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Pro: light (in spite of what has been said) they last forever

Con: expensive, bland, not much food, high sodium, did I say expensive, require water

I sometimes carry one freeze dried meal as a survival meal. Someone usually gives me one they don't want.

You can eat lighter out of the grocery store. Do a search on calories per ounce. Appalachian Trail thru-hikers are very serious about this, trying to get max calories per ounce. Their goal is 100 calories/oz.
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I use them in many of my trek due to their light weight and ease of use and even so they are not as good as regular food they are now pretty good. During my motorcycle adventures I always carry 2 or 3 packs and found that sometime I enjoyed the convenience of having them while in the middle of no where . I also use them for other people in some country and I could do a nice little meal in few minutes and share it . $8 to $12 per pack for 2 people and can stay good for month even in humid climate
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Anywhere, weight or bulk is important, you can't avoid freeze fried meals. They are expensive but still a small percentage of the total costs of a trip/expedition.
If you are flying out, two cans of soup, as overweight, will cost you an extra 45$.
I always bring some emergency pouches of freezedried. You only need a spoon and hot water and you have a meal. And no washing up ;-)

When cycling and its late, you don't have to continue pedalling in the dark, to get to the next town. Just set up your tent and enjoy, right there.

On a kayak expedition in Greenland, I had 5 weeks of food in my kayak, I only needed water, which is abundant as floating ice.

Cycling in the desert in Morocco and on the Stuart Highway, freezedried is necessary.

I wait for sales and stock up. I have 70 double portions in the house just now. It keeps for ever and nutritional value doesn't deteriorate, maybe the taste does but I haven't experienced that. I repack them into single portions and save around 40% that way.

In Greenland I brought some small pieces of dried salami, in every second days rations and I really looked forward to those days.

Also bring some carry and other spices

I found Back Country meals to be very good, when I was in Australia.
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It keeps for ever and nutritional value doesn't deteriorate,
The source for my information that the nutritional values deteriorating was an Australian TV program ABC TV Landline .. from the producers of OZ military freeze dried food packed in 'combat ration' packs from Scotsdale, Tasmania. http://www.abc.net.au/landline/conte...4/s4134168.htm Broadcast 23 November 2014
Quote "FIONA BREEN: A new collaboration between the University of Tasmania, CSIRO and the Defence Force is bringing the best minds together to make ration packs better. One of the challenges is the need to ensure the rations can survive in extreme conditions and have a long shelf life.

Scientists have found these meals lose some of their goodness over time. Researchers are now looking at a way of fortifying or strengthening the vitamins so they don't break down.

ROGER STANLEY, CENTRE FOR FOOD INNOVATION: The fortifying is entirely new because they want it to be able to potentially last for up to two years. So we're looking at better ways of complexing those vitamins to hold them so that the meal retains its full nutrient quality for two years. "

Do you have some evidence that it does not reduce?

I've an old post on http://www.bicycles.net.au/forums/vi...p?f=77&t=80403 on this subject. I've more data to enter on it .. but that board does not allow tables for formatting..
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I had a case of LRRPs from the Vietnam era. I ate a couple out of curiousity. They tasted a little stale but didn't kill me. Can't say how nutritious they were. Made a turd.
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I had a case of LRRPs from the Vietnam era. I ate a couple out of curiousity. They tasted a little stale but didn't kill me. Can't say how nutritious they were. Made a turd.
Starving people eat pretty much anything - grass for instance. Keeps the stomach fullish .. and makes a turd. But they still starve. Rather go with the science.
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The micro-nutrients might be lacking but the carb, fat and protein are still there. I'll just take a multi-vitamin. I ate many WWII C-rations in the 60s and live to tell the tale.
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