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Country Archer Original Beef Stick

Full-size original beef stick

This entry covers only Country Archer's Original Beef Stick. Its official product page lists grass-fed beef, seasonings, and a beef-collagen casing, with a label serving size of one 28 g stick. The page does not establish a package count or current purchasability.

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Before you pack

The details that matter

Information is specific to the recorded product or flavor. An unverified field is not a claim that it is absent.

Flavor or product scope
Original flavor; full-size beef stick only. This record does not represent mini sticks, other beef-stick flavors, jerky, turkey, pork, or sausages.
Ingredient summary
Official product-page statement: Grass-Fed Beef, Water, Sea Salt; contains 2% or less of encapsulated citric acid, dehydrated garlic, red pepper, black pepper, cultured celery powder, cherry powder, coriander, onion powder, white pepper, ground nutmeg, and parsley; in colored beef collagen casing. This summary follows the page's displayed ingredient statement and does not imply any unlisted ingredient or allergen status.
Allergen scope
No separate allergen advisory was present in the retrieved official product-page text. Beef and beef-collagen casing are named ingredients. Absence of a listed advisory is not evidence that the product is free of any particular allergen or cross-contact risk.
Serving scope
Official product-page label lists serving size as 1 stick (28 g). The page text retrieved does not establish retail package count or servings per package.
Storage & preparation
Country Archer's FAQ says meat sticks do not require refrigeration and are not recommended for freezing, and directs shoppers to the package for a best-by date and/or safe-handling instructions. Its three-day-after-opening statement applies to jerky, not explicitly to meat sticks. No product-specific preparation directions were retrieved.
Availability
Not verified

No label revision history or prior formulation comparison was present in the opened official sources. Ingredients above reflect the page text checked on 2026-11-05; verify the package for current label details.

Check the current package for ingredients, allergen and cross-contact statements, serving size, and storage instructions. Dietary tags are not an allergy-safety guarantee.

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From the official sources

Listed features

Claims about a named flavor or format should not be assumed to cover the whole range.

  • Official product-page ingredient statement begins with grass-fed beef, water, and sea salt, followed by spices and other ingredients in amounts of 2% or less.
  • The displayed label serving size is one stick (28 g).
  • Country Archer's FAQ says its products are gluten-free and advises shoppers to look for the certified gluten-free logo on pack; the exact product-page text retrieved did not display that logo.
  • The FAQ says jerky, meat sticks, and smoked sausages do not require refrigeration.

What the facts offer

Useful qualities

  • The single-stick format and serving scope are identified on the official product page, and its ingredients are listed for this specific flavor/form.
  • The FAQ says meat sticks do not need refrigeration, which can simplify unopened packing where product labeling permits.

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Things to consider

  • The opened sources do not establish the current package count, current stock status, or exact-product allergen advisory.
  • The gluten-free statement appears in the brand FAQ rather than the retrieved exact product-page text; verify the certified mark on the package.

Label first

Dietary notes

Gluten-free

Country Archer's official FAQ makes a brand-level gluten-free statement and says to look for the certified gluten-free logo on pack. The opened Original Beef Stick product-page text did not itself show a gluten-free certification mark, so check the physical package for this exact item. No vegan, vegetarian, or dairy-free claim is assigned. The retrieved product page did not provide a separate allergen advisory; do not infer allergen absence from the ingredient list.

On the trail

Packing & preparation

The product page identifies a one-stick (28 g) label serving but does not show the retail pack count in the retrieved text. Country Archer's FAQ says meat sticks do not require refrigeration and advises checking each package for its best-by date and/or safe-handling instructions. Do not apply the FAQ's three-day-after-opening guidance to this stick: the FAQ specifies that guidance for jerky, not meat sticks. The product-specific preparation instructions were not available in the retrieved page text.

The paper trail

Sources & verification

Source information checked:

Published facts, not hands-on testing or a rating. Product details and labels can change after the checked date.

  • Original Beef Stick (opens a new tab)

    Supports: Exact product identity from the official page URL/title; flavor/form-specific ingredient statement including beef-collagen casing; and label serving size of one stick (28 g). Retrieved page text did not establish package count, stock status, or an allergen advisory.

    https://www.countryarcher.com/products/original-beef-stick
  • Country Archer Frequently Asked Questions (opens a new tab)

    Supports: The FAQ says products are gluten-free and advises shoppers to look for the certified gluten-free logo on pack; says meat sticks do not require refrigeration and should not be frozen; directs shoppers to package best-by/safe-handling instructions; and limits the three-day-after-opening statement to jerky.

    https://www.countryarcher.com/pages/faqs
  • Our Range (opens a new tab)

    Supports: The official range page identifies full-size sticks as a product format and displays a mixture of in-stock and sold-out listings, but the retrieved page text does not identify which listing is Original Beef Stick; it therefore does not confirm current availability for this exact item.

    https://www.countryarcher.com/collections/jerky

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