Noble Jerky – Vegan, Vegetarian, Plant Based Snacks, 70 Gram Bags, (3 Bags) (Hickory)

This stuff is AMAZING! With one complaint…it’s a bit too sweet! However, the texture is spot on, a bit chewy but soft enough to where it’s not ripping your teeth out. The spices used compliment it amazingly. The bits of black pepper give it a bite along with the saltiness. The smokiness is also dead on as sometimes they use too much liquid smoke and it’s bitter. It is hard to tell it’s vegan at all except the SLIGHT soy taste at the end but your have to be looking for it. It’s been a long long time since I’ve had real jerky but this is what I remember it tasting like. Well done. Just maybe bring the sweetness down a touch

I found the flavor to be weird. Rather than hickory, it was more a bizarre and gross chemical sweetness with an unpleasant aftertaste. The chewiness or stickiness didn’t bother me. If the flavor was good, these wouldn’t be a problem. I’d recommend a flavor from this brand that isn’t meant to be super sweet if you’re going to try this jerky. I only bought hickory based on the number of positive reviews on it, but that’s a mistake. Get original or one that’s more muted on the sweetness.

Update – November 2019
Purchased these (the chipotle flavor) again as they had been unavailable for the last few months on Amazon. The quality and flavor are noticeably different and really bad from the last time I purchased it and left the review below. First, the package now has a sticker that says “Product of Taiwan” which makes me think they maybe recently started outsourcing their product manufacturing. The flavor is lacking and so is the texture. It just tastes like a bunch of chili powder, with no lovely balanced flavor that they used to have. It was an overwhelming disappointment. Please go back to your old manufacturing process, the $2 cheaper price was not worth it to me for this poor quality product! Maybe it was just a bad batch that I received, but sincerely hope they can figure it out as their product was quite good before. I would no longer recommend this product to others and would only give it one star.

Old Review–

Tried this on a whim, and glad I did! Each pack is two generous sized servings and the nutritional value is not too bad, or at least not worse than other processed savory snacks. I would say it is relatively low calories, but I would be mindful of the salt if that is a health concern for you. The vegan jerky was very flavorful and had a great balance of sweet with a nice kick. Nothing too spicy, but just enough to make you want to eat the whole pack. I have never eaten beef jerky before, so can’t assess how close it is to the real thing for nostalgic former meat eaters, but I think it does a fair job of holding its own. Shipping and packaging were superb and found that buying this three pack was the cheapest option.

I would definitely buy again and recommend to friends!

Okay, so let me start out by saying the overuse of the word “addicted” irritates me. But I can’t seem to shake the urge to constantly eat this stuff. I think about it on the way home. Get up in the middle of the night and bumble around the cabinet. I just can’t get enough. Mind you, I’ve been a vegetarian for 25 years and maybe I don’t remember what actual jerkey is like, but this does it for me. Even my meat and potatoes eating dad and husband tried it and said it was “actually not bad”. (Huge compliment. Huge.) I have tried a few other brands but this one, to me, is the best of the best. I like the hickory. I like the teriyaki. I like the bbq. It’s a little sticky and sweet but it’s great. I don’t get all the negative reviews but then again, everyone has different tastebuds and expectations. This is a vegan jerky, after all. I really would hate to see how much I spend on this a month but it is worth it. It’s the only thing I ever get myself and I like it, dang it! And now I want some, so here I go again!!!

We often don’t get a lot of jerky options when we’re vegan. I purchased this for a trip but ate them before the trip because THESE TASTE AMAZING. The flavoring was so savoury and the consistency isn’t hard on your jaw like some other brands. Definitely buying this again.