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Could you survive a Food Emergency?

Emergencies can take many forms, from storms to power outages. Keeping food on hand for emergencies protects you in the same way as insurance on your home or auto - for the unexpected. With Mountain House freeze dried foods in your food reserve, you can be ready for just about any unexpected crisis. Imagine, for instance, what a lifesaver these foods can be when your electric power is knocked out for several days by a storm. With Mountain House products on hand and a one-burner stove or candle to heat water (cold water can be used in a pinch), you can still enjoy a hot, satisfying meal in less than 10 minutes. Having a private food reserve makes a lot of sense. Good sense for both financial and security reasons. Use pouches for limited short-term emergencies. Use cans for potential extended emergencies, or an emergency situation affecting a lot of people..

Simple Food Preparation

25 Year Shelf-Life

Taste the Difference!

The freeze drying process. Freeze drying has several advantages over other food preservation methods. Frozen foods retain fresh flavor and nutritional value, whereas dehydrated and canned foods are shelf-stable, but high-temperature processing can degrade flavor, texture and nutritional content. Freeze drying combines the best of these two methods. It preserves freshness, color and taste similar to frozen food, while providing the shelf-stable convenience of canned or dehydrated food. Freeze-dried foods:

• Taste fresh. Freeze dried foods retain virtually all their fresh-food taste and nutritional content. Freeze drying removes the water, not the flavor.
• Look fresh. Freeze dried foods maintain their original shape and texture, unlike dehydrated foods, which shrink and shrivel due to high-temperature processing. Just add water, and in minutes every fresh food detail returns.
• Less weight.. Freeze-dried foods have 98% of their water removed, which reduces the food's weight by about 90%.
• Stay fresh. Freeze-dried foods can be stored at room temperature, without deterioration or spoilage. This is because freeze-drying and packaging remove both water and oxygen - the two primary causes of food deterioration.