We combine specially sourced cracked pepper along with finer ground pepper to deliver a multi-layered punch of black pepper. They aren't overwhelmingly peppery, but they give a good pepper kick. Kids and adults both love these.

Take them anywhere, and keep them in your backpack, office drawer or purse for a snack that satisfies, that doesn't leave you with a post sugar high crash a half hour later.

• Made with beef grown without antibiotics and never fed animal byproducts.

• No sodium nitrite added.

• No nitrites or nitrates added except for those found naturally occurring in celery juice and sea salt.

• No gluten, no nuts, no milk.

• No MSG, no artificial colors, flavors or smoke. No joke!

Beef & Pork Cracked Pepper Stick Ingredients: beef, pork, sea salt, natural flavors, evaporated cane sugar, citric acid, pepper, lactic acid, celery juice powder, spices. Contains no gluten, no nuts, no milk.

24, 1-oz pieces of Cracked Pepper sticks in a dispenser box.

Nutritional Information, 1 oz stick: Calories: 80; Total Fat, gm: 6; Saturated Fat, gm: 2.5; Trans Fat, gm: 0; Sodium, mg: 230; Total Carb, gm: 0; Protein, gm: 6

Compared to: Slim Jim 1 oz (adjusted to 28 grams from a 32 gram stick): Calories: 149; Total Fat, gm: 13; Saturated Fat, gm: 5; Trans Fat, gm: 1; Sodium, mg: 429; Total Carb, gm: 2; Protein, gm: 5

HANDLING:  Shelf stable between 32F and 80F for up to six months. Also keep out of direct sunlight. Refrigerate after opening.

HOW TO OPEN:  Look for the "smooth" looking corner, the one without the grid texture in the plastic. Separate the loose peel corner ends and pull -- the pieces will pull apart easily.