Stryve Foods LLC, based in Oklahoma, is a premium air-dried meat snack company offering high-protein, great-tasting products under the brands Kalahari®, Stryve®, and Vacadillos®. Using 100% premium-grade beef sourced from local U.S. ranchers, their products are seasoned, dried, and packaged entirely in the United States. Stryve’s mission is to deliver highly differentiated, healthy snacking options that disrupt traditional snack and CPG categories.

The company began participating in Food Export programs in 2020 through Virtual Trade Missions and Buyer Missions and has since expanded its involvement to include Buyers Missions and the Market Access Program-funded Branded Program.

In September 2023, Stryve Foods joined Food Export’s Natural Products Buyers Mission at Expo East, where they presented their meat sticks, jerky, and snacks to buyers from 11 international markets, including China, Guatemala, Japan, New Zealand, Panama, Singapore, Korea, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, and Vietnam. That connection led to the company’s first-ever sale to Panama, resulting in $25,000 in sales this March and a new distributorship, with an additional $25,000 in projected sales over the next twelve months.

Stryve continued its export promotion efforts in March 2024 at Food Export’s Natural Products Buyers Mission at Expo West, meeting one-on-one with buyers from Japan, Korea, the United Kingdom, and Vietnam. The company also participated in Food Export’s Sweets and Snacks Buyers Mission at the 2024 Sweets and Snacks Expo in Indianapolis, presenting its signature air-dried biltong to buyers from China, Saudi Arabia, New Zealand, Vietnam, Brazil, Honduras, and the United Kingdom.

Through these recent events, Stryve Foods has built strong new buyer relationships across nine unique international markets. While restrictive meat import regulations remain a challenge, the company is actively working with these buyers to develop future sales opportunities.

Stryve’s ongoing success with Food Export programs highlights the critical role these initiatives play in helping U.S. suppliers expand into global markets.

Food Export uses funding from the Market Access Program (MAP) to help America’s small businesses increase their exports of food and agricultural products. As these exports increase, these small businesses are creating jobs and improving the strength and stability of our agricultural economy. Food Export-Midwest and Food Export-Northeast are non-profit organizations that work in collaboration with their member state departments of agriculture and the USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service. They offer a wide range of programs and services that help boost America’s agricultural exports.