Thursday, October 15, 2009  Matador Beef Jerky - Original
Matador Beef JerkyMatador is a brand name of Link Snacks, Inc.
of Minong, WI. It's the newest product from the Jack Link's
group of meat snacks, launching last March.  The brand is
intended to appeal to teens and early 20-year olds with an
action-packed lifestyle of motocross, skiing, skateboarding,
surfing, and the like. Link Snacks, Inc. apparently ran a taste
test with teenagers to develop just the right flavor and
consistency to push all the right snacking buttons.  The company
partnered with Frito-Lay to get this new brand of jerky into
retain outlets everywhere.   Beef, water, sugar, salt, brown
sugar, maltodextrin, flavorings, monosodium glutamate, spices,
smoke flavor, sodium erythorbate, citric acid, sodium nitrite.
The first thing I taste from the surface of these pieces is a
smokiness, followed by a faint sweet. With some sucking there's
a light saltiness.  The chewing flavor starts with a stronger
saltiness, followed by an increased swee