What's in our Trek'n Eat Jambalaya dish?

Jun 5

Jun 5 What's in our Trek'n Eat Jambalaya dish?

Meals from Trek'n Eat are created with quality freeze-dried ingredients and thus maintain most of the food's natural vitamins and minerals. All our Trek'n Eat meals are labelled with the "All Natural" sign indicating no preservatives, no colorants and no flavor enhancing additives.

Tomatoes

This red flavor bomb is not ideal for freeze-drying. So we add it using a powder. This is created using a gentle extraction called "cold break". It takes 20kg of fresh tomatoes to make 1kg of tomato powder.

Spinach

Popeye knew the power of spinach long ago: It makes you strong. In fact, this vegetable does pump up muscle cells - although not explosively like in the cartoon.

Onion

Onion adds flavor and also protects from disease with its natural antioxidants.

Spice blends

Three proprietary spice blends (secret recipes!) give zing to hearty rice dishes - say hello to creole cuisine.

Green Onion

Green onions are a good source of vitamin C, also contain folic acid and a good amout of fiber.

Long-grain rice

Parboiled rice is "al dente" 2 minutes after adding water. By parboiling prior to removing the outer layer, approximately 80% of the vitamins and minerals in the silver skin are retained in the kernel. The parboiled rice is thus higher in nutrients than milled white rice. Compared to brown rice and whole grains, the cooking time is also shorter.

Sugar & Maltodextrin

Deliver vital carbohydrates and round off the flavor profile.

Palm Oil

The body gets its energy from carbohydrates, protein and natural fats. Palm oil, which comes from the pulp of the oil palm fruit, is a strong antioxidant and fights the affects of heat.

Acidifying and antioxidant agents

Trisodium citrate is a sodium salt of citric acid. It stabilizes acids while ascorbic acid (vitamin C) aids taste and color to food mixtures. These ingredients are quite safe. The meals contain no aritficial colors or preservatives and also no added glutamate.

Broccoli

Tastes better than its rather bland relative, the cauliflower, and is healthier too (double the amount of vitamin C).

Carrots

Regular carrots are a tasty and healthy snack during activity, but with 90% water content, they can unfortunately be much too heavy to carry along on longer trips. As a freeze-dried ingredient they are however ideal.

Sodium

Essential for system function, particularly during long or hard activity; The body can lose up to 20g of sodium each day. This must be replenished through foods consumed.

Celery

Containts vital minerals and a variety of other nutrients. Since some people are allergic to celery, this ingredient is noted on the label as an "allergen".

Corn

A gluten-free ingredient that satisfies hunger, makes a meal tastier, and adds a dash of color. Eyes are a part of the appetite as we all know.

Peas

Don't neglect your "peas" and q's! Every pea is rich in calcium, potassium, B vitamins, vitamin A and C, folic acid and iron.

Guar gum

This thickening agent comes from the seeds of the guar bean. The carbohydrate in guar gum thickens water and makes a dish more viscous.

Yeast extract

Doesn't taste like yeast, rather it has a savory zip that rounds off the taste. Contains protein, amino acids and B vitamins.