Thread: Freeze Dried Food?

Hey guys and guylets!
I want to know and your opinion on freeze dried food when you go hiking?
Cheers!

They are much better these days, get the two serve size as I think most blokes would find the single serve a bit small when you are putting big days in. Other cheaper options are Kaweka meals but they weigh a bit more.

There's info on here somewhere about a purchasing deal available to forum members. Well worth it

Hungerbuster Meals are not freeze dried. They are meals that are ready-to-eat and packed with chunks of REAL food. Hungerbuster food is precooked and extremely easy to prepare.

Freeze dried meals require re-hydration with water and a longer preparation time compared to Hungerbuster meals. Having nutritious food that can be eaten instantly without complicated preparation is a major bonus in emergency situations.

All of the Hungerbuster range has a minimum 24 month shelf life from the date of production, subject to being stored in a stable environment, not exceeding 20 degrees C.








HUNGERBUSTER COMBO RATION PACK
















Varieties available:

Beef & Vegetable

Chicken Pasta & Vegetables

BBQ Beef

Baked Beans



The Hungerbuster Combo Ration Pack is a complete 24 hour food pack to keep you going for... well, 24 hours!
Contents guide:


Breakfast
- Muesli with milk powder



Lunch
- Instant Noodles
- Crackers
- Yeast Spread
- Jam



Dinner - 1 of the following Main Meals
- Beef & Vegetable Stew
- Chicken Pasta & Vegetables
- BBQ Beef
- Baked Beans



Other
- Instant Noodles
- Choc Bar
- Candy Chocolates
- Muesli Bars
- Fruit Grains
- Sweetened Condensed Milk
- Instant Coffee
- Tea bag
- Sports Drink Powder
- Chocolate Drink Powder
- Salt
- Sugar
- Plastic Spoon

Total weight of pack = approx 1200g
Average energy content per pack = 13,000kJ



Availability of stock / orders: Available for immediate delivery in Australia and New Zealand ex Sydney and Wellington.


12 pack is 1 carton made up of 4 x Beef & Vegetable, 3 x BBQ Beef, 4 x Chicken Pasta & Vegetable & 1 x Baked Beans


12 pack (New Zealand Customers) $394.22 including GST



12 pack (Australian Customers) $376.86 including GST

Hungerbuster Single Serve (32 Main Meals Mixed Carton

(New Zealand Customers) $347.76 including GST



(Australian Customers) $332.64 including GST



6 pack is 1 carton made up of:

2 x Beef & Vegetable, 1 x BBQ Beef, 2 x Chicken Pasta & Vegetable & 1 x Baked Beans


6 pack (New Zealand Customers) $197.11 including GST



6 pack (Australian Customers) $188.43 including GST

They are all crap!! Carry real food in

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Back country is pretty good but it would never be the only food I take.

Cheers Guys I might give them a go and bring some real food just in case I don't like it

Originally Posted by kawekakid

Hungerbuster Meals are not freeze dried. They are meals that are ready-to-eat and packed with chunks of REAL food. Hungerbuster food is precooked and extremely easy to prepare.

Freeze dried meals require re-hydration with water and a longer preparation time compared to Hungerbuster meals. Having nutritious food that can be eaten instantly without complicated preparation is a major bonus in emergency situations.

All of the Hungerbuster range has a minimum 24 month shelf life from the date of production, subject to being stored in a stable environment, not exceeding 20 degrees C.








HUNGERBUSTER COMBO RATION PACK
















Varieties available:

Beef & Vegetable

Chicken Pasta & Vegetables

BBQ Beef

Baked Beans



The Hungerbuster Combo Ration Pack is a complete 24 hour food pack to keep you going for... well, 24 hours!
Contents guide:


Breakfast
- Muesli with milk powder



Lunch
- Instant Noodles
- Crackers
- Yeast Spread
- Jam



Dinner - 1 of the following Main Meals
- Beef & Vegetable Stew
- Chicken Pasta & Vegetables
- BBQ Beef
- Baked Beans



Other
- Instant Noodles
- Choc Bar
- Candy Chocolates
- Muesli Bars
- Fruit Grains
- Sweetened Condensed Milk
- Instant Coffee
- Tea bag
- Sports Drink Powder
- Chocolate Drink Powder
- Salt
- Sugar
- Plastic Spoon

Total weight of pack = approx 1200g
Average energy content per pack = 13,000kJ



Availability of stock / orders: Available for immediate delivery in Australia and New Zealand ex Sydney and Wellington.


12 pack is 1 carton made up of 4 x Beef & Vegetable, 3 x BBQ Beef, 4 x Chicken Pasta & Vegetable & 1 x Baked Beans


12 pack (New Zealand Customers) $394.22 including GST



12 pack (Australian Customers) $376.86 including GST

Hungerbuster Single Serve (32 Main Meals Mixed Carton

(New Zealand Customers) $347.76 including GST



(Australian Customers) $332.64 including GST



6 pack is 1 carton made up of:

2 x Beef & Vegetable, 1 x BBQ Beef, 2 x Chicken Pasta & Vegetable & 1 x Baked Beans


6 pack (New Zealand Customers) $197.11 including GST



6 pack (Australian Customers) $188.43 including GST

Cheers! but aren't those MRE's for the military?

I only get them for long trips (+5 days) to keep weight down because they dont taste very nice to me. If I do bring them I'm hoping I shoot something before I run out of good food. Would rather carry the extra weight and have a nice feed. Expensive too. I find the serving sizes a pain, one serve is too small, two serves are a bit big. So usually I bring a single serve with something to bulk it out. Bear in mind there are light weight food options that aren't freeze dry. Noodles, soup in a cup, pasta, jerky off the top of my head.

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Back country cuisine are available on here via lockee i think

I remember when we use to take packs of plain noodles along with beef stock and chicken stock. For desert we would boil up rice and add milk powder and sugar

You can make a pretty good meal up with rice/couscous/pasta, dried spud, dried peas/corn/veges, add a meat like bacon,salami, canned tuna/salmon/chicken.

Freeze dried meal are a good concept, but sh*t eating. I can't stand them. Always carry one as back up but that's about it.

I eat Back country cuisine meal for 2, get 3 days out of one pack by adding home made veni jerky or salami, dehy spud flakes, onion flakes, peas and carrots and some spices.

It has been a very long time since I ate it but the freeze dried meals were good if prepared properly. Soak the contents in water for a couple of hours then heat, make it a top priority to get it soaking when you hit camp. If you expect to pour hot water into the bag and leave it a few minutes then expect something like semi soggy cardboard.

Other than that you can dehydrate your own food. There are plenty of other options too. Favourite desert is rice pudding made with custard powder, milk powder and dried apricots.

Try and get hold of this cookbook and the on NZFS cookbook.

http://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co.n...17/#post128015