u/Ambitious_Job_1018

Due to hypertension and the DASH diet, I've been making small batches of beef jerky and Asian-style fish jerky for myself (Salmon, cod, eel). Way less sodium, under 100mg per serving instead of the usual 300-400mg. Basically, a taste snack, with 6g of protein for fish and 18g protein for beef, 100 calories, and 100mg of sodium.

I think there's a real gap if someone does it right, clean ingredients, lower salt, good flavors.

Three questions:

1. When you're looking for a high-protein snack and watching your sodium, what do you actually reach for right now?
2. Have you ever bought fish or dried fish snacks from an Asian grocery store? What made you pick it up — or skip it?
3. Last time you tried to find a lower-sodium snack with real protein, what happened? Did you find anything?

Not selling anything yet. Just trying to figure out if this is worth pursuing. Happy to send samples to a few people if interested, jerky.bluebirdnorthwest.com

Due to hypertension and the DASH diet, I've been making small batches of Asian-style fish jerky for myself, Salmon, cod, eel. It is closer to Japanese dried fish snacks than anything in the beef jerky aisle. Way less sodium, under 280mg per serving instead of the usual 600–900mg. No artificial preservatives. Ingredients you can actually read.

The real thing here is, this kind of fish jerky barely exists in the US. You can find it in Asian grocery stores, but it's usually loaded with sodium and additives. I think there's a real gap if someone does it right, clean ingredients, lower salt, flavors people who grew up eating this actually recognize.

Three questions:

1. When you're looking for a high-protein snack and watching your sodium, what do you actually reach for right now?
2. Have you ever bought fish or dried fish snacks from an Asian grocery store? What made you pick it up — or skip it?
3. Last time you tried to find a lower-sodium snack with real protein, what happened? Did you find anything?

Not selling anything yet. Just trying to figure out if this is worth pursuing. Happy to send samples to a few people if interested. If you want to follow along, jerky.bluebirdnorthwest.com