Chomps Original Beef Stick, 1.15 oz, 10-pack

Grass-fed beef, sea salt and spices, no sugar and no seed oil. Its nitrate comes from celery, not added sodium nitrite, and it has 380 mg of sodium a stick. No independent metals test; untested scores 2.

Best for Anyone who wants a no-sugar, no-seed-oil protein snack and accepts that it is still a cured meat.

Our rating: Fair (3.4 of 5)
Price range: Mid-range
Size: 10 sticks of 1.15 oz (32 g); the maker also sells 24 sticks for $54.99
Made in: Not stated on the product page; the maker says the beef is grass fed and finished

approx. $25.60 for 10 sticks ($2.56 a stick)

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Also sold at Vitacost ($2.80 for one 1.15 oz stick), Walmart ($2.48 for one 1.15 oz stick; $14.88 for 6 ($2.48 each)), Brookshire's ($2.79 for one 1.15 oz stick) .

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How it scores Our rating, metric by metric Fair, 3.4 of 5

Ingredients 25% of the rating 4 of 5

Eight named ingredients, all foods or spices, nothing artificial. The label lists celery and cherry, which the maker's help page says supply the curing nitrate; our guide says that is still nitrite.
Fats 15% of the rating 4 of 5

No added oil: the 7 g of fat per stick comes from the beef itself, per the maker.
Sugar & salt 20% of the rating 3 of 5

0 g sugar and 10 g protein, but 380 mg of sodium in one 1.15 oz stick, about 16% of a 2,300 mg day.
Independent testing 15% of the rating 2 of 5

We found no published lab result for metals or nitrite, and one jerky tested by Lead Safe Mama (a different brand) was positive for cadmium.
Trust 10% of the rating 4 of 5

No Prop 65 notice and no openFDA food recall found for Chomps; the nitrite wording on retail pages is looser than the maker's own help page.
Value 15% of the rating 3 of 5

$2.56 a stick on the 10-pack is $2.23 an ounce for 10 g of protein a stick; the 24-pack brings it to $1.99 an ounce.

The rating, 3.4 of 5, is the weighted average of these scores. See how we rank snacks and our standard.

Where to buy Stores and the prices we saw 3 stores

Vitacost (opens in a new tab) approx. $2.80 for one 1.15 oz stick. Single stick, re-opened 2026-11-06 at $2.80. Vitacost also lists multipacks.
Walmart (opens in a new tab) approx. $2.48 for one 1.15 oz stick; $14.88 for 6 ($2.48 each). Sold and shipped by Walmart.com; single stick, 4-pack and 6-pack options, seen 2026-11-06. The listing is for the Original stick; the 10-pack is only on the maker’s site.
Brookshire's (opens in a new tab) approx. $2.79 for one 1.15 oz stick. Single stick listed as Chomps Smoky Original Beef, re-opened 2026-11-06 at $2.79.

Prices as we saw them on November 5, 2026. They change often. These links carry no tracking code and earn us nothing.

What’s in it Every ingredient, in label order 8 ingredients

100% grass fed and finished beef
Sea salt
Black pepper
Celery
Red pepper
Garlic
Cherry
Coriander

Who tested it What each test found, and who paid for it 1 test

Independent Lead Safe Mama (community-funded lab testing; not of Chomps) March 2025

Tested a different grass-fed beef snack, Kalahari Biltong in garlic, and reported cadmium in it, which the author links to cadmium-bearing fertilizer in feed crops. It is the only independent beef-snack metals test we found and it says nothing about Chomps, which no one appears to have tested. Open ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Who paid, and why it matters

Independent The tester took no money from the maker for it: a consumer group, a journalist, a university or a regulator.
Paid certification An outside lab or certifier tested or listed it, and the maker paid for that.
Maker’s own test A lab report or certificate of analysis the maker commissioned and published.

A certification is a floor, not a verdict: it checks what its program checks and nothing else. We weigh tests by someone with no stake in the result most.

What people ask Worries raised online and elsewhere, and what we found 4 questions

Are Chomps really nitrite-free?: No. The maker's help page (opens in a new tab) says the only nitrates are those naturally occurring in celery juice or powder, and the label lists celery. Our guide says 'uncured' meat made with celery powder still carries nitrite. Some retail listings say 'no nitrites', which is looser than that.
Is the sodium high?: 380 mg in a full 1.15 oz stick and 170 mg in a 0.5 oz Chompling, per the maker (opens in a new tab). That is moderate for cured meat but adds up if you eat several.
Any lawsuits, Prop 65 notices or recalls?: None found. California's Prop 65 notice search (opens in a new tab) returned no notice naming Chomps and openFDA's food enforcement (opens in a new tab) has no entry for it, both searched again 2026-11-06. We also found no paid-promoter tie or sponsored-review controversy in our searches, which are limited.
Does it contain heavy metals?: We could not find out. No independent lab has published a Chomps result, and the one beef snack Lead Safe Mama tested, from another brand, was positive for cadmium (opens in a new tab).

Why we chose it What put it on our list 3 points

A short list of foods and spices with no sugar, no seed oil and no artificial anything, per the maker.
Fat comes from the beef itself, with no added oil.
Clean regulatory record: no Prop 65 notice and no FDA food recall found.

Trade-offs What to weigh before you buy 4 points

It is cured with celery nitrite, and our processed meat guide says that is not a safe-by-default swap for sodium nitrite.
380 mg of sodium per stick.
No independent test of metals, and a beef snack from another brand tested positive for cadmium.
The page does not say where the beef comes from.

What to know Details worth knowing first

Chomps Original is about as plain as a meat stick gets: grass-fed beef, sea salt and a handful of spices, with no sugar and no seed oil. Each stick has 10 g of protein and 380 mg of sodium, per the maker.

The catch is the cure. The label lists celery, and the maker says the nitrate in its sticks comes from celery juice or powder. Our processed meat guide explains why that is not the same as no nitrite: it says celery-powder cures still leave nitrite in the meat. Treat these as an occasional protein snack, not a daily one.

We found no independent metals test of Chomps. The one beef snack Lead Safe Mama tested, from another brand, was positive for cadmium, so a clean result is possible but not shown.

What we checked Each claim, and how sure we are of it 4 checks

How Chomps Original Beef Stick, 1.15 oz, 10-pack measures up against our snacks criteria
What we checked	What we found
Short ingredient list, nothing artificial Maker’s claim	Eight named foods and spices.
Cured with added sodium nitrite or celery powder Maker’s claim	Celery nitrate and nitrite, no synthetic sodium nitrite, per the maker's help page.
Sodium per serving Maker’s claim	380 mg in one 1.15 oz stick.
Contaminants tested Not verified	No published result for Chomps.

What the labels mean

Verified We opened an independent record that confirms it: a certifier’s listing, a regulator’s list or a lab report. It is linked under Sources.
Maker’s claim The maker says so on its own page or label. We read it but found no independent record.
Not verified We looked and could not confirm it, or the maker does not say. Treat it as unknown.

Sources Where our facts come from 8 sources

Chomps: Original Beef Sticks. Maker’s page. Ingredient list, 10-pack $25.60 and 24-pack $54.99, 380 mg sodium and 7 g fat per stick seen 2026-11-05. Open ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Chomps help: ingredients and nutrition. Maker’s page. Nitrates come from celery juice or powder; 380 mg sodium in a full stick. Open ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Lead Safe Mama: Kalahari Biltong lab test. Test report. Cadmium in a different brand's beef snack. The site is community funded and earns affiliate income. Open ↗ (opens in a new tab)
California Attorney General: Prop 65 60-day notice search. Certifier or regulator listing. Searched by alleged violator for Chomps on 2026-11-05: no notice. Open ↗ (opens in a new tab)
openFDA: food enforcement reports. Certifier or regulator listing. Searched 2026-11-05 for the firm and the product: no entry. Open ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Vitacost: Chomps Original Beef Stick. Independent source. $2.80 for one stick, seen 2026-11-05. Open ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Walmart: Chomps Original Beef Snack Stick. Independent source. $2.48 a stick, sold and shipped by Walmart.com, seen 2026-11-06. Open ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Brookshire's: Chomps Original Beef Snack Size. Independent source. $2.79 for one stick, seen 2026-11-05. Open ↗ (opens in a new tab)

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