From a leader in backpacking meals to entrepreneurs putting their spin on the market, Oregon is a hub for freeze-dried food. In the Pacific Northwest, farmers markets show off the bounties of the ...

While choking down yet another fairly bland, mass-produced, freeze-dried meal around a campfire on a hiking trip, brothers Ben and John Ritner asked themselves a simple question. “What if this ...

“If you had to eat one more dehydrated backpacking meal, which would you pick?” Collective groans from my panel of testers ensued. After three days of eating nothing but freeze-dried or dehydrated ...

Here are eight food trends to watch in 2025. In years past, “freeze-dried food” probably conjured unappetizing backpacking meals. But thanks to advancements in freeze-drying technology that ...

Willis, now 54, started backpacking at 48 when the idea for Luxefly Basecamp was born: freeze-dried meals that make you feel energized, not keeled over in your tent wondering what the hell you just ...

So, is freeze-dried fruit actually healthy? Freeze drying food is actually a surprisingly great way to retain the nutrients in those foods, Caroline Susie, a registered dietitian based in Dallas ...