Founded in Park City, Utah, the company was built on a passion for the outdoors. Living the outdoor lifestyle every day, they know what it takes to make a great meal for the backcountry. They designed our meals to be exciting, nutritious, flavorful, and with less packaging.
100% FREEZE DRIED
FOUNDATION Outdoors is the only leading brand that exclusively uses 100% freeze-dried ingredients. (Other brands mix in dehydrated ingredients)
- Freeze-drying is a natural preservation process
- Our freeze dryers were designed to lock in taste and nutrients
- We never use inferior, heavy, dehydrated or air-dried ingredients
- No need for wasteful, non-environmentally friendly oxygen absorbers
100 % REAL MEAT
FOUNDATION Outdoors meals contain only USDA inspected beef, white chicken breast, or premium pork. Our meals:
- Contain more meat than the leading brands
- Are packed with high protein ingredients
- Sourced directly from the USA’s top ranches and farms
- Never use meat by-products, fillers, or meat flavorings
RESTAURANT QUALITY IN THE BACKCOUNTRY
FOUNDATION Outdoors is the only brand that slow cooks and freeze drys ingredients together using our proprietary method that locks in freshness. Our meals:
- Utilize only restaurant quality ingredients
- Have unmatched flavor and taste
- Are made with unique, delicious, and savory recipes
- Are created by culinary experts and nutritionists
HIGH PROTEIN AND CALORIES
FOUNDATION Outdoors meals were scientifically designed to provide your body with the quality calories you need for the backcountry. Our meals:
- Contain optimal calories, nutrients, and minerals
- Average 960 calories
- Average 47 grams of protein
- Aid in recovery and endurance
REHYDRATION & LIGHTWEIGHT
Our meals use only light weight, freeze dried rice and pasta. Therefore our meals are: Pi
- Lighter and calorically dense
- Rehydrate quickly and uniformly
- Weigh 130 grams and average 960 calories per pouch
- Contain valuable calories that weigh less
EARTH FRIENDLY
FOUNDATION Outdoors meals have a minimal carbon footprint by:
- Packing more calories into smaller pouches
- Being 100% freeze dried there is no need for heavy and wasteful oxygen absorbers
- All products are produced in-house, eliminating excessive supplier packaging
- In-house production reduces 3rd party trucking and transportation emissions
- Using cleaning strategies that use 75% less water and Earth friendly solutions
PACKABLE
Our pouches were strategically designed for stow-ability and ease of consumption. Our pouches are:
- Bowl-like and shallow making meals easy to enjoy
- Compact and use less packaging material
- Fit perfectly in your pack taking up less room
- Pack more calories
SHELF LIFE
Freeze drying is the gold standard for food preservation. Our meals:
- Have a 7+ Year shelf life
- Are all natural / No preservatives or fillers
- Have no need for refrigeration
- Do not contain dehydrated rice, pasta or any other ingredients
FOOD SAFETY
To avoid food sickness or worse, only purchase meals with a USDA mark of inspection. FOUNDATION Outdoors:
- Owns and operates a commercial USDA inspected facility
- Production is overseen by onsite Federal USDA inspectors
- Maintains the highest level of SQF food safety certification
- Has produced millions of meals and we have never had a food safety recall
- Our meals are Prop 65 compliant. We have done extensive testing to ensure our meals meet this California-only requirement.