FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
Where does
Wild West Beef Jerky Beef come from
and how do I know it's safe? [top]
Wild West Beef Jerky is made for us by KingB, an American
(US) company with over thirty years experience in the Jerky business.
It is made in a purpose built plant in Uruguay, South America, specially
set up to cater for European needs and to utilise the wonderful quality
of beef there. To find out more detail about the quality of beef click
here
How
is your jerky made? [top]
Beef Jerky comes exclusively from top quality cattle in Uruguay.
The meat is trimmed so it's 100% visibly lean.
Then it is cut, special herbs and spices are added and it is slow-smoked
with sweet apple wood, which gives it the great, unique KingB taste
we prefer.
Our Beef Jerky is around 96% fat free, low in carbohydrates, calories,
very high in protein ( up to 50%) and has an extremely long shelf
life without refrigeration.
Is
jerky healthy? [top]
It is hard to find a healthier snack food. Take a look at our nutrition
page and check out the nutritional graphs!
For those trying to lose weight it is great as it has very low calories
and extremely low fat content. For those wanting to put on muscle
mass or who are involved in a physical hobby or line of work it has
the highest protein content you are likely to find in any food. This
will help rebuild aching muscles.
All in all you'd be hard pushed to find a healthier snack.
I've
heard that Jerky is used as a survival food.
Why? [top]
Our jerky is made from solid strips of beef. Once cured and smoked
it's weight has decreased by almost two thirds. Therefore, a 25g serving
of jerky has the equivalent food value of 80g's of lean steak. However,
from a moisture point of view it works out at 200% meat, therefor
a 25g bag would be the equivalent of 50g of lean trimmed beef with
normal moisture. This means that it takes up less room and weight
in a climber or trekker's luggage. The larger packets of jerky come
in resealable bags so it doesn't all have to be eaten at once.
Our Wild West Jerky also has a very long shelf life of 18 months so
is unlikely to perish, even on the hardest of expeditions.
Arved Fuchs, the world famous explorer, uses only the highest
quality material and foods for his expeditions. In January 2000, Arved
Fuchs tested Beef Jerky on his Shackleton
2000 expedition and was completely excited about this
delicious and nutritious snack.
Beef Jerky is now an important travel snack for all his expeditions.
Recently, he even introduced Beef Jerky on a German television show!
The
Illbruck Race Team (ocean racers) have tested
and eaten Beef Jerky with great pleasure and success, partly because
nutrition plays an essential role in maintaining the crew's performance
and concentration levels during a regatta.
Beef Jerky now plays an important role in their food consumption.
It was also a delicious snack during the training in Spain (Summer
2000) and at the Sydney-Hobart Race in the southern hemisphere. Beef
Jerky will obviously play an important part as a nutritional snack
on the hardest ocean regatta in the world: The Volvo Ocean Race, starting
in Southampton, England in September 2001.
For all sailors, jerky offers a source of meat that keeps for a year
without a fridge. You can cook with it too!
We are proud to sponsor Jonathan Burleigh in his attempt
at a solo Sea Kayak circumnavigation of Iceland in May 2003. The journey
is set to take around three months and Jonathan will use Wild West
Beef Jerky as a major source of protein for his trip. Find out more
by going to his web site:
Iceland Expedition
Who
eats jerky? [top]
Just about everyone eats jerky. Of course vegetarians don't but that's
about it. Jerky has been the fastest growing segment of the American
snack food market for the last decade and is now found in almost every
store that sells any kind of food at all, from garage forecourts to
large supermarket chains. Initially, it was the hardworking man and
the old fashioned cowboys who used to eat it but now it is even recommended
by some as a teething aid for babies!
Jerky has been available on the continent for some
time now and between us and our European cousins we have received
over 16,000 emails about our jerky!
How
does your jerky have such a long shelf life? [top]
Our jerky bags contain small sachets of AgelessTM.
Ageless can reduce the oxygen in an airtight package down to 0,01%
(100ppm) or less to prolong the product's shelf life. Conventional
preservatives, antioxidants, gas purging and vacuum packing are often
not effective because they do not completely eliminate the oxygen.
With Ageless, the result is longer-lasting freshness and improved
quality products. AGELESS conforms with all the relevant food laws
and regulations. It has been used for decades in Japan and America
for preservation of product freshness.
N.B. Do not eat the ageless oxygen absorber!
Where can I
find Wild West Jerky?
Is it available in stores? [top]
You can of course buy our jerky online at this site. It is also available
through our authorized distributors and retailers. They can be found
in scattered locations throughout the country.
Please contact
us to find your nearest outlet.
What
about Shipping And Handling? [top]
There is a small postage charge of £2.00 for all UK orders.
Your order will normally be shipped by courier sign for delivery within
the UK and airmail for Europe and within 24hrs of us receiving your
order unless at the weekend. Remember, our jerky does not require
refrigeration. You should always receive your jerky within four or
five days of ordering if in the UK. For Europe it varies from country
to country and region to region.
How do I know my Credit Card
and personal details are secure?

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We use Sagepay payment gateway and also paypal for our payment system.
All transaction information passed between our site and Sage Pay’s
systems is encrypted using 128-bit SSL certificates. No cardholder
information is ever passed unencrypted and any messages sent to our
servers from Sage Pay are signed using MD5 hashing to prevent tampering.
You can be completely assured that nothing you pass to Sage Pay’s
servers can be examined, used or modified by any third parties attempting
to gain access to sensitive information.
More:
The SSL server protects any data sent to it from your browser. It
is fully capable of 128 bit key encryption.
Once on our systems, all sensitive data is secured using the same
internationally recognised 256-bit encryption standards used by, among
others, the US Government. The encryption keys are held on state-of-the-art,
tamper proof systems in the same family as those used to secure VeriSign's
Global Root certificate, making them all but impossible to extract.
The data we hold is extremely secure and we are regularly audited
by the banks and banking authorities to ensure it remains so.
Sage Pay’s systems are scanned quarterly by Trustwave which
are an independent Qualified Security Assessor (QSA) and an Approved
Scanning Vendor (ASV) for the payment card brands.
Sage pay is also audited annually under the Payment Card Industry
Data Security Standards (PCI DSS) and is a fully approved Level 1
payment services provider, which is the highest level of compliance.
We are also active members of the PCI Security Standards Council (SSC)
that defines card industry global regulation.
Of course Paypal needs no further introduction. It is widely used
and trusted method for millions of online transactions daily.
Do you have
a privacy policy? [top]
We do not disclose buyer's information to any third
parties. Please refer to the Privacy Statement on our Terms
page
How do I contact
you if I have
any other questions or comments? [top]
The first way of contacting us is to email [email protected]
Alternatively phone or fax +44 (0) 1851672700
Write
to:
Wild West Foods (UK) Ltd
Unit 2 Eireastadh
Crowlista
Isle of Lewis
Scotland
HS2 9JG
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