We bring you 4 ways in which January is an exciting month that make Great Trekkers Biltong as a favourite snack.
- Family Fit Lifestyle Month
Exercising emerged in 600 BC in Greece to increase strength, speed and endurance. Since then, being active and eating healthy have been incorporated into individuals’ lifestyles to improve the quality of life as well as elevate their overall mood.
In the month of January, families are inspired to assess their lifestyles to ensure that fitness guidelines are being followed and that they are eating healthy.
Great Trekker’s biltong and Great Trekker’s beef jerky are delicious meat snacks that provide the protein to help repair and build the body tissues. They are great as a post-work out meat snack that has no added sugars. There is something for everyone in the family in the avaliable varieties.
- Get A Balanced Life Month
The concept of work-life balance was introduced by Robert Owen in 1817, when he coined the phrase “eight hours labor, eight hours recreation, eight hours rest” to divide the day into three equal parts.
Get A Balanced Lifestyle Month is celebrated in January to kickstart the year with good habits which, hopefully, will be practiced to the end.
Great Trekker’s meat snacks are conveniently packaged as a high protein food to be taken to work and enjoyed during recreation.
- National Meat Month

Meat packaging was first introduced in America in the 1600s by a man named Wlliam Pynchon. The actual domestication of animals and, therefore, incorporation of meat in human diet dates back to 10,000 BC.
It is believed that meat is high in necessary amino acids like protein, vitamin B12 and B6, phosphorus, riboflavin and iron. It therefore has several health benefits.
In the month of January, meat is celebrated by people across America by sharing their favorite meat dishes.
Biltong presents a unique variety of meat that originates from South Africa.
https://nationaltoday.com/national-meat-month/
- Shape Up US Month
In 2001, the US Surgeon General reported that over 60% of the population of the USA was obese. A campaign was organized for children and adults to get healthier and live better lives in 2010 by an organization called Shape Up US.
The month of January, Shape UP US has a campaign that aims to offer the community an opportunity to assess their wellness needs including that of children under their care with the goal of addressing obesity.
Being high protein meat snacks, both Great Trekker’s Biltong and Great Trekker’s beef jerky may be part of a healthy diet when combating obesity
https://nationaltoday.com/shape-up-us-month/