The snack’s popularity has brought a proliferation of new flavors and high-end options. For some fans, that’s a problem.

The man told doctors that he had adopted a “carnivore diet” eight months, explaining that his daily intake was made up of entire sticks of butter, 6-9 pounds of cheese and hamburger patties.

The Vernon plant where Farmer John hot dogs were made will soon be cranking out millions of pounds of meat sticks for a Southern California snack food company.

Carnivore no more? A Florida man in his mid-40s on a meat, fat, and dairy-heavy diet arrived at a Tampa hospital with ooze emanating from yellowish nodes on the palms of his hands, elbows, and the … ...

America’s new snack fixation? Meat sticks. They’re more than just Slim Jims now. Meet America’s fastest-growing category in snacks.

As it turned out, his issue was an unusual but known complication of having high blood cholesterol, which had likely been caused by the man’s diet chock full of meat, cheese, and lots of butter.

From local farms to grocery stores and butcher shops, area businesses benefit from a surge in demand for meat sticks. Sales of dried meat snacks – excluding jerky – were up 10.4%, to about $3. ...

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(CNN) - A popular maker of ready-to-eat meat sticks has issued a recall after some customers found pieces of metal in the product. Idaho Smokehouse Partners has recalled 29,000 Chomps Beef Sticks ...

A man wielding a meat cleaver attacked another rider on a SEPTA bus early Thursday morning in Philadelphia's Spring Garden neighborhood.

Most mornings, Greg Brooks wakes up and heads to a 7-Eleven for a meat stick. He’s promptly bombarded with choices, from the classic Slim Jim to a proliferation of options promising to be ...

(CNN) - A popular maker of ready-to-eat meat sticks has issued a recall after some customers found pieces of metal in the product. Idaho Smokehouse Partners has recalled 29,000 Chomps Beef Sticks. The ...