Summit to Eat - Chicken Fried Rice - freeze-dried meal (603 kcal)

Key features

• Dry weight 121 g, prepared 471 g. The difference is water — you only carry the 121 g.
• 603 kcal (2522 kJ) per pouch.
• Water needed 350 ml, waiting time 8 minutes.
• Per pouch: 25 g protein, 30 g fat (of which 3.3 g saturated), 54 g carbohydrate (of which 7.2 g sugars), 7.5 g fibre and 2.4 g salt.
• Contains chicken and egg; not vegetarian.
• Allergens as declared by the maker: egg, soya and wheat. The packet remains authoritative — check it if you have an allergy, also if you buy this regularly.

What you use it for

For bikepacking and trekking where you do not want to wash a pan: you only boil water and eat from the pouch. 603 kcal is a real evening meal after a day of riding. On a hard day count on two pouches, or one plus a dessert.

Use and care

Take the oxygen absorber out first — it is in there to keep the food, not to be eaten. Stir properly right down to the bottom: unmixed powder at the base stays gritty, even after the full 8 minutes. Stand the pouch upright in your shoe or between two stones so it cannot tip, and squeeze it flat afterwards before packing it out: that saves room in your rubbish bag.