*Frequently Asked Questions* *Vegan Sugar? Isn't all sugar made from plants, therefore Vegan?* - No, sometimes sugar is refined using bone charcoal made from animal bones (this is less common nowadays, but that's the common distinction between 'sugar' and 'vegan sugar') *Wouldn't yeast extract make it non-vegan?* - No. Yeast is not an animal.
Noticed your comment on Clive's video. You could do a video on faking Fray Bentos pies. Fully home made, ready made pastry and tinned stewing steak vs the real thing.
Plants are organisms. Whoever argued that vegans don't eat 'organisms' should have paid a tiny bit more attention in biology class. EDIT: I've only ever heard this argument (and I have heard it a lot) from NON-Vegans.
@@AtomicShrimp I agree. I heard this about 22 years ago from a man who claimed he was vegan, didn’t wear leather or suede, didn’t eat eggs or milk or meat or fish, and made this additional claim when I asked if he drank alcohol. I would wonder if it was for attention, but he was probably mid-50s then and this was a long enough ago that there didn’t seem any value in that, so who knows. I _did_ just learn about this other way to make sugar in this thread; interesting!
@@islandfireballkill Jerky is notorious for tiny amount of product per package. See Charlie/penguinZ's "exposé" for a chuckle. (He doesn't pretend it's high-up on the ladder regarding importance or proper "scam" level. It's for funsies.)
I really do enjoy this kinda thing, doesn’t talk down to Vegans and shows off which Vegan products are good from the perspective of someone who eats meat
As a fellow meat eater who nevertheless often likes eating vegetarian/vegan produce, I agree. I particularly like how he even gives suggestions on how they might be able to improve their product.
yeah food experimentation is really interesting. for me though being vegan would be waaay too expensive, but its still very interesting and I like trying vegan products occasionally
@@spikefivefivefive No, not toxic. I am a health nut but I’ve found tons of products at Chinese supermarkets that are safe & delicious. Also, if you’re still that worried, anything from Taiwan is going to be safe in terms of ingredient quality.
I think beef jerky and meat-stick (e.g., Slim Jim) style snacks might be two of the best snack applications of meat analogues. Using yeast extract keeps the product vegan and gives that umami hit that works so well with savoury snacks. If these Noble Jerky products were available where I live, I'd be happy to give them a try -- and supplement with my full-force Marmite if needed!
My personal favorite vegan product (being not vegan) is hot dogs/corn dogs! They’re really easy to imitate, because they barely resemble meat to begin with (almost like cheese?), so they taste like the real thing. But in my opinion they’re better because they don’t give me acid reflux, and I like the flavor.
Mike hands down your cooking,, food challenge, tasting etc. videos are my favourite. As someone eating less meat by choice for various reasons I find your reviews really inspiring. Thank you as ever for your efforts. :-)
I don't remember but have you ever reviewed using jackfruit as a meat substitute? I recently tried some jackfruit imitiation Korean Fried Chicken and honestly if I wasn't told it was meat I would have been fooled. Wouldn't say it tasted like fried chicken exactly but definitely some meat product.
Really enjoyable video! I really appreciate your reviews of vegan/vegetarian products. I've recently decided to alter my diet to vegetarian and it's difficult to adjust to meals without that savoury flavour and particularly texture of animal protein. Something I particularly love is beef jerky as a trail snack so it was very interesting to see how this vegan alternative held up.
I'd love to see you try some chinese tofu meat-like products. To someone who really likes meat, whilst some of them are clearly not meat, some brands actually taste really damn close
Yep that's just meat alternative companies ripping you off, they all do that. Is meat too cheap? Yes. Are these more expensive, despite costing nothing to produce? Absolutely..
@@xPandamon That's actually a bit less than I normally pay for biltong, which is imo a much superior product to beef jerky. Biltong is made with much higher quality meat, though, so that's not shocking. Jerky is shit-tier meat in terms of quality (though it's still good protein, no problem with that) so that's why it's so cheap.
I’ve never had real jerky, just veggie ones, and have to say that I haven’t loved the ones I’ve tried yet. This, however, looks promising, and it’s available where I live so I’m definitely going to order some. Thanks for reviewing this!
I'm an omnivore. Made my own homemade beef and pork jerkies in my dehydrator. A friend gave me a packet of Noble Jerky sriracha flavor to try out. I actually enjoyed it. It's not like the real thing, but the flavour was fine (spicy) and they did a good job mimicking the texture. Two thumbs up for Noble Jerky from me.
You can do this at home, cut very thin slices of tofu, add spices, salt or soy sauce and some oil and bake in a non stick sheet until they are dry and chewy, very good snack
Like with many vegan products I find the pricing quite disappointing. Beef Jerky is already overpriced, compared to homemade. The base ingredients for vegan substitutes often cost a fraction of their meat counterparts yet the consumer ends up paying the same or even more. I guess you can argue about development costs, marketing, etc... I'm hoping this will improve over time
When vegan foods were still niche products, I could understand the significantly higher prices compared to non-vegan products. But now there are so many vegetarian and vegan foods that I'm starting to think these prices are a rip off.
Especially in the US imitation meat is always almost twice as expensive, or more, as the real deal due to lack of scale, need for a larger range of ingredients and more processed ingredients to imitate the natural taste and so on
Jupp. These are such niche products, that almost no one is going to buy them, unless they're truly dedicated to eating plant based. I mean, honestly...I'm not going to spent that on flavored soy protein, even if it tastes halfway decent.
This was my thought, I’ve seen the brand in local supermarkets, but I just can’t justify that price for what, 70g, of anything. The Primal Jerky from America is still expensive but you get more for your money and they’re sold in smaller portions, so it’s difficult to absentmindedly eat £5 of jerky at once.
dude I have watched you for years now, love the foraging videos, but holy damn I LOVE these vegan reviews, its great to get the honest opinion from someone who eats meat, and states it as it is, I have been vegan for half a year now and the amount of biased reviews on certain "meat" replacements meat is crazy, most taste like garbage, its refreshing to see an honest unbiased opinion. Great work keep it going
Interesting. While jerky wouldnt be amiss as a beer snack in Canada, it just... isn't all that popular for that application. It does decently well as a trail snack, but the only reason it sells in Canada is truckers, of which we have an abundance (an incredibly high number per captia). It isn't even stocked at all stores and youre only guaranteed to find it at gas stations and corner stores. Big box stores usually have it but I don't bat an eye when they don't. Probably because Canada is one of the countries with the biggest sweet snack profile, and how popular chips (crisps) are here moreso than any other snack. Almost every gathering ive been to everyone just brings chips, alcohol and weed. Regardless of setting or context.
Tk Maxx used to be a place where you could pick up a bargain but not anymore it would appear. Your teriyaki jerky works out to £50 per kilo and the chipotle one £57!! Even real beef jerky is only £40 p/kilo in most places, and you purchased these from what people believe to be a discount store, I’d be interested to know what the original price was. 😲
Have you managed to find any vegetarian Biltong yet? (Biltong, at least the good stuff) is a bit like jerky; only proper. With two veggies lurking in my house, these reviews are very interesting to me; thanks.
I've tried a few things like these and they're pretty nice but good lord it's all so expensive, as is normal meat jerky. Packs that used to be £1-2 max are now £5 half the time, wish vegan alternatives were more affordable.
Absolutely. I've tried quite a few plant based jerkies out of curiosity, and the best ones are about 80% as good as equivalent beef jerky. But they're just as expensive, if not more so - if someone manages to get the manufacturing right to actively undercut the real meat jerky brands with a comparable product, I'll be first in the queue. I'd happily take something that's almost as good but half the price, with the ethical/environmental aspects being a bonus.
@@maxtonuponry Yep definitely, jerky is such a good protein boost if you're out for a hike or whatever but I am not paying £3-5 for a 25g pack of dried meat, that's just crazy. To be fair, I'm sure the processes involved in making non-meat jerky are fairly complicated but the prices all round are just a bit much. I haven't got any for years now and the last time was just to try out salmon jerky(which was surprisingly nice, if greasy)
That's right! I was trying to read into msg the other day, and there's was an article about Chinese Restaurant Syndrome, no science behind that, just urban myths.
@@mgratk She's right, it can make a very small percentage of people sick, but even then you need to consume a ridiculously large amount. I recommend checking out Adam Ragusea's video on it
I haven't looked at this particular one....but usually, soy based stuff has a decent amount of protein. Probably very little carbs, unless they added a lot of sugar (same as with beef jerky). And likely not a lot of fat, because it wouldn't fit the aimed at flavor/consistency profile. Although there might be more, then in Beef jerky. That has to be very lean, because the fat would go rancid fairly quickly in an unrefrigerated product. You have more options there, if you're willing to use 'not so healthy' versions of plant fats. Honestly...I'd probably rather buy regular protein bars instead. Or just a tub of protein powder. Unless, you really, really want that savoury flavor and are willing to pay 3 times as much for the same amount of protein.
Yeah protein is hard to come by in survival situations which makes them quite good to have whilst camping or hiking. Would love to know their protein and energy contents.
The German Beer Calendar sounds great and all and my Girlfriend (living in US) had gifted one to her Step-dad for Christmas. I as a german had to look into the brands featured in the calendar and I have not heard of any of them before and they dont seem to be sold commercially on their own here. I havent gotten the opportunity to taste them myself and therefore I cant speak of the quality but it seems a bit strange to have strange off-brand seeming beers in a german beer calendar. Good Jerky video though, seems like a good beer snack.
Thanks for your channel -- I especially like the shopping for very low amounts of money and making a meal. Thank you also for your scam coverage I work in bank fraud and see the results of these scams daily its truly awful. Have a good week.
Nice one!! Here in Aus, we have a few mushroom based "jerky" products available... even Aldi had one at one stage. If you get the chance to get your hands on any, would love to hear what you think!!
@@LordmonkeyTRM haha! Yeah, we have a bunch of them. Not the most populat supermarket by a long shot, but they definitely have their piece of the pie here!
@@LordmonkeyTRM here their coffee beans are actually really nice and great value for money! A 1kg bag of locally roasted beans sets you back $12.99 (~£7), and are comparable to $30/kg beans from other retailers. Otherwise, they are marginally cheaper for fresh green groceries and have some good special items! Their soy milk is also half the price of brand name equivalents, and being a father of three, we go through a lot, so it's a good saving... I could go on, haha!
The major problem with these products is that the producers try to make them "healthy". So there is not enough salt and not enough fat. It could be nice to have a comparison on the nutrients and calories in the next videos. Love all your videos :)
@@bazza5699 I know that veganism is not about heath this is why I am "complaining". Look at the nutritional tables. Vegan alternative have usually 30% less calories (usually fats) and less salt. For the same reason my mother food is better than mine 😂.
@@Marlenegray666 i'm not sure what you mean by 'mother food' sorry. and alternatives don't have to have the same calorific values, they are alternates for taste/texture not nutrition/calories. plant based products will have less fat, since most fats come from saturated/animal fats - there are no animal fats in plants based foods..
Just a big thank you for all your content, enjoy everything you do. I'm growing herbs, fruit and edible flowers inspired by your videos. I've started cooking again after years of take out and I feel so much better. I'd really like to start foraging, live in Canada so need to find some good resources for reference.
On my last visit to England I saw a T. K. Maxx for the first time (I’d heard of them) and of course here in the U. S. it’s T. J. Maxx. I imagined I’d stepped into an alternative universe rather than going to another country and for a few moments I think I convinced myself of it. There is no connection between jerky and beer here in the U. S., less than most other snack foods I can think of. Beer and peanuts probably would be the first thought for many of us Americans.
Yeah, I remember having a really weird conversation with someone who said "Actually, you mean TJ Maxx" and was adamant that I was just wrong. Apparently there's another retail chain called TJ [something] in the UK that they didn't want to clash with.
I’ve never had jerky of any kind but I fancy trying it now so thank you. Also was I the only one that thought for a second it was a pair of packets of condoms? Noble Jerky could easily be the name of a brand of condoms. Sorry to lower the tone. Cheers
It says "non-GMO" twice in the ingredient list. While it won't directly imply they'll be opposed to adding MSG and the like, let's put it that it kinda doesn't surprise me it's not been added in there and I wouldn't hold my breath that this is going to change.
This is entirely a non-sequitor as far as the video content do, but in general I have a policy of disabling my ad-blocker for youtubers whose content I enjoy and follow, and the experience I just had watching this video made me reverse that policy. At the beginning of this video I had a 2 minute long completely irrelevant ad which was unskippable, followed by a pitch for CZcams premium, which if you didn't take, you got another unskippable advertisement of similar length. I also had two mid-roll advertisements which were skippable, and another long and unskippable ad after the end titles card after another premium pitch. Although some of it was skippable, if you had watched all of the advertisements, they would have comprised a longer running time than the entire video they were placed on. I don't think that this is anything Atomic Shrimp is doing himself before anyone thinks otherwise, but given I tried to play nice and it only lead to youtube abusing that kindness, I felt it important to say something so you have some feedback as to why others are using adblockers on these videos, if I'm not the only one they're doing this.. I hope youtube realizes that this is a complete turn-off and I probably will simply not disable my adblocker from hereonout.
@@AtomicShrimp I have no doubt when you say that you don't place them on your content, yet nonetheless I had them when I view your content, or - testing now, Tech Time Traveller, or Ashens, or any other video I go and watch where the channel is monetised. I suspect this is Google being quite aggressive with the advertising thing again, to the detriment of basically everyone who is not Google.
@@AtomicShrimp I feel inclined to reiterate that the reason I mentioned this wasn't because I think you were somehow responsible for it or to complain about some action you had taken, but rather to explain my experience as the reason for why I am not going to disable my ad-blocker in the future. (And if I'm not the only one they're doing this to, likely the reason for others who aren't going to have the moral compunction to say something, I felt that not doing so would not be very ethical, but perhaps thats simply a piece of moralism on my part.) I did try to do so for channels whose content I value, of which yours is one, because I realize that this is how you and other youtube videomakers make their money, or one of the way anyways. But when CZcams is so intrusive with it's advertising, I feel they're kind of forcing me to reconsider that policy.
Can you please make a full video to explain what savery means. Its a thing only Britain's understand. Even my American friends can't really explain it to me. Thanks
Savoury encompasses a range of flavours that are not sweet. Beef is savoury. Cheese is savoury. Peanuts are savoury. Cabbage is savoury. It is sometimes used in a more narrow sense as the equivalent of umami, but most of the time, it means 'having distinct flavour that is not sweet/dessert'
Blau Weisse is such a bad pun in german. While Blau means blue as in the color, it also is slang for being drunk. Weisse meaning "the white one" is short for Weissbier. This beer makes white ones drunk ;) But also white and blue are the colors of the Bavarian flag.
Yeast extract, coconut aminos, etc., etc., but they forgot the umami! But that's okay, I'm not into soy. Well thanks for testing it so we don't have to!
I'm not familiar with what a beer snack means (I've never been a drinker) do you diop the snack in the beer? Thats sems like it would make the beer all weird after several dippings.
Beer snacks are the sorts of snacks you might find on sale in a pub, or offered for sale on hanging strips in the beer aisle of the supermarket. Usually salty things, inducing thirst.
@@AtomicShrimp Ok that makes more sense, thanks for the clarification. For some reason when you said beer snack I pictured some kind of confectionary that one would dip in the beer. Kind of like a donut and Coffee.
Makes me wonder if the beef the most costly part of the jerky why is this vegan substitute costs min 50p more (70g pack) when the ingredients are much more cheaply available? Isn't the whole idea to redirect people to a vegan product which is "just as good"? The logical move should be to aim for a significantly lower price to make such a shift in meat consumption. Could you perhaps make a video of trying to make vegan jerky using your own idea (incl. marmite) and the food dehydrator? Listing the ingredient prices and power used - so the full cost. It would be very interesting for sure.
If its made by essentially dehydrating tofu its probably quite expensive to make. I made a chicken substitute out of home made tofu by pressing it and freezing it to release the water. When compared to the pile of beans I started with the end product was tiny. Making Tofu is a real eye opener when it comes to the vast amount of waste it generates. The only reason why its affordable is because the huge pile of bean waste is usually used for animal feed. So vegans are buying a product that is only really viable due to its byproducts being used in the meat industry. There are all sorts of recipes to allow you to pretend you're going to find a use for the Okara that tofu making generates, but frankly that vast amount you have to shovel into your face for your little block of tofu is unbelievable. I just cannot bring myself to either eat all the Okara or toss vast amounts of waste into the garbage. Tofu is an extraordinarily profligate product and it should come as no surprise that any product made from it is expensive.
*Frequently Asked Questions*
*Vegan Sugar? Isn't all sugar made from plants, therefore Vegan?* - No, sometimes sugar is refined using bone charcoal made from animal bones (this is less common nowadays, but that's the common distinction between 'sugar' and 'vegan sugar')
*Wouldn't yeast extract make it non-vegan?* - No. Yeast is not an animal.
Noticed your comment on Clive's video. You could do a video on faking Fray Bentos pies.
Fully home made, ready made pastry and tinned stewing steak vs the real thing.
I’ve heard the (wacky to me) argument that some vegans DO NOT eat yeast, because that’s “made an organism do work.”
Their words, not mine. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Plants are organisms. Whoever argued that vegans don't eat 'organisms' should have paid a tiny bit more attention in biology class.
EDIT: I've only ever heard this argument (and I have heard it a lot) from NON-Vegans.
@@AtomicShrimp I agree. I heard this about 22 years ago from a man who claimed he was vegan, didn’t wear leather or suede, didn’t eat eggs or milk or meat or fish, and made this additional claim when I asked if he drank alcohol.
I would wonder if it was for attention, but he was probably mid-50s then and this was a long enough ago that there didn’t seem any value in that, so who knows.
I _did_ just learn about this other way to make sugar in this thread; interesting!
@@AtomicShrimp I'm not sure anyone has
what a a accurate jerky imitiation, by making the pack contain extremely small amounts of the actual jerky
Yeah...they certainly got that aspect right 😅
Haha absolutely
70 g is wild. A regular bag of crips is 150-200 g.
💡 Idea for a scam video! "The _'Big Jerky'_ scam"!
@@islandfireballkill Jerky is notorious for tiny amount of product per package. See Charlie/penguinZ's "exposé" for a chuckle. (He doesn't pretend it's high-up on the ladder regarding importance or proper "scam" level. It's for funsies.)
I really do enjoy this kinda thing, doesn’t talk down to Vegans and shows off which Vegan products are good from the perspective of someone who eats meat
As a fellow meat eater who nevertheless often likes eating vegetarian/vegan produce, I agree. I particularly like how he even gives suggestions on how they might be able to improve their product.
as i vegan, I totally agree, shrimps vegan (and non vegan) content is first rate :)
@@bazza5699 seconded! It’s Mike’s genuine curiosity and interest that sets his vegan reviews above everyone else’s.
yeah food experimentation is really interesting. for me though being vegan would be waaay too expensive, but its still very interesting and I like trying vegan products occasionally
@@TheTookiplatypus interesting that you cite expense as a reason not to be vegan. whereabouts do you live?
You should try vegetarian jerky type snacks from a Chinese supermarket, they're very well established, very highly spiced and very reasonably priced
Toxic flavor?
@@spikefivefivefive No, not toxic. I am a health nut but I’ve found tons of products at Chinese supermarkets that are safe & delicious. Also, if you’re still that worried, anything from Taiwan is going to be safe in terms of ingredient quality.
Low price, highly spice.
Spiced, diced and reasonably priced!
I think beef jerky and meat-stick (e.g., Slim Jim) style snacks might be two of the best snack applications of meat analogues. Using yeast extract keeps the product vegan and gives that umami hit that works so well with savoury snacks. If these Noble Jerky products were available where I live, I'd be happy to give them a try -- and supplement with my full-force Marmite if needed!
My personal favorite vegan product (being not vegan) is hot dogs/corn dogs! They’re really easy to imitate, because they barely resemble meat to begin with (almost like cheese?), so they taste like the real thing. But in my opinion they’re better because they don’t give me acid reflux, and I like the flavor.
@@soniccookie655 I like Loma Linda vegetarian "Big Franks" lots, partly for the flavor and partly for the peculiar, mealy texture.
@@soniccookie655 Moving mountains hot dogs are fantastic. More processed meat products are definitely easier to make vegan versions of.
Mike hands down your cooking,, food challenge, tasting etc. videos are my favourite. As someone eating less meat by choice for various reasons I find your reviews really inspiring. Thank you as ever for your efforts. :-)
I don't remember but have you ever reviewed using jackfruit as a meat substitute? I recently tried some jackfruit imitiation Korean Fried Chicken and honestly if I wasn't told it was meat I would have been fooled. Wouldn't say it tasted like fried chicken exactly but definitely some meat product.
Really enjoyable video! I really appreciate your reviews of vegan/vegetarian products.
I've recently decided to alter my diet to vegetarian and it's difficult to adjust to meals without that savoury flavour and particularly texture of animal protein.
Something I particularly love is beef jerky as a trail snack so it was very interesting to see how this vegan alternative held up.
what a convenient pull tab that was for opening the products with such ease 😏
imagine opening a beer or soda can with a can opener 😂😂🤣🤣
I think he should have used a can opener on the jerky package
@@unnamedchannel1237 fax no cap
I'd love to see you try some chinese tofu meat-like products. To someone who really likes meat, whilst some of them are clearly not meat, some brands actually taste really damn close
I do enjoy the food videos so much, tasting, cooking, wild collecting, challenges. Thank you Mr Shrimp
Ah, my late night treat on the weekends :). It is always a pleasure to see these videos pop up ~2 to 3am where I am in the US.
£3.49 for 70g seems outrageously expensive to me.
Yep that is what I thought. Overpriced junk. I prefer to buy a Kg of fruit or something with that price.
ikr $6 where I live!
Yep that's just meat alternative companies ripping you off, they all do that. Is meat too cheap? Yes. Are these more expensive, despite costing nothing to produce? Absolutely..
@@xPandamon That's actually a bit less than I normally pay for biltong, which is imo a much superior product to beef jerky. Biltong is made with much higher quality meat, though, so that's not shocking. Jerky is shit-tier meat in terms of quality (though it's still good protein, no problem with that) so that's why it's so cheap.
G'morning Mike... ANY snack is a beer snack.
In fact, beer is a beer snack 🤔
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I’ve never had real jerky, just veggie ones, and have to say that I haven’t loved the ones I’ve tried yet. This, however, looks promising, and it’s available where I live so I’m definitely going to order some. Thanks for reviewing this!
I'm an omnivore. Made my own homemade beef and pork jerkies in my dehydrator. A friend gave me a packet of Noble Jerky sriracha flavor to try out. I actually enjoyed it. It's not like the real thing, but the flavour was fine (spicy) and they did a good job mimicking the texture. Two thumbs up for Noble Jerky from me.
Noble Jerky really missed a trick…should’ve used No-bull Jerky! 🤣
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Much funnier 👍
That's really good. We rarely (no pun here) actually eat meat of the bull. A bull is breeding stock, a steer isn't.
Except No Bull is already a brand of vegan fake meat foods. It's sold in Iceland.
You can do this at home, cut very thin slices of tofu, add spices, salt or soy sauce and some oil and bake in a non stick sheet until they are dry and chewy, very good snack
What temperature do you bake them at?
@@TheSmurf854 250°C
Love these videos! Always interesting to hear about vegan substitutes, especially from a non-vegan perspective.
Like with many vegan products I find the pricing quite disappointing. Beef Jerky is already overpriced, compared to homemade. The base ingredients for vegan substitutes often cost a fraction of their meat counterparts yet the consumer ends up paying the same or even more. I guess you can argue about development costs, marketing, etc... I'm hoping this will improve over time
100% agreed. I rarely buy either for this reason.
Always a nice surprise when you are watching a video and when it's done a brand new one pops up 😁👍
£57 per kilo is a bit stiff, though.
specially for soj
When vegan foods were still niche products, I could understand the significantly higher prices compared to non-vegan products.
But now there are so many vegetarian and vegan foods that I'm starting to think these prices are a rip off.
Definitely a beer snack n Australia too. The only time I eat jerky is with a beer.
West island
Seems overly expensive considering there's no meat. If they were half the price I'd think about trying them.
Especially in the US imitation meat is always almost twice as expensive, or more, as the real deal due to lack of scale, need for a larger range of ingredients and more processed ingredients to imitate the natural taste and so on
Jupp. These are such niche products, that almost no one is going to buy them, unless they're truly dedicated to eating plant based.
I mean, honestly...I'm not going to spent that on flavored soy protein, even if it tastes halfway decent.
This was my thought, I’ve seen the brand in local supermarkets, but I just can’t justify that price for what, 70g, of anything. The Primal Jerky from America is still expensive but you get more for your money and they’re sold in smaller portions, so it’s difficult to absentmindedly eat £5 of jerky at once.
I bet you're a great Dad, you have knowledge of stuff I've never been exposed to. Keep it up, and Happy Fathers Day!
Whenever I've seen these in TK Maxx, they've always been in the clearance section!
Perfect Sunday video 😉 I love your videos for the weekend. So relaxing. Ofc I also watch them during the week, but weekend hits different.
Ahh the joys of the ever changing snack section near the tills in tk maxx!
dude I have watched you for years now, love the foraging videos, but holy damn I LOVE these vegan reviews, its great to get the honest opinion from someone who eats meat, and states it as it is, I have been vegan for half a year now and the amount of biased reviews on certain "meat" replacements meat is crazy, most taste like garbage, its refreshing to see an honest unbiased opinion.
Great work keep it going
Interesting. While jerky wouldnt be amiss as a beer snack in Canada, it just... isn't all that popular for that application. It does decently well as a trail snack, but the only reason it sells in Canada is truckers, of which we have an abundance (an incredibly high number per captia). It isn't even stocked at all stores and youre only guaranteed to find it at gas stations and corner stores. Big box stores usually have it but I don't bat an eye when they don't.
Probably because Canada is one of the countries with the biggest sweet snack profile, and how popular chips (crisps) are here moreso than any other snack. Almost every gathering ive been to everyone just brings chips, alcohol and weed. Regardless of setting or context.
This series is great for omnivores who are interested in cutting back on eating meat.
That jerky looks way better than other vegan/vegetarian jerkies I've tried. Sounds like the texture is infinitely better too
Any excuse to have a beer on a Sunday morning
I love beer with cheese and onion crisps always have always will. Thanks for the video you always chill me out 💚
i never thought of it as a beer snack but now that u mention it i would love jerky and beer
Tk Maxx used to be a place where you could pick up a bargain but not anymore it would appear.
Your teriyaki jerky works out to £50 per kilo and the chipotle one £57!!
Even real beef jerky is only £40 p/kilo in most places, and you purchased these from what people believe to be a discount store, I’d be interested to know what the original price was. 😲
Have you managed to find any vegetarian Biltong yet? (Biltong, at least the good stuff) is a bit like jerky; only proper. With two veggies lurking in my house, these reviews are very interesting to me; thanks.
.... Never thought I'd watch someone eat beef jerky with a fork and knife but here we are...
Good video btw
something about these videos make me fuckin starving
I love how you're describing yourself as Omnivore. Welcome in Omnivore family. :)
Great video! I enjoyed this almost as much as the "wandering/exploring/ making tree baby videos.
As a vegetarian, most meat substitutes fail bigtime in texture. Noble jerky is raising the bar to an acceptable level at last.
I've tried a few things like these and they're pretty nice but good lord it's all so expensive, as is normal meat jerky. Packs that used to be £1-2 max are now £5 half the time, wish vegan alternatives were more affordable.
Absolutely. I've tried quite a few plant based jerkies out of curiosity, and the best ones are about 80% as good as equivalent beef jerky. But they're just as expensive, if not more so - if someone manages to get the manufacturing right to actively undercut the real meat jerky brands with a comparable product, I'll be first in the queue. I'd happily take something that's almost as good but half the price, with the ethical/environmental aspects being a bonus.
@@maxtonuponry Yep definitely, jerky is such a good protein boost if you're out for a hike or whatever but I am not paying £3-5 for a 25g pack of dried meat, that's just crazy.
To be fair, I'm sure the processes involved in making non-meat jerky are fairly complicated but the prices all round are just a bit much. I haven't got any for years now and the last time was just to try out salmon jerky(which was surprisingly nice, if greasy)
Always enjoy your videos & interesting take on vegan food 🤗
Interesting that it has a good to decent chewiness to it.
Unfortunately many people are afraid of MSG, although it is not scientifically warranted.
That's right! I was trying to read into msg the other day, and there's was an article about Chinese Restaurant Syndrome, no science behind that, just urban myths.
@@amandak.4246 Citation?
@@mgratk She's right, it can make a very small percentage of people sick, but even then you need to consume a ridiculously large amount. I recommend checking out Adam Ragusea's video on it
I'll keep an eye out for those and give them a try. What did Eva think? Or are they not suitable for doggies?
I tried this brand on a whim awhile back and I found it quite sweet as well, it also got... weirdly foamy tasting?...
Yeah I was never much into jerky back when I ate meat but so many vegan jerkies I've tried are just weirdly super sweet.
Isn't sugar already vegan? Doesn't sugar come from sugar beets or sugar cane?
Some sugar is refined with bone ash, but idk how prevalent that is
Charcoal made from animal waste products can be used during manufacture.
I like this jerky a lot. It's a great hiking treat
I always think of jerky as a preserved food for hikers, campers and preppers. How do they compare nutrition/calorie wise with real meat jerky?
I haven't looked at this particular one....but usually, soy based stuff has a decent amount of protein. Probably very little carbs, unless they added a lot of sugar (same as with beef jerky). And likely not a lot of fat, because it wouldn't fit the aimed at flavor/consistency profile. Although there might be more, then in Beef jerky. That has to be very lean, because the fat would go rancid fairly quickly in an unrefrigerated product. You have more options there, if you're willing to use 'not so healthy' versions of plant fats.
Honestly...I'd probably rather buy regular protein bars instead. Or just a tub of protein powder. Unless, you really, really want that savoury flavor and are willing to pay 3 times as much for the same amount of protein.
Yeah protein is hard to come by in survival situations which makes them quite good to have whilst camping or hiking. Would love to know their protein and energy contents.
Haha "missed stake" on the board there
Hi atomic shrimp, just wanna say happy fathers day!
The German Beer Calendar sounds great and all and my Girlfriend (living in US) had gifted one to her Step-dad for Christmas. I as a german had to look into the brands featured in the calendar and I have not heard of any of them before and they dont seem to be sold commercially on their own here. I havent gotten the opportunity to taste them myself and therefore I cant speak of the quality but it seems a bit strange to have strange off-brand seeming beers in a german beer calendar.
Good Jerky video though, seems like a good beer snack.
Lightly--salted sun-dried tomato is an excellent chewy snack, if you can find it. I had some in Spain that was excellent but most are heavily salted.
Perfect Sunday morning breakfast youtube video of the day :-)
At 1:37. Visually the piece on the right is almost indistinguishable from a sun dried tomato
Thanks for your channel -- I especially like the shopping for very low amounts of money and making a meal. Thank you also for your scam coverage I work in bank fraud and see the results of these scams daily its truly awful. Have a good week.
When I have friends over I whip these bad boys out (BBQ hickory also). No real complaints. It's not a bad stand in product for a reasonable price !
Nicely done
Hi Mike,
I absolutely love your videos - your voice and gentle sense of humor are so relaxing.
Sorry for the odd question, what is your height?
Nice one!! Here in Aus, we have a few mushroom based "jerky" products available... even Aldi had one at one stage. If you get the chance to get your hands on any, would love to hear what you think!!
they have Aldi in Australia? they're bloody everywhere
@@LordmonkeyTRM haha! Yeah, we have a bunch of them. Not the most populat supermarket by a long shot, but they definitely have their piece of the pie here!
@@kieranwalker1521 I live 100m from my local store it's a lifesaver. Their cereal and coffee is shithouse
@@LordmonkeyTRM here their coffee beans are actually really nice and great value for money! A 1kg bag of locally roasted beans sets you back $12.99 (~£7), and are comparable to $30/kg beans from other retailers. Otherwise, they are marginally cheaper for fresh green groceries and have some good special items! Their soy milk is also half the price of brand name equivalents, and being a father of three, we go through a lot, so it's a good saving... I could go on, haha!
I love that the beer & the jerky are business expenses for you :)
I don't claim stuff like that
The marquee sounds like a “silent library” challenge. If you’ve not heard of silent library, open a new tab and just watch. It’s hilarious.
I was gunna say msg disodium insonate and gualylate, or soya or yeast extract may add the thing that it's missing, but you covered that In the video.
The major problem with these products is that the producers try to make them "healthy". So there is not enough salt and not enough fat. It could be nice to have a comparison on the nutrients and calories in the next videos. Love all your videos :)
i'm not sure that's actually true.. there's no inherent need to make a vegan product healthy, veganism isn't about health.
This stuff is over processed and overpriced.
@@beeragainsthumanity1420 not sure on over processed, but defo over priced.
@@bazza5699 I know that veganism is not about heath this is why I am "complaining". Look at the nutritional tables. Vegan alternative have usually 30% less calories (usually fats) and less salt. For the same reason my mother food is better than mine 😂.
@@Marlenegray666 i'm not sure what you mean by 'mother food' sorry.
and alternatives don't have to have the same calorific values, they are alternates for taste/texture not nutrition/calories.
plant based products will have less fat, since most fats come from saturated/animal fats - there are no animal fats in plants based foods..
What was in the little blue and white packet ?
Oxygen absorber
Just a big thank you for all your content, enjoy everything you do. I'm growing herbs, fruit and edible flowers inspired by your videos. I've started cooking again after years of take out and I feel so much better. I'd really like to start foraging, live in Canada so need to find some good resources for reference.
looking at that packet on the plate going "don't eat it!" and knowing that somewhere someone did.
Admittedly commenting waaaay before the end of the video, but mainly here because y'all know it's going to feature Eva!
Unfortunately it didn't
I tend to avoid giving her stuff that has a high sugar or salt content
Apparently you can make jerky from dried SCOBY (from kombucha) but I've not tried it.
Keep up the good work Atomic Shrimp!! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Thank you for the thoughts video. Always a shame when imitation products miss the mark by so much.
On my last visit to England I saw a T. K. Maxx for the first time (I’d heard of them) and of course here in the U. S. it’s T. J. Maxx. I imagined I’d stepped into an alternative universe rather than going to another country and for a few moments I think I convinced myself of it.
There is no connection between jerky and beer here in the U. S., less than most other snack foods I can think of. Beer and peanuts probably would be the first thought for many of us Americans.
Yeah, I remember having a really weird conversation with someone who said "Actually, you mean TJ Maxx" and was adamant that I was just wrong.
Apparently there's another retail chain called TJ [something] in the UK that they didn't want to clash with.
Another awesome video
Crikey! The price!
I'll love to enjoy the beer with you 😃😃
Have you tried the mushroom jerky ? Its not horrible
Not great either.
Love your videos!
I usually have the king's black bean veggie jerky, tk maxx has some nice snacks but they can be pretty pricey
Great video, as ever, Mr. Atomic Shrimp! ❤︎
I'd probably never have anything to do with this product. Just not my thing.
However when Atomic Shrimp uploads, that's where you'll find me.
I wish you 1mln subs !
I’ve never had jerky of any kind but I fancy trying it now so thank you.
Also was I the only one that thought for a second it was a pair of packets of condoms? Noble Jerky could easily be the name of a brand of condoms. Sorry to lower the tone. Cheers
brings a whole new dimension to the word chipotle
It says "non-GMO" twice in the ingredient list. While it won't directly imply they'll be opposed to adding MSG and the like, let's put it that it kinda doesn't surprise me it's not been added in there and I wouldn't hold my breath that this is going to change.
I’ve actually tried both of them, I thought they were absolutely horrible.
Nice video again love it but im a bit jeleaus becuase we dont have something like that where i live
This is entirely a non-sequitor as far as the video content do, but in general I have a policy of disabling my ad-blocker for youtubers whose content I enjoy and follow, and the experience I just had watching this video made me reverse that policy.
At the beginning of this video I had a 2 minute long completely irrelevant ad which was unskippable, followed by a pitch for CZcams premium, which if you didn't take, you got another unskippable advertisement of similar length. I also had two mid-roll advertisements which were skippable, and another long and unskippable ad after the end titles card after another premium pitch. Although some of it was skippable, if you had watched all of the advertisements, they would have comprised a longer running time than the entire video they were placed on.
I don't think that this is anything Atomic Shrimp is doing himself before anyone thinks otherwise, but given I tried to play nice and it only lead to youtube abusing that kindness, I felt it important to say something so you have some feedback as to why others are using adblockers on these videos, if I'm not the only one they're doing this.. I hope youtube realizes that this is a complete turn-off and I probably will simply not disable my adblocker from hereonout.
A data point: The advertisements I was presented would have totaled a length of 9:43. This video has a length of 6:27.
The only control I have over ads is to switch them on or off
There are NO midroll ads on this, or ANY of my content.
@@AtomicShrimp I have no doubt when you say that you don't place them on your content, yet nonetheless I had them when I view your content, or - testing now, Tech Time Traveller, or Ashens, or any other video I go and watch where the channel is monetised. I suspect this is Google being quite aggressive with the advertising thing again, to the detriment of basically everyone who is not Google.
@@AtomicShrimp I feel inclined to reiterate that the reason I mentioned this wasn't because I think you were somehow responsible for it or to complain about some action you had taken, but rather to explain my experience as the reason for why I am not going to disable my ad-blocker in the future. (And if I'm not the only one they're doing this to, likely the reason for others who aren't going to have the moral compunction to say something, I felt that not doing so would not be very ethical, but perhaps thats simply a piece of moralism on my part.)
I did try to do so for channels whose content I value, of which yours is one, because I realize that this is how you and other youtube videomakers make their money, or one of the way anyways. But when CZcams is so intrusive with it's advertising, I feel they're kind of forcing me to reconsider that policy.
Happy Father's Day
If you add a yeast extract that makes it not suitable for gluten and wheat allergy sufferers.
Can you please make a full video to explain what savery means. Its a thing only Britain's understand. Even my American friends can't really explain it to me. Thanks
Savoury encompasses a range of flavours that are not sweet. Beef is savoury. Cheese is savoury. Peanuts are savoury. Cabbage is savoury.
It is sometimes used in a more narrow sense as the equivalent of umami, but most of the time, it means 'having distinct flavour that is not sweet/dessert'
Blau Weisse is such a bad pun in german. While Blau means blue as in the color, it also is slang for being drunk. Weisse meaning "the white one" is short for Weissbier. This beer makes white ones drunk ;) But also white and blue are the colors of the Bavarian flag.
German beer advent calendar, say more!
Yeast extract, coconut aminos, etc., etc., but they forgot the umami! But that's okay, I'm not into soy. Well thanks for testing it so we don't have to!
Ahh so many 'missed steaks' in my life
Love it :)
I'm not familiar with what a beer snack means (I've never been a drinker) do you diop the snack in the beer? Thats sems like it would make the beer all weird after several dippings.
Beer snacks are the sorts of snacks you might find on sale in a pub, or offered for sale on hanging strips in the beer aisle of the supermarket. Usually salty things, inducing thirst.
@@AtomicShrimp Ok that makes more sense, thanks for the clarification. For some reason when you said beer snack I pictured some kind of confectionary that one would dip in the beer. Kind of like a donut and Coffee.
Makes me wonder if the beef the most costly part of the jerky why is this vegan substitute costs min 50p more (70g pack) when the ingredients are much more cheaply available? Isn't the whole idea to redirect people to a vegan product which is "just as good"? The logical move should be to aim for a significantly lower price to make such a shift in meat consumption. Could you perhaps make a video of trying to make vegan jerky using your own idea (incl. marmite) and the food dehydrator? Listing the ingredient prices and power used - so the full cost. It would be very interesting for sure.
Maybe also using mushrooms since their fibres could be very similar to meat?
Savory fruit leather?
I do like the Noble Jerky myself.
Is vegan jerkey actually that expensive to make or are they only matching real jerky's price because they can get away with it?
If its made by essentially dehydrating tofu its probably quite expensive to make. I made a chicken substitute out of home made tofu by pressing it and freezing it to release the water. When compared to the pile of beans I started with the end product was tiny. Making Tofu is a real eye opener when it comes to the vast amount of waste it generates. The only reason why its affordable is because the huge pile of bean waste is usually used for animal feed. So vegans are buying a product that is only really viable due to its byproducts being used in the meat industry. There are all sorts of recipes to allow you to pretend you're going to find a use for the Okara that tofu making generates, but frankly that vast amount you have to shovel into your face for your little block of tofu is unbelievable. I just cannot bring myself to either eat all the Okara or toss vast amounts of waste into the garbage. Tofu is an extraordinarily profligate product and it should come as no surprise that any product made from it is expensive.