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[[Image:jerky.png|thumb| The only known photo of The Best Jerky on display, marketed as "The Best You'll ''Every'' Taste". Please note not a single item sold from the display.|283x283px]]Following his popularity on YouTube, Jack was able to stock his sauce in multiple grocery chains such as Whole Foods and most famously, Walmart. In 2013, Jack released a [https://youtu.be/Kxn6O9gNypo video] revealing that his sauce was available to purchase at 185 Walmart locations on the West Coast starting April 2013. | [[Image:jerky.png|thumb| The only known photo of The Best Jerky on display, marketed as "The Best You'll ''Every'' Taste". Please note not a single item sold from the display.|283x283px]]Following his popularity on YouTube, Jack was able to stock his sauce in multiple grocery chains such as Whole Foods and most famously, Walmart. In 2013, Jack released a [https://youtu.be/Kxn6O9gNypo video] revealing that his sauce was available to purchase at 185 Walmart locations on the West Coast starting April 2013. | ||
During this time, | During this time, Jack’s other brother, [[Jim Scalfani]], was a Senior Product Development Manager at Walmart Headquarters in Bentonville, Arkansas. It is widely speculated that Jack's connection to Jim was a significant factor in getting his sauce picked up by Walmart. This theory gained further traction in 2021, when Jack's sauce reemerged online on the website of Do It Best, a nationwide hardware store company. It was later confirmed that Jim briefly worked as the Senior Merchandise Manager of Outdoor Living & Holiday for Do It Best from February 2021 to February 2022, which likely facilitated the deal. | ||
==== High-Fructose Corn Syrup Usage ==== | Despite securing a listing on Do It Best's website, ordering the sauces was an exercise in frustration. Customers could not simply order online and have the product shipped to their homes. Instead, they were required to call a specific Do It Best store in their area, request the sauce over the phone, and then pick it up in person—a convoluted process that discouraged many potential buyers. Unsurprisingly, the venture failed, and the sauces quietly disappeared from the site. Records indicate that Jim Scalfani no longer works for Do It Best, further signaling the collapse of this distribution effort. | ||
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==== High-Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) Usage ==== | |||
One of the biggest criticisms of Jack's sauce was its thickness, consistency, and high sugar content—all attributed to its heavy use of high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS). HFCS has long been associated with various health issues, including obesity, insulin resistance, and an increased risk of type 2 diabetes. The sauce’s high sugar content became a frequent topic of discussion among critics who pointed out that it was an odd choice for a man battling multiple health conditions. In 2019, Jack responded to the criticism by switching to a [[Jackisms|"catchup"]] base that used real sugar instead of HFCS, though opinions on the improved formula remain mixed. | |||
=== Decline === | === Decline === | ||
In 2021, despite having recently stocked his sauces on Do It Best's website, sauce sales began to decline. Soon, all The Best Sauces products were removed from [https://web.archive.org/web/20090123043635/http://thebestsauces.com/ TheBestSauces.com] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20211202224349/http://findmysauce.net/ FindMySauce.net], a website used to find Do It Best stores, was discontinued. However, the sauces still remain on Do It Best's website. It is believed that this may be the last run of the sauce. | In 2021, despite having recently stocked his sauces on Do It Best's website, sauce sales began to decline. Soon, all The Best Sauces products were removed from [https://web.archive.org/web/20090123043635/http://thebestsauces.com/ TheBestSauces.com] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20211202224349/http://findmysauce.net/ FindMySauce.net], a website used to find Do It Best stores, was discontinued. However, the sauces still remain on Do It Best's website. It is believed that this may be the last run of the sauce. As of 2025, searches for "The Best Sauces" fail to return any results on Do It Best's website. | ||
== Locations == | == Locations == | ||