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Old Fashioned Smokies Snack Sticks W/ Natural Cure DIY Kit

Contains high sodium

This kit includes seasoning, casing, dried garlic and a celery-and-cherry-powder cure for homemade snack sticks. The label lists 880 mg sodium per serving.

Seed-oil freeNo added sugarNo artificial dyesNo artificial flavorsNo natural flavorsNo synthetic preservativesNo phosphatesNo gums or thickeners
$59.99 1 pack · lowest price at The Bearded Butchers
Price and stock checked Oct 29, 2026
Key nutrition facts
0caloriesPer serving · 2.54 g per 4 oz
Protein
0g
Fiber
—
Added sugar
—
Sodium
880mg
Saturated fat
—
From the product label
Ingredients: Sea salt, pepper, celery juice powder, cherry powder
72 / 100
Good Scored automatically
Weighted as salt, spices, baking staplesHigh confidence · Scored on 9 of 11 inputs, 1 claim verified
Nutrition · counts 5%50
Ingredients · counts 45%90
Processing · counts 20%80
Sourcing · counts 10%50
Transparency · counts 20%40
Why it scores 72
Nutrition 50 · Used in small amounts, so nutrition barely counts
Ingredients 90 · Celery powder or juice (natural nitrite) (additive, −10); no dyes or artificial sweeteners
Processing 80 · Seasoning and cure components for making homemade meat sticks
Sourcing 50 · Made in USA, but ingredient origins and meat-raising practices aren't stated
Transparency 40 · Cure ingredients are listed, but seasoning and casing details are missing
880 mg sodium per serving
Evidence behind the Ingredients deductions
Varies by additive−10 for celery powder or juice
Scored Oct 20, 2026 · Scoring guide v3.1 · Updated Oct 20, 2026 · See what changed

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Ingredients
Sea salt Pepper Celery juice powder Cherry powder
4 ingredients
Sourcing

Origin not disclosed on the product page.

Additives1 additive · 1 moderate risk
Celery powder or juice (natural nitrite)Curing agentModerate risk
A natural source of nitrite: it cures meat the same way as sodium nitrite, even when the label says “uncured”.
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