When Lorissa Link set out to make snacks for her family, she wasn’t just creating another jerky stick — she was rewriting the rules for an entire category. After her son’s food allergy diagnosis and a scary reaction at a birthday party, Lorissa realized the shelves were missing safe, delicious, certified allergen-free snacks.

Drawing on her family’s roots in the jerky business, she launched LK Snacks (formerly Lorissa’s Kitchen), and the rest is history. Her story begins on a Minnesota farm, where she learned the value of food from the ground up — lessons that gave her the confidence to start her own meat stick and jerky company.

Despite navigating a male-dominated industry, Lorissa was determined to do things differently. She created the first certified Top 9 allergen-free jerky and meat stick snacks, made with the utmost care: grass-fed and finished, non-GMO, and zero-sugar.

In this episode, we unwrap:

• How Lorissa’s farm roots shaped her values — and her approach to food
• What it was like to marry into the Jack Link’s legacy and still carve out her own brand
• The birthday party scare that changed Lorissa’s entire outlook on food
• Why allergen certification was a non-negotiable for LK Snacks

Lorissa’s journey is proof that with passion - and a clear purpose - can transform not just a product, but an entire industry.

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