Beef Chili

This stuff is great. It's true that the taste is bland, but that just means it needs added salt and spice. But that's fine with me. I would much rather it be not salty enough than too salty (like most canned chili is). You can salt this to your taste. I like my chili super-spicy, so I'm always gonna be adding hot sauce to this anyway. Something to note is that the serving size is one whole bag, which is a pound! So if you only eat half the bag, then this is keto-friendly. The only keto-friendly prepared chili that I've been able to find. I warm up half the bag, then make a couple of hot dogs (with some keto-friendly buns) and put this chili and some cheese on top, and still have some chili left over to top off my tummy. The kind of chili-cheese dog that I've been missing! Not cheap, but worth the price just for the sake of a tasty, convenient, healthy meal.

Tastes good.Some people complain that this is bland,but add heat at home,if thats what you like.

I like thick spicy kind of hot chilli with lots of meat. This was more of a tomato flavor with some pepper over tones. The meat content was good enough but the flavor didn't impress me. Note my favorite chilli is scroll shelbies chilli mix. Use this as a calibration for my taste.

High level this is pretty good. Quality ingredients that taste good and heats up quickly. Compared to some of the better chili I've had this is lacking in flavor and spice and its pretty tomato heavy IMO. Compared to any kind of soup or chili that comes in a can/is shelf stable this is very very good. In terms of convenience and something that can be heated up quickly without a lot of carbs or additives (most soups) this gets high marks but it is pretty expensive for what you get and the chili itself is a little bland.

Like some others, there was an error and I got soup the first time I ordered instead of chili, so Amazon refunded me. I tried ordering again after the people at True Primal said they were told Amazon fixed the issue. This time I did get chili! (and as a bonus I got to try the beef & vegetable soup which is also good). As with the soup, I find this needs a little salt. I also add a bit of hot sauce, as it's not spicy as-is. Overall these are probably bonuses, because it's easy to add salt and make it more spicy, but not the opposite. It's entirely good all on its own, but I also like to add extras to it to tune it to my taste (including roasted Hatch chiles of course). It's maybe a bit expensive to have every single day but it's a fantastic occasional work lunch, and still cheaper and healthier than fast food!

UPDATE AS OF MAY 2026: I’ve been purchasing these since January 2024. As of my last order I received last week (pack of 8) the spice is now too intense so I canceled my subscription and will not purchase these again. Why do perfect and good things always come to an end with unwanted terrible change(s). I loved this. PREVIOUS REVIEW: I keep browned hamburger frozen in small portions in my freezer which makes it super easy to add some to this chili. I top that with steamed rice and eat this weekly. What an incredible meal - a bag lasts me 3 or more meals of aforementioned combo. Love that it’s not too salty as others have mentioned and I don’t find the price offensive whatsoever- take a look at bagged meals/soups in Cabelas. Almost double the price. This is completely in line in my opinion for price. Lastly, I couldn’t be more grateful they kept the chili and kidney beans out of this mix! I’ve spread the word to so many of this delicious food; thank you to the intelligent people who mastered this delightful entree!

I have mixed feelings about the chili. I like that it is no-bean chili and there is a generous amount of meat. Also you can tell it has quality ingredients and not all the highly-processed industrial non-food ingredients that most other shelf-stable food has. Unfortunately this chili is strongly acidic and sour. They must use high acid tomatoes or paste, and on top of that I see they also add citric acid. This makes it far too sour for me. The chili is so strongly acidic that the only way I could finish the case was to add generous amounts of sour cream and cheese. I prefer the balance that almost all other chili makers have.

I like to add avocado salt and chile flakes to it.