Thread: Dehydrated meals

Hi Team.

So got a wee trip in March. Been doing homework on meals. Needs to be Gluten free as I'm awaiting a diagnosis on either IBS or crohns disease and want to maximize what I get out of the food. So been eyeing up the options. So with that and cost being a factor what meals is everyone going to? Really meals I've tried and liked, had radix before they went vegan and loved them, had bc and will eat them but am yet to tro go native meals. Or is there a brand or 2 I'm missing? Like say a MRE?

Cheers for the replies.

Originally Posted by Rock river arms hunter

Hi Team.

So got a wee trip in March. Been doing homework on meals. Needs to be Gluten free as I'm awaiting a diagnosis on either IBS or crohns disease and want to maximize what I get out of the food. So been eyeing up the options. So with that and cost being a factor what meals is everyone going to? Really meals I've tried and liked, had radix before they went vegan and loved them, had bc and will eat them but am yet to tro go native meals. Or is there a brand or 2 I'm missing? Like say a MRE?

Cheers for the replies.

Radox are GF as are most BC Real meals aren't well not many.
I've been trying Radox but not overly liking them.
I'm on the search as well as I need Gluten free as well.

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I tried and liked the old Radix meals but not their new vegan stuff. Back Country also make the Outdoor Gourmet brand, more expensive but much nicer.

I don’t know about GF but give Real Meals a go. Nathan makes great dehy’s:

https://realmeals.co.nz/our-food/dietary-requirements/

I liked Radix too but won’t touch them now

You wont find many freeze drys that don't have gluten in thenlm unless you go with the new woke Radix meals. I've been trying a heap of different ones lately to determine what I'll take in wapiti ballot and real meals are pretty good the Wilderness stew is really good. Still have a couple of the old Radix pre woke era meals that haven't expired yet so will be taking them also. Outdoor gourmet have bugger all calories for their weight compared to normal backcountry so something to be aware of if needing fuel to sustain you on a big hunt

Just don't go for the BC honey soy, I had one Monday and couldn't eat it way too sweet for me.

After just carrying in all my family's food in the form of ready-made pasta (effin heavy!!)I have found Back Country freeze-dried meals in New World for $13.50 I bought some just then for me and the kid's next outing.
I dont know if they have all what you are after but I have also just bought a food dehydrator and you can dehydrate all what you want yourself with that to your needs. $60 Kmart

Real meals are 1000% nicer than Back country. As Ryan said the Wilderness stew is amazing.

Originally Posted by stug

Real meals are 1000% nicer than Back country. As Ryan said the Wilderness stew is amazing.

Just really hard when looking for GF

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That's a bugger about the gut, mate. Have you looked at buying a dehydrator and a vac sealer and making your own? I did a couple - take a bit of time, but bloody easy, bloody delicious, and you know exactly what's in them. I just made 1.5kg veni mince mix with tomato and veges, dehydrated it to about 50% weight, then vac sealed and froze. On the hill, just added back water I took out, stirred it up, add rice and you're away. There's a thread on DIY Dehy somewhere.

If that's not your thing, I really like GoNative. Dehy's wreck my gut, so with that and a 20% discount thru NZDA, I'm willing to accept the extra 80-100 grams per meal for GoNative. A mate tried Real meals and was raving about them. A bit too pricey for me, but could be worth a look if they are GF.

People thinking Radix have gone woke have no idea, I'd leave my number and have a chat to anyone who thinks so. More to duscuss the reality of the business decision which their primary business is fueling athletes travelling worldwide.

I run a mixture of realmeals & radix.

I use radix as well, they require about half the water a back country needs to re-hydrate. Important when tops hunting in summer

Cheers for the replies folks! Litterly food for thought.

Have tried the real meals before and I liked them. I'm looking at the go native range too as their boil in a bag.

Real Meals are good, but small. I'm not a big eater, but they're not big enough for me. Radix? Whatever their motives, I don't want a vegetarian/vegan meal, they are gluten-free though.

Really rated the Real Meals when I was using freeze dried. But, found that when in the tops/big country I prefer carrying my own frozen homemade vacuum sealed meals. Bring a pan - just love it. Normally have a 350-450g meal, but don't need to source water and much, much kinder on the gut. Maybe run a combo, frozen meals for a couple of days, and then freeze-dried after. Did a 6 day roar trip and carried in eggs, bacon, pita pockets for breakie, along with homemade granola (not GF), snacks for lunch and frozen homemade meals for dinner. Kept meals together and on the bottom of the tent floor, and kept really well. The other thing you can do is vacuum seal cooked rice/potato and mix and match your proteins or add venison while hunting. So good!