The speaker avoids preservatives like lactic acid, nitrates, and celery powder in meat snacks, as well as black pepper, due to potential gut irritation.

“I didn't want to make that stuff just like I didn't want to put black pepper because I think it irritates a lot of people's guts I didn't want to put celery powder I didn't want to put sodium nitrate I didn't want to put la acid in here I didn't want to put these preservatives that you do when you cook and you cure Meats”

“we basically made a Tesla guys Elon you should be jealous um uh uh yeah maybe Elon will be in the meat sticks next we were First Technology it's really cool technology this is the Lamborghini of meat sticks like when you air dry it you don't have to put lactic acid nitrates celery powder these preservatives that we're not a huge fan of I didn't want to make that stuff just like I didn't want to put black pepper because I think it irritates a lot of people's guts I didn't want to put celery powder I I didn't want to put sodium nitrate I didn't want to put lactic acid in here I didn't want to put these preservatives that you do when you cook and you cure Meats”