Aug 12, 2022 · The freezer bag food was stored in ZipLoc plastic bags and it’s so old (years) that I’ll have to toss it and go to the store for some new stuff. Oxygen has gotten through the ZipLoc plastic bags and made it unuseable. All the freeze dried food is packaged in aluminum lined pouches so it is still good. Lesson learned.

Mar 18, 2022 · Companion forum thread to: Why Freeze-Dried Food Retains Taste and Nutrition. In part three of his ongoing series on freeze-drying, Drew Smith explores the science behind how freeze-drying preserves important nutrients – and why it matters.

Sep 21, 2022 · Some might want to also consider value of freeze dried food for non-backpacking uses. One that I can think of is snacks (such as freeze dried fruit, veg, cheese, ice cream) for home, school, work, travel, or gifts. Another use is as a preservation method for seasonal produce. Of course the excess backpacking meals produced are also emergency food.

May 25, 2018 · Most meals contain a mixture of both types of dried food. Freeze dried ingredients usually require less cooking time than dehydrated ingredients. The longer a meal takes to cook, the higher the probability that you won’t have piping hot food by the time the meal is rehydrated and ready to eat. Cooking times are estimates only.

Aug 12, 2022 · The whys we have covered in a bit more detail: freeze-dried food is much lighter without all that water weight, and it retains its flavor and nutrition. But there is one more why to cover: freeze-dried food keeps for a long time. Mountain House claims that its products have a shelf-life of over 30 years. It is unlikely that backpackers freeze ...

Feb 22, 2022 · That’s where freeze-drying comes in. Freeze-drying preserves taste, nutrition, and texture – welcome attributes for backpacking food. This article explores the physics of freeze-drying and closes with a hash brown recipe.

Feb 2, 2023 · A friend of my son’s got medevaced out of Southwest Tasmania, with severe gastro from home-dried food. My son-in-law got hospitalised with Salmonella from the not quite reheated chicken (thankfully that was at home, not out in the bush), so I have a preference for food professionally prepared in a hygienic location, to official standards.

Jan 11, 2022 · The reasons are straightforward and well-known – dried food is lighter and keeps longer. Drying food to sustain us on long journeys is an ancient tradition. When you load your pack with dried food and hit the trail, you are just the latest link in a long chain of humans: nomads who are coming into the country, going down the road feeling bad ...

May 25, 2018 · They are well within their rights to demand much less sodium in their freeze-dried food. Remember, it is the FREEZE DRYING that does the preserving, not the sodium. It’s far more important to eat low sodium food than it is to eat only non-GMO food (IMHO). The ill health side effects of high sodium food are more detrimental than eating GMO food.

Jul 20, 2022 · On an 8 day trip, I will open one or two freeze dried dinner packages, keep the contents inside, and put all that in one plastic bag. For the rest of the freeze dried dinners, I empty the contents into a plastic bag and toss the original FD bags. First dinner is the one in its original container (which is designed for hot boiling water).