because our beef snacks are high in protein, they are very good to snack on and help keep you full until your next healthy meal. Our Jerky is very lean, and our Beef Sticks and Beef Bites have much less fat than traditional beef sticks.

Because our beef has no added hormones or antibiotics, our beef fat is a healthy, natural dietary fat that provides needed energy and helps build optimum health. Good eating habits and consistent, moderate exercise will also help you lose weight.

No. The Big-8 allergens are: milk, eggs, fish, crustacean shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat, and soybeans. We do not use any of these products in our beef snacks. We are a totally allergen-free USDA plant.

Yes. The Ketogenic (Keto) diet is a very low-carb, high-fat diet that shares many similarities with the Atkins and other low-carb diets. It has been found to be beneficial for some people with Epilepsy and also for weight loss. 

The following products zero carbs and zero sugars and are consistent with KETO diets:

Cowboy-Hickory Smoked Angus Beef Bites
Cowboy-Hickory Smoked Angus Beef Sticks
Original Angus Beef Jerky
Original Jalapeño Angus Beef Bites
Original Jalapeño Angus Beef Sticks
Peppered Angus Beef Jerky

Yes. A Paleo diet typically includes lean meats, fish, fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds. Our whole muscle Jerky is very lean. Our Beef Sticks and Beef Bites do have more healthy beef fat than Jerky, but they are much leaner than many other beef sticks on the market.

The following products zero carbs and zero sugars and are consistent with Paleo diets:

Cowboy-Hickory Smoked Angus Beef Bites
Cowboy-Hickory Smoked Angus Beef Sticks
Original Angus Beef Jerky
Original Jalapeño Angus Beef Bites
Original Jalapeño Angus Beef Sticks
Peppered Angus Beef Jerky

Yes and Yes.

While most  conventional beef comes from cattle that are fed growth hormones, we don’t feel the need to hurry Mother Nature along. We like our cattle to grow naturally the old-fashioned way.

Most conventional cattle are given antibiotics. According to government regulations, these antibiotics can be stopped four months before the cattle are processed and still be labeled “antibiotic-free.”  

That is why Wyoming Gourmet Beef doesn’t ever allow antibiotics.

We are so proud of our claim: “NEVER, EVER Any Added Hormones Or Antibiotics!” 

In addition to not using any added hormones or antibiotics in our All Natural Wyoming beef, we believe in only using All Natural Ingredients for all our beef snacks. When we talked to our first food consultant about making jerky, he said he’d been in the jerky industry for 26 year, and that we had to use MSG and sodium nitrite to make good jerky.

But we were persistent.

We asked him if he knew where he could order some celery juice powder for us. He said, “Yes.” We said, “Great! Please use this celery juice powder and leave out the sodium nitrite. Also, leave out the MSG.” He shook his head disapprovingly and muttered quietly as he walked out of the room, “I’ll make it, but it won’t be good.”

When we came back a week later to taste the jerky that he had made with our All Natural Wyoming beef and WITHOUT sodium nitrite or MSG, he had a big smile on his face and simply said, “It’s amazing!”

We knew from experience that if you have tender, delicious beef to begin with, you don’t need MSG as a flavor enhancer. You don’t need sodium nitrites or nitrates or anything artificial. “All Natural” tastes great!

Some beef snack companies claim much higher protein counts for their products, but if you read the label you will see that many of them add soy to their products. Since we are an allergen-free plant, we don’t use soy. Our protein is 100% beef protein.

The protein count in our All Natural beef snack varies a little bit from product to product depending upon what other ingredients are used in the recipe. Here is a complete list for you to compare:

Angus Beef Jerky

10 g — Original

10 g — Peppered
6 g — Honey

Angus Beef Sticks

6 g — Cowboy Hickory Smoked

6 g — Original Jalapeño
6 g — Wild Ginger

Angus Beef Bites

6 g — Cowboy Hickory Smoked

6 g — Original Jalapeño
6 g — Wild Ginger

If the package only has one printed side, it will be on the front panel. If the package has two printed sides, it will be on the back panel. This information is also available on each product page of our website.

We only use three types of natural sweeteners: Honey, Raw Cane Sugar, or Pineapple Juice Concentrate. Our honey is locally sourced raw from Worland, Wyoming and is heated and strained before being added to our beef snack recipes.

Yes, our cattle are grass-fed. Our cattle spend the majority of the time eating and grazing on the high protein grasses of Wyoming. They are never given any added hormones or antibiotics.

The definitions of “grass-fed” beef can be confusing. In January of 2016, USDA dropped its official definition of “grass-fed.” Now you must read labels carefully to find out what kind of "grass-fed" beef products you are really buying. Here are a few guidelines to consider:

• "Grass-fed" cattle eat natural grasses for at least 50% of the time, but they can have grains added to their diets during the last few months for maximizing flavor. These cattle may or may not have been given hormones or antibiotics.
• “100% Grass-fed” cattle always eat natural grasses and do not have grains added to their diets. However, these cattle may or may not have been given hormones or antibiotics.
• “100% Grass-fed & Hormone and Antibiotic Free” cattle always eat natural grasses and are never given any added hormones or antibiotics.

We finish our cattle on grain for a few months because we prefer the taste of grain-finished beef. Also, we believe there are some added nutritional benefits in the beef fat of grain-finished cattle. Beef that is 100% “grass-fed” has an entirely different taste, which some people do not like. All our customers who enjoy our fresh beef and beef snacks prefer the taste of our “grass-fed, grain-finished” beef.  We are proud of the rich taste of our premium beef snacks—all food traceable back to the ranch!

Yes. Each of the ranchers we contract with to buy cattle must sign an affidavit declaring the humane treatment of their cattle, and the ranches are audited by the Wyoming Business Council. The Wyoming Business Council runs this cattle verification program to ensure source, nutrition, vaccination, handling and care, and age through independent, third-party audits.

Complete source-verification is what makes Wyoming Gourmet Beef unique. We want our consumers to not only know the COUNTRY (USA) and the STATE (Wyoming) where their beef was sourced—but also the specific RANCH!

We proudly display the name of the ranch where our beef was locally sourced on every bag of jerky and box of beef we ship. A number code is also printed on each beef stick to identify the ranch where it was locally sourced!

Cattle that get sick are removed from our All Natural program and transferred to a Conventional program where they are given the antibiotics they need to get well. These cattle are never returned to our All Natural program.

You can purchase our All Natural beef snacks online or in over 7,500+ retail outlets in the United States, Canada, and US Navy Exchanges. 

Our beef snacks taste so fresh is because the #1 ingredient is high quality beef! Everyone can immediately taste the Wyoming difference in our beef snacks compared to other beef snacks on the market.

The most common compliment we get is, “Wow this is so good! I can actually taste the beef!”

We don’t need to add too much to our beef because it already tastes so good—just a little salt and pepper, a few spices, and some honey, raw cane sugar, or pineapple juice concentrate to sweeten it up a bit. We like to keep it simple.

Because our beef snacks are completely All Natural, an unopened bag of beef bites will stay fresh for 12 months. Once the bag is opened, we recommend eating the beef bites within one week and keeping the bag sealed between servings. Our 4 oz. beef bites have a resealable top, but the 2 oz. beef bites do not and can be stored for freshness in a ziplock bag. To extend the freshness, refrigerate or freeze it after one week.

Because our beef snacks are completely All Natural, an unopened beef stick will stay fresh for 12 months. Once the beef stick is opened, we recommend eating the beef stick within one day. 

Because our beef snacks are completely All Natural, an unopened bag of beef jerky will stay fresh for 12 months. Once the bag is opened, we recommend eating the beef jerky within one week and keeping the bag sealed between servings. To extend the freshness, refrigerate or freeze it after one week.

David Fales, Wyoming Gourmet Beef Founder & CEO, was born and raised on a successful farm near Cody, Wyoming and always dreamed of one day returning to his ranching roots and working with cattle. In 2010, after years of pushing the Famous Idaho Potato brand across the country with Simplot French Fries, and helping to build other national food brands, he decided it was now time to brand Wyoming beef and make his dream a reality.

With the support of his wife Kristine and their 11 children, David formed the parent company, Wyoming Authentic Products, which features Wyoming Gourmet Beef. He bought his first 100 head of cattle in 2011 to get started, and the rest is history! It’s been quite a ride!

On the contrary, we like to consider ourselves ahead of the times!

When we first started our company in 2010, we could rarely find any All Natural beef snacks in the market. Since then, we’ve become a bit of a “disrupter” to the industry because now there are dozens of products on the market “claiming” to be All Natural. However, what many of these companies are claiming is All Natural INGREDIENTS only (which we are thrilled about!) but most of them do not have All Natural beef.

We are proud to produce completely All Natural snacks with All Natural beef exclusively from Wyoming ranchers AND All Natural ingredients.

When we say we have “All Natural” beef, we mean it. The Wyoming Gourmet Beef definition of 100% All Natural means: NO Added Hormones, NO Antibiotics, NO, MSG, NO Nitrites or Nitrates, NO Artificial Ingredients, Grass-fed, grain-finished.

The USDA defines "all natural" as merely “minimally processed-no artificial ingredients”—which is often confusing and misleading to consumers.

Needless to say, we prefer our definition of our All Natural Beef Snacks.

The old adage, “you get what you pay for,” applies directly to the beef snacks you eat. There are four main reasons our beef snacks are more expensive than our competitors:

1. 1. We are 100% All Natural: It is more expensive to raise “All Natural” cattle than to raise “Conventional” cattle. Our ranchers who raise our All Natural cattle don’t ever give their cattle any added growth hormones or antibiotics. Ranchers who raise Conventional cattle do use added growth hormones and/or antibiotics when they think it is necessary. The All-Natural beef we use costs twice as much as conventional beef that can be purchased on the open market.
   
   
2. 2. We are Food Traceable: We know the name of every ranch from which each box of beef comes. It takes extra time to keep these careful records and pass this information on to our customers who want source-verified food.
   
   
3. 3. We Don’t Use Artificial Ingredients: Along with All Natural Beef, we only use All Natural Ingredients—nothing artificial! It is more expensive to buy Celery Juice Powder and Sea Salt to preserve our beef snacks than to use nitrites or nitrates. It is more expensive to buy high quality spices than to artificially enhance the flavor with MSG. 
   
   
4. 4. We are a Craft Facility: Being a “craft”  facility means we make small batches of beef snacks that are hand-cut and hand-packaged by our dedicated USDA plant employees who are happy to put in the time to bring you the most delicious All Natural beef snacks on the market.

We work hard to keep our prices as low as possible so our customers can enjoy all the health benefits and delicious taste of our products. As we like to say, “You can taste the Wyoming!”

Wyoming is in the Northwestern part of the United States. The Rocky Mountains and and the majority of Yellowstone National Park run through the state. The Wind River Indian Reservation is in central-western Wyoming, which is where many of the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho Native American Tribes reside.

Wyoming is nicknamed "The Equality State," because it was the first state in the United States to give women the right to vote, which it did in 1869 when it was still a territory. On the That’s WY website, you can read this story:

When invited to join the Union only if women’s suffrage was revoked, Wyoming’s legislature said, “We will remain out of the Union one hundred years rather than come in without the women.” In 1890, Wyoming became the 44th state. . . with the women.

Click here to learn more about the achievements of Wyoming women over the last 150 years!

We hope all individuals and families around the world will enjoy our All Natural Wyoming Gourmet Beef snacks for all of its health benefits, rich history, and amazing taste!

We know that you will be 100% satisfied with your order from Wyoming Gourmet Beef. All of our beef snacks are hand-crafted and hand-packaged, but if you ever receive a product that has been damaged in shipping, please email orders@wyproducts.com or call 307-587-9841 and we will take care of you.