What “small/cottage” brand dehydrated meal companies do you like?

Packit Gourmet..

Wild Zora..

I have been getting a lot of supplies from Harmonyhousefoods.com lately and making my own healthier meals..

Though.. I wouldn’t say they are undiscovered or unknown..  I was just saying what I use and what I would recommend..

Yeah people have good things to say about packit gourmet. Making your own meals is totally the way to go but it’s nice to have some pre-packaged stuff around too.

Check harmonyhousefoods .. They sell backpackers kit.. And sample kits.. Ready to go stuff..

Hawk Vittles is pretty good and doesn’t get a lot of mentions.

Outdoor Herbivore and Mary Janes Farms

Next Mile Meals. I don’t care about them being Keto, but they taste good, have good amounts of protein and fat for the weight, don’t require much water, and pack small (typically much smaller than Mountain House meals). Downside is they are expensive.

I like Heather’s Choice and Food of  the Soul.  Also like the Outdoor Herbivore’s cold salads, many of Hawk Vittle’s meals, and Packit Gourmet.

Packit Gourmet has bulk supplies in reasonable quantities.

Not exactly cottage but I really like Patagonia Provisions Tsampa Soup. I wish I could find a source for the roasted buckwheat.

Another vote for Next Mile Meals. Best tasting I’ve had so far.

Another vote for Packit Gourmet.  I’ve been using their meals for years.

Nearly unanimous :)  packet gourmet for me the last 6-7 years

some of the meals aren’t quite where I like calorie wise, but that’s easily remedied by adding a few packets of olive oil or something to make them even better- adding a chunk (sliced up) of andouille sausage to their gumbo, a packet of chicken to their chicken and dumplings, adding more cheese and fritos to their Texas State Fair chili, etc

I really like Good-To-Go…

https://goodto-go.com/#

Home Cooking prepared and dried in ones own kitchen. :)

Mary Janes Farms is my favorite. Great vegetarian options.

Packit Gourmet and Mary Jane’s Farm.  Hawk’s Vittles close behind.  I just placed an order with Heather’s Choice, looking forward to trying her stuff.

+1 to Mary Jane’s Farms and Pack’It Gourmet. Some of the Pack’It Gourmet Meals have a relatively short shelf live so you need to make sure you use them the year you buy them in.

I know you are asking for prepared meals where you add water to a bag and eat after a few minutes, but honestly, the vast majority of regular grocery store foods on the inner aisle shelves are essentially dehydrated foods. This makes Vons a pretty good place to get dehydrated meals. But even better than Vons is the 99c Only store or Dollar General or similar stores.

^ like couscous, oatmeal — what else?

What else? How about ramen, cup-a-soup, various soups, breakfast drinks, coffees, shake mixes, instant mashed potatoes, freeze-dried fruits (they don’t call them that, but there they are), kale chips, instant black bean soup, instant pea soup, alfredo cheese sauce powder, four-cheese powder… That’s to start with. I’m sure if I combed the aisles I would find stuff I didn’t even think of.

Great thread.  I had not heard of some of the small company brands listed.  When I saw the Wild Zora meat and veggie bars I got excited until doing the math – I’d need to eat over $100/day with them.  I know they aren’t meant to be meals, just small snacks, but what an absurd price.  Anyone tried them?

I’m a fan of many of the ones suggested and last year found “peak refuel” last year. seems to be a smaller company with some food offerings.

^ I just nabbed a few Peak Fuels- haven’t tried them yet, but pretty calorie rich which is a plus for me

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PeakReFuels

I hope their cooking is better than their math –