The freeze-dried Apple and Berry Crumble is a great way to enjoy a sweet mix of apples and berries topped with a gluten-free cookie crumb on your outdoor adventures. Just remove the biscuits, add boiling water and let the remaining ingredients rehydrate for 10 to 15 minutes and add crushed biscuits! That easy. Gluten and dairy free.
Features
Remove biscuit pack, crush if desired. Add the required amount of boiling water stated on the back of the pack (250ml/1 cup for Regular Serve) to the pouch, stir and let stand for 10 to 15 minutes, cover with the biscuit crumb and enjoy!
Meal flavours are developed in-house to ensure they're as authentic and natural as possible, while also tasting great
Eat straight from the pouch to reduce clean up
Made in New Zealand
How to recycle your pouch in New Zealand:
Be a tidy Kiwi and pack your used Back Country Cuisine pouches out of the bush.
When you get home wash and dry your pouches as part of doing the dishes
Drop your clean and dry Back Country Cuisine pouches into the Love NZ Soft Plastics Recycling bins
Allergens: Contains soy, almond. May contain egg, milk, peanut, macadamia.
Strong>Note: products and their ingredients change over time, which may affect nutritional, ingredient and allergen information. Always check product labels before consuming.
Nutritional Information
Based on re-hydrated meal
per serve
Regular Serve
Energy
2650kJ/634 Calories
Protein
1.6g
Total Fat
16.2g
Saturated Fat
2.1g
Carbohydrates
122g
Sugars
87.1g
Sodium
218mg
per 100g
Regular Serve
Energy
663J/158 Calories
Protein
0.4g
Total Fat
4.0g
Saturated Fat
0.5g
Carbohydrates
30.4g
Sugars
21.8g
Sodium
55mg
Technologies
Back Country Cuisine has this to say about their processes:
"In the freeze drying process, crystals of frozen ice in the food are sublimed (evaporated) to water vapour in a vacuum chamber. The result is a completely dry product that does not shrink during the drying process. When prepared for eating, the water quickly gets into the pores left by the ice crystals to give a juicy, tender food product.
"After packing, the food is heat-sealed in foil pouches from which all the air has been removed and replaced with nitrogen gas, keeping the food safe and flavoursome for at least three years.
"Back Country Cuisine meals are formulated to meet the high energy needs of outdoor activity and our products have a careful mix of the essential components needed for a healthy diet. This includes balanced carbohydrates and sugars for instant energy, protein to replenish exhausted muscles and oils and fats to keep you feeling full."
Benefits of freeze dried food:
Freeze drying removes the moisture from food making it much lighter and easier to carry
Freeze drying retains the natural vitamins in the food because of the low temperatures used in processing
Along with naturally occurring minerals and the addition of salt, the freeze-dried meals provide vitamins and minerals necessary to meet the high energy needs of outdoor activity
Flushed with nitrogen gas when packed, freeze dried products have a long shelf life, meaning you can have meals on hand at any time
Food does not shrink during the freeze drying process, or inside the pouch
You can make up the meals with cold water as well as hot water - the meal will take at least three times longer to rehydrate but you will get the same nutrition as when using boiling water.
