TOP GOLD & OFFICIAL JERKY PARTNERS
Top Overall Gold Jerky Award Winners and Official Jerky Partners of the TASTE AWARDS
The world is full of fantastic, delicious, and innovative jerky. That’s why our panel of experts tastes each year some of the best, and ranks and celebrates what they find. These are their top picks for 2017.
SELECTED JUDGES’ COMMENTS
I prefer a nice, spicy, authentic jerky like Jerky Pro
Zora packaging attractive, healthy, women friendly, modern. Jamie’s jerky packaging sexy, fun, healthy, not your Dad’s jerky.
Wild Zora, your jerky tasted like a delicious, healthy entree made from high quality, real ingredients. Whip City Peppered Curry, I really enjoyed your thin, crispy texture and suble flavors.
OFFICIAL JERKY PARTNERS OF THE 9TH ANNUAL TASTE AWARDS
Recipients of this honor have the use of the title, “Official Jerky Partner of the TASTE AWARDS,” as well as the option to place jerky samples in the VIP and Celebrity Gift Bags at the TASTE AWARDS Red Carpet celebration in California (February/March 2018).The TASTE AWARDS celebrate the year’s best in food, fashion and lifestyle programs on television, in film, online, and on radio.
AWARD CATEGORY: FLAVOR
- JerkyPro Honey Glazed Shredded Beef Jerky
- Damn Good Beef Jerky Damn Good Hawaiian Style Teriyaki Beef Jerky
- Damn Good Beef Jerky Damn Good Premium Teriyaki Beef Jerky
- Whip City Jerky Black Peppered Curry
- Jamie’s Jerky Jamie’s Jerky Beef
- Whip City Jerky Original
- Jamie’s Jerky Jamie’s Jerky Turkey
- Whip City Jerky Cowboy Cut Original
- Damn Good Beef Jerky Damn Good Zesty Habanero Beef Jerky
- Wild Zora Mediterranean Lamb
AWARD CATEGORY: TEXTURE
- JerkyPro Honey Glazed Shredded Beef Jerky
- Damn Good Beef Jerky Damn Good Premium Teriyaki Beef Jerky
- Damn Good Beef Jerky Damn Good Hawaiian Style Teriyaki Beef Jerky
- Damn Good Beef Jerky Damn Good Zesty Habanero Beef Jerky
- Jamie’s Jerky Jamie’s Jerky Beef
- Jamie’s Jerky Jamie’s Jerky Turkey
- Whip City Jerky Original
- Whip City Jerky Black Peppered Curry
- Whip City Jerky Cowboy Cut Original
- Wild Zora Mediterranean Lamb
AWARDS CATEGORY: PACKAGING
- Damn Good Beef Jerky Damn Good Hawaiian Style Teriyaki Beef Jerky
- Damn Good Beef Jerky Damn Good Premium Teriyaki Beef Jerky
- JerkyPro Honey Glazed Shredded Beef Jerky
- Jamie’s Jerky Jamie’s Jerky Beef
- Jamie’s Jerky Jamie’s Jerky Turkey
- Wild Zora Mediterranean Lamb
- Wild Zora Parmesan Beef
- Damn Good Beef Jerky Damn Good Zesty Habanero Beef Jerky
- billy franks ltd Buffalo Hot Wing
- Wild Zora Taco Pork
AWARDS CATEGORY: UNIQUENESS
- Whip City Jerky Black Peppered Curry
- JerkyPro Honey Glazed Shredded Beef Jerky
- Damn Good Beef Jerky Damn Good Zesty Habanero Beef Jerky
- Wild Zora Taco Pork
- Damn Good Beef Jerky Damn Good Hawaiian Style Teriyaki Beef Jerky
- Wild Zora Mediterranean Lamb
- Wild Zora Parmesan Beef
- billy franks ltd Cheeseburger
- Whip City Jerky Cowboy Cut Original
- billy franks ltd Buffalo Hot Wing
- Jamie’s Jerky Jamie’s Jerky Beef
- billy franks ltd Sweet, Sour & Spicy
- Jamie’s Jerky Jamie’s Jerky Turkey
- Damn Good Beef Jerky Damn Good Premium Teriyaki Beef Jerky
- Whip City Jerky Original
AWARDS CATEGORY: QUALITY
- Damn Good Beef Jerky Damn Good Premium Teriyaki Beef Jerky
- JerkyPro Honey Glazed Shredded Beef Jerky
- Damn Good Beef Jerky Damn Good Hawaiian Style Teriyaki Beef Jerky
- Damn Good Beef Jerky Damn Good Zesty Habanero Beef Jerky
- Whip City Jerky Black Peppered Curry
- Jamie’s Jerky Jamie’s Jerky Beef
- Jamie’s Jerky Jamie’s Jerky Turkey
JUDGES PANEL
Awards Judges are National and Regional Magazine, Newspaper and Blog Editors, plus Topic Experts, Local Chefs and Food Gurus.
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