AlpineAire® bulk-pouch outdoor foods are designed to provide a quick and easy meal for the outdoor adventurer. They offer a long shelf life, a generous serving size and include an oxygen absorber to maintain freshness. This pouch contains scrambled egg and omelet mix. Some cooking is required.
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Backpackers Pantry Spicy Cheese Omelet 3 Oz This Item Is In Category: Food & Cookware > Backpackers Pantry Brand: Backpackers Pantry
The Backpacker’s Pantry Spicy Cheese Omelet freeze-dried meal combines eggs, cheese, red and green bell peppers, onions and spicy seasoning. Add one-half cup of boiling water to eggs and blend. Repeat and cook over low heat in a pan. With a packed weight of only 2.8 oz., the fully prepared Backpacker’s Pantry Spicy Cheese Omelet provides two 5 oz. servings.
AlpineAire knows it’s hard to pack eggs when you’re camping. So they’ve packed them for you in their Scrambling and Omelet Egg Mix. If you own a cookstove or even just a pot and some matches, these freeze dried and dehydrated meals are the way to go. They’re lightweight, compact, and super easy to prepare. The meals are packaged in resealable foil pouches. Most weigh between 5 and 7 ounces and offer 2 servings. To prepare a meal, just add a couple cups of hot water right to the pouch. A few minutes later you’re ready to chow.
Product Features
Eggs & beef lightly seasoned with red & green bell peppers.Egg mix [whole egg, nonfat dry milk, vegetable oil], cooked freeze-dried diced beef, red & green bell peppers*, onion granules, sea salt, garlic granules.
*dehydrated
Frequently Asked Questions
How long will the food last?
Most products have a 3-5 year shelf life under proper conditions. Products containing shrimp, tuna, brown rice, nuts, and dairy products have a shelf life of one to two years.
What are proper storage conditions?
The best is a cool, dry environment for our products. The cooler the better. High heat that occurs in a garage or the trunk of a car is not good for these products.
How does AlpineAire Foods extend the shelf life of food?
By using freeze-dried and dehydrated ingredients, most of the water is removed from the item. Each product contains an oxygen absorber, which is iron oxide pellets. Iron oxide attacks the head-space oxygen remaining in the pouch once the pouch has been sealed. Oxygen has moisture so the absorber collects the oxygen and thus slows down the oxidation process that can occur. Oxidation leads to rancidity.
Is the oxygen absorber harmful?
No, it is not harmful, but do not use it as a spice packet. It tastes awful.
What is freeze drying?
Freeze drying is a process used for instant or quick rehydration of certain dried foods. The first step in freeze drying is to rapidly freeze the food. The water content, now frozen, is turned directly into a gas and withdrawn from the food during the next steps, vacuum and low-heat, thus avoiding the shrinkage. Many of AlpineAire’s products are custom freeze dried to suit strict quality requirements. Freeze-dried products include grains, beans, fruits, meats, seafood, pastas, vegetables, and eggs. Using this process, 98% of the moisture is removed.
Key advantages of freeze-dried products include:
What is dehydration?
The standard method of dehydrating vegetables and spices is to place the items on a conveyor belt and run them through an oven at a high temperature for a relatively short time. About 90 to 95% of the moisture is removed.
Some vegetables are more suited to this form of drying than others. This means that with the addition of water, the product rehydrates back to its original state more easily. Preferable items include: onions, bell peppers, tomatoes, celery, carrots and mushrooms. Dehydrated items such as peas, corn, and green beans do not rehydrate as well as freeze-dried.
What are proper storage techniques?
It is crucial that you store food properly: