The snack’s popularity has brought a proliferation of new flavors and high-end options. For some fans, that’s a problem.

Most mornings, Greg Brooks wakes up and heads to a 7-Eleven for a meat stick. He’s promptly bombarded with choices, from the classic Slim Jim to a proliferation of options promising to be ...

America loves its meat sticks. They are the fastest-growing category ... so of course I was a big Slim Jim fan,” he said, referring to one of World Wrestling Entertainment’s biggest stars ...