Nov 07 2008
Mountain House Freeze Dried Food has NO MSG
Mountain House Food does NOT contain monosodium glutamate (MSG).
I saw a blog post suggesting some Mountain House meals did. They referred to a website (Inter-net grocer) that showed MSG listed in the contents of some of the Mountain House freeze dried food meals.
I was sure there is no MSG as I dislike any food that has MSG in it. I spend extra time when I am shopping to read the labels checking for MSG.
To make sure I had the correct information, I emailed Mountain House customer service and asked them to make a clear statement on their freeze dried food.
Here is the response;
Melanie
Here is the up to date ingredient list that was attached;
Mountain House Entrees
Chicken Stew:
Potatoes, Cooked Chicken, Carrots, Peas, Corn Oil, Nonfat Dry Milk, Modified Corn Starch, Hydrolyzed Corn Soy Wheat Gluten Protein, Dehydrated Onions, Sea Salt, Chicken Fat, Sugar, Spices, Soybean Oil, Garlic Powder, and Spice Extract.
Contains: Milk, Soy, Wheat.
Rice & Chicken:
Instant Rice, Cooked Chicken, Corn Oil, Pimientos, Salt, Modified Corn Starch, Hydrolyzed Corn Soy Wheat Gluten Protein, Chicken Fat, Sugar, Onion Powder, Spices, Citric Acid, Soybean Oil, Turmeric, and Spice Extract.
Contains: Soy, Wheat.
Spaghetti w/Meat Sauce:
Enriched Spaghetti (durum semolina, niacin, iron [ferrous sulfate], thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), Tomato Paste, Beef, and contains 1.5% or less of the following: Textured Soy Flour, Salt, Sugar, Dehydrated Cheese (cheddar cheese [milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes], cream, salt, sodium phosphate, lactic acid), Hydrolyzed Corn Torula and Brewers Yeast Wheat Gluten Soy Protein, Spices, Onion Powder, Flavoring, Garlic Powder, Soybean Oil, and Caramel Color.
Contains: Wheat, Soy, Milk
Chicken Ala King:
Cooked Chicken, Mushrooms, Pimientos, Green Peppers, Nonfat Dry Milk, Celery, Corn Oil, Wheat Flour, Chicken Base (chicken including natural chicken juices, maltodextrin, hydrolyzed corn gluten, dried whey, spice extractives and onion powder, autolyzed yeast extract, turmeric), Salt, Chicken Fat, Sugar, Modified Cornstarch. Yeast Extract, Safflower Oil, Natural Flavor, Onion Powder, Spices, Citric Acid, and Ascorbic Acid. Precooked Noodles: Durum Semolina, Whole Eggs, and Salt.
Contains: Milk, Wheat and Egg
Beef Stew:
Potatoes, Cooked Beef, Carrots, Peas, Corn Oil, Modified Corn Starch, Hydrolyzed Corn Torula and Brewers Yeast Wheat Gluten Soy Protein, Dehydrated Onions, Salt, Sugar, Spices, Soybean Oil, Garlic Powder, and Spice Extract.
Contains: Wheat, Soy
Chicken Polynesian:
Cooked Chicken, Pineapple (contains sugar and citric acid), Precooked Rice, Worcestershire Sauce (distilled vinegar, molasses, corn syrup, caramel color, garlic powder, sugar, spices, anchovies, tamarind, natural flavor), Modified Cornstarch, Brown Sugar, Green Peppers, Orange Juice Concentrate, Pineapple Juice Concentrate, Sugar, Pimientos, Tomato Paste, Salt, Chicken Base (chicken including natural chicken juices, chicken fat, maltodextrin, hydrolyzed corn gluten, dried whey, onion powder and spice extractives, autolyzed yeast extract, turmeric), Soy Sauce (wheat, soybeans, salt), Sesame/Soybean Oil, Yeast Extract, Safflower Oil, Natural Flavors, and Parsley Flakes.
Contains: Fish, Milk, Wheat and Soy
Beef Stroganoff w/Noodles:
Cooked Beef, Sour Cream (cultured cream, milk, whey, sodium phosphate, guar gum, carrageenan, calcium sulfate, locust bean gum, and cultures), Mushrooms, Modified Cornstarch, Corn Oil, Nonfat Dry Milk, Dehydrated Onions, Salt, Hydrolyzed Corn Torula and Brewers Yeast Wheat Gluten Soy Protein, Lemon Juice Concentrate and Lemon Oil, Beef Base (roasted beef and concentrated beef stock, hydrolyzed corn gluten, soy, corn, and wheat protein, sugar, dried whey, and yeast extract), Flavoring, Molasses, Spice, Garlic Powder, and Soybean Oil. Precooked Noodles: Durum Semolina, Whole Eggs, and Salt.
Contains: Milk, Wheat, Soy, Egg
Beef Teriyaki:
Cooked Beef, Soy Sauce (wheat, soybeans, salt), Red Peppers, Pineapple (contains sugar and citric acid), Waterchestnuts, Brown Sugar, Mushrooms, Modified Corn Starch, Sherry Wine (contains sulfite), Onions, Pea Pods, Onion Powder, Sesame/Soybean Oil, Seasonings (yeast extract, safflower oil, natural flavor), Garlic Powder, Spices, Salt. Rice: Precooked Rice.
Contains: Soy, Wheat
Chicken Teriyaki:
Cooked Chicken, Soy Sauce (wheat, soybeans, salt), Brown Sugar, Bamboo Shoots, Mushrooms, Red Peppers, Green Peas, Modified Cornstarch, Sherry Wine (contains sulfite), Onions, Green Peppers, Garlic Powder, Spice, Salt. Rice: Precooked Rice.
Contains: Soy, Wheat
Lasagna w/Meat Sauce:
Tomatoes (tomatoes, tomato juice, salt, citric acid, calcium chloride), Tomato Paste, Enriched Macaroni Product (durum semolina, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), Cooked Beef, Dehydrated Onions, Modified Corn Starch, Salt, Sugar, Spices, Flavoring, Garlic Powder, and Dehydrated Parsley Flakes. Cheese Blend: Mozzarella Cheese Flavoring (mozzarella cheese [cultured milk, salt, enzymes], calcium caseinate, corn oil, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, sodium caseinate, salt, glucono-delta-lactone, maltodextrin, sodium aluminum phosphate, butter [cream], natural and artificial flavors), and Dehydrated Parmesan and Romano (made from cow’s milk) Cheeses (part-skim milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes).
Contains: Wheat, Milk, Soy
Chili Mac w/Beef:
Cooked Beef, Enriched Macaroni (durum semolina, niacin, iron [ferrous sulfate], thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), Kidney Beans, Tomato Paste, Chili Seasoning (chili pepper and other spices, dehydrated onion and garlic, hydrolyzed soybean protein, potassium chloride, paprika, sugar, maltodextrin, beef extract, disodium inosinate and disodium guanylate, autolyzed yeast extract, caramel color, natural flavors, citric acid), Modified Corn starch and Contains 2% or Less of the Following: Salt, Dehydrated Onions, and Flavoring.
Contains: Wheat, Soy
Noodles & Chicken:
Precooked Noodles: Durum Semolina, Whole Eggs, and Salt. Noodles & Chicken Sauce: Cooked Chicken, Sweet Red Peppers, Modified Corn Starch, Chicken Fat, and Contains 2% or Less of: Chicken Base (chicken including natural chicken juices, maltodextrin, dried whey), Salt, Sugar, Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein (hydrolyzed corn soy wheat gluten protein, soybean oil), Flavoring (autolyzed yeast extract, safflower oil, naturla flavor), Onion Powder, Dried Parsley, Spices, and Turmeric (for color).
Contains: Wheat, Eggs, Milk, Soy
Long Grain & Wild Rice Pilaf:
Long Grain White Rice, Mushrooms, Onions, Broccoli, Green Beans, Long Grain Brown Rice, Red Peppers, Wild Rice, Butter (cream, salt), Roasted Garlic Puree, Vegetable Flavor (yeast extract, natural flavors, wheat maltodextrin, sugar, soy sauce [soybeans, wheat, salt] dried onion, tapioca maltodextrin, dried carrots, salt, butter, dried garlic, spice), Modified Corn Starch, Broth Seasonings (hydrolyzed soy and corn protein, dextrose, maltodextrin, whey powder, autolyzed yeast, torula yeast, onion powder, turmeric), Salt, Mushroom Flavor (maltodextrin, modified corn starch, mushrooms, partially hydrogenated cottonseed and soybean oil, natural flavors), Parsley, Granulated Garlic, and Canola Oil. Parmeasan Cheese: Patsturized Milk, Salt, Cheese Culture, Enzymes, Powdered Cellulose (to prevent caking), Sorbic Acid (preservative)
Contains: Milk, Wheat, Soy
Sweet & Sour Pork w/Rice:
Cooked Pork, Pineapple in Light Syrup (sugar and citric acid), Green Peppers, Vinegar, Onions, Red Peppers, Brown Sugar, Sugar, Modified Cornstarch, Salt, Chicken Base (chicken including natural chicken juices, chicken fat, maltodextrin, hydrolyzed corn gluten, dried whey, onion powder and natural flavorings, autolyzed yeast extract, turmeric), Worcestershire Sauce (distilled vinegar, molasses, corn syrup, caramel color, garlic powder, sugar, spices, anchovies, tamarind, natural flavor), Soy Sauce (wheat, soybeans, salt), Corn Oil, Sesame/Soybean Oil, Seasoning (yeast extract, safflower oil, natural flavor), Garlic Powder, Spice, and Spice Extract. Rice: Precooked Rice.
Contains: Milk, Anchovy, Wheat
Turkey Tetrazzini:
Cooked Turkey, Asparagus, Enriched Spaghetti (durum semolina, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), Modified Corn Starch, Nonfat Dry Milk, Pimientos, Mushrooms, Corn Oil, Salt, Chicken Base (chicken including natural chicken juices, maltodextrin, hydrolyzed corn gluten, dried whey, onion powder and spice extractives, autolyzed yeast extract), Sugar, Chicken Fat, Dehydrated Onion, Flavorings (yeast extract, safflower oil, and natural flavor), Hydrolyzed Corn Soy Wheat Gluten Protein, Spices, Sherry Wine (sulfite), Garlic Powder, Citric Acid, Turmeric (for color), Soybean Oil and Spice Extract.
Contains: Wheat, Milk, Soy.
Vegetable Lasagna:
Tomatoes (tomatoes, tomato juice, salt, citric acid, and calcium chloride), Zucchini, Tomato Paste, Enriched Macaroni Product (durum semolina, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, and folic acid), Carrots, Spinach, Modified Corn Starch, Dehydrated Onions, Sugar, Salt, Spices, and Garlic Powder. Cheese Blend: Mozzarella Cheese Flavoring (mozzarella cheese [cultured milk, salt, enzymes], calcium caseinate, corn oil, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, sodium caseinate, salt, glucono-delta-lactone, maltodextrin, sodium aluminum phosphate, butter [cream], natural and artificial flavors), and Dehydrated Parmesan and Romano (made from cow’s milk) Cheeses (part-skim milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes).
Contains: Wheat, Milk, Soy
Pasta Primavera:
Zucchini, Enriched Macaroni Product (durum semolina, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), Cream, Cauliflower, Broccoli, Red Peppers, Nonfat Dry Milk, Yellow Peppers, Modified Corn Starch, Green Peas, Seasonings (hydrolyzed soy and corn protein, dextrose, torula yeast, soybean oil), Parmesan Cheese (part-skim milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), Onion Powder, Butter (cream), Maltodextrin, Salt, Culture Whey Powder, Autolyzed yeast extract, Spices, Natural Flavors, Granulated Garlic, Turmeric and Safflower Oil.
Contains: Wheat, Milk, Soy
Oriental Spicy Style Chicken with Vegetable:
Green Beans, Cooked Chicken, Precooked White Rice, Mushrooms, Waterchestnuts, Red Bell Peppers, Teriyaki Flavor (soy sauce [soybeans, wheat, salt], maltodextrin, yeast extract, salt, and spices), and Contains 2% or Less Modified Cornstarch, Brown Sugar, Flavoring (autolyzed yeast extract, dried torula yeast, safflower oil, natural flavor), Garlic Powder, Sesame/Soybean Oil, Spices, Salt.
Contains: Soy, Wheat, and Peanuts on pouches manufactured prior to year 2005
Seafood Chowder:
Cooked Clams and Clam Juice, Potatoes, Cream, Onions, Nonfat Dry Milk, Pacific Shrimp, Celery, and Contains 2% Or Less Of The Following: Modified Corn Starch, Butter (cream), Salt, Yeast Extract, Maltodextrin, Worcestershire Sauce (distilled vinegar, molasses, corn syrup, caramel color, sugar, anchovies, tamarind), Cultured Whey, Spices, Corn Oil, Onion Powder, Sodium Tripolyphosphate, Potato Starch, Safflower Oil, Natural Flavors, Calcium Disodium EDTA.
Contains: Clams, Milk, Shrimp, Anchovy.
Mexican Style Rice & Chicken:
Kidney Beans, Tomato Puree, Cooked Chicken, Instant Brown Rice, Black Olives, Green Peppers, Seasoning (spices, hydrolyzed soy protein & safflower oil, dextrose, onion powder, maltodextrin, beef fat flavor, nonfat dry milk, caramel color, spice extractive, turmeric extractive), Red Peppers, Modified Cornstarch, Dried Chicken Broth, Onions, Chili Powder (chili pepper, spices, garlic powder), Salt, Jalapeno Pepper Powder, and Red Pepper Powder.
Contains: Soy, Milk
Jamaican Style Chicken & Rice:
Instant Rice, Cooked Chicken, Onions, Dehydrated Red Beans, Green Peppers, Mushrooms, Corn, Red Peppers, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Molasses, Soy Sauce, (soybeans wheat, salt, molasses), Vinegar, Raspberry Juice Concentrate, Xanthan Gum, Citric Acid, Habanero Peppers (Scotch Bonnet), Natural Flavors, Spices, Sugar, Dehydrated Onions, Soybean Oil, Modified Corn Starch, Lime Juice Concentrate, and Salt.
CONTAINS: Soy, Wheat.
Macaroni & Cheese:
Enriched Macaroni (durum semolina, niacin, iron [ferrous sulfate], thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), Dehydrated Cheddar Cheese Blend (cheddar cheese [milk, milk cuture, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, annatto], cream, salt, sodium phosphate, lactic acid, yellow no. 5 and yellow no. 6), Nonfat Dry Milk, Modified Corn Starch, Corn Oil, Salt, and Spice.
Contains: Wheat, Milk
Potatoes ‘N Cheese:
Potato Flakes, *Cheese Blend (cheddar, granular, and blue cheeses [milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes], buttermilk solids, butter, sodium phosphate, lactose, lactic acid, yellow no. 5 and yellow no. 6), *Nonfat Dry Milk, Maltodextrin, Whey and Whey Protein Concentrate, Salt, Milk Protein, *Broccoli, * Onions, and Contains 1% or less of Citric Acid, Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, *Enzyme Modified Cheddar Cheese (milk, cheese cultures, enzymes, calcium chloride, disodium phoshate), Modified Corn Starch, Mono & Diclycerides, Sodium Acid Pyrophoshate, Guar Gum, Butter Flavor, Cream, Buttermilk Powder, Sodium Bicarbonate, Flavor, Corn Syrup Solids, Sodium Caseinate, Annatto, Turmeric. *Dried.
Contains: Milk, Soy
Potatoes ‘N Beef:
Potatoes, Cooked Beef, Nonfat Dry Milk, Modified Cornstarch, Dehydrated Onions, Beef Base (roasted beef and concentrated beef stock, hydrolyzed corn gluten, soy wheat corn protein, dried whey, yeast extract), Salt, Sugar, Corn Oil, Flavoring, Spices, Caramel Color, and Garlic Powder.
Contains: Milk, Soy, Wheat.
Vegetable Stew w/Beef:
Potatoes, Peas, Cooked Beef (Beef, Salt), Carrots, Corn, Corn Oil, Modified Cornstarch, Hydrolyzed Corn Torula and Brewers Yeast Wheat Gluten Soy Protein, Dehydrated Onions, Salt, Sugar, Spices, Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, and Garlic Powder and spice extract.
Contains: Wheat, Soy
Grilled Chicken w/Mashed Potatoes:
MASHED POTATOES WITH HERBS & CHIVES: Potato Flakes* (potatoes, mono and diglycerides preserved with sodium acid pyrophosphate and citric acid) and Herb & Chive Seasonings* (nonfat milk, butter [cream, salt], chicken, modified food starch, salt, natural flavor, parmesan cheese [pasteurized milk, salt, cheese culture, enzymes], whey, maltodextrin, hydrolyzed wheat and corn gluten, onion, chives, yeast extract, spices, chicken fat, chicken broth, garlic, citric acid, annatto, and turmeric [added for color]).
GRILLED CHICKEN BREASTS* Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast Fillets with Rib Meat, Seasoning (modified food starch, salt, corn syrup solids, dried chicken broth, soy protein concentrate, maltodextrin, partially hydrogenated cottonseed and soybean oil, chicken fat, soy lecithin, grill flavor, natural flavor), Sodium Phosphates, and Caramel Color. *Dried
Contains: Milk, Wheat, Soy
Flame Broiled Beef Patties w/Mashed Potatoes:
MASHED POTATOES WITH CHEESE & BROCCOLI*: Potato Flakes, Cheese Blend* (cheddar, granular, and blue cheeses [milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes], buttermilk solids, butter, sodium phosphate, lactose, lactic acid, yellow no. 5, yellow no. 6), *Nonfat Dry Milk, Matltodextrin, Whey and Whey Protein Concentrate, Salt, Milk Protein, *Broccoli, *Onions, and contains 1% or less of the Citric Acid, Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, *Enzyme Modified Cheddar Cheese (milk, cheese clultures, enzymes, calcium chloride, disodium phosphate), Modified Corn Starch, Mono & Diclycerides, Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Guar Gum, Butter Flavor, Cream, Buttermilk Powder, Sodium Bicarbonate, Flavor, Corn Syrup Solids, Sodium Caseinate, Annatto, Tumeric.
FLAME - BROILED BEEF PATTIES*: Beef, Seasoning (corn syrup solids, canola oil), Salt, and Spice. *Dried
CONTAINS: Milk, Soy
Breakfast
Precooked Scrambled Eggs:
Whole Eggs, Nonfat Dry Milk, Modified Food Starch, Corn Oil, Salt, Yeast Extract, Xanthan Gum, Natural Flavor, and Safflower Oil.
Contains: Egg, Milk
Precooked Scrambled Eggs w/Bacon:
Freeze Dried Precooked Scrambled Eggs: (whole eggs, egg yolks, nonfat dry milk, modified corn starch, corn oil, salt, yeast extact, sunflower oil and smoke flavor, xanthan gum). BACON: Bacon (cured with water, salt, sugar, sodium phosphates, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite), and Smoke Flavor
Contains: Eggs, Milk
Granola w/Blueberries & Milk:
Granola (rolled oats, brown sugar, unsweetened coconut, soy oil, sesame seed, wheat germ, natural vanilla flavoring), Nonfat Dry Milk, Freeze Dried Blueberries, Dry Cream (sweet cream, lecithin, and tocopherols), and Natural & Artificial Vanilla Flavor.
Contains: Soy, Milk and Wheat.
Precooked Eggs w/Ham & Peppers:
Precooked Scrambled Eggs (whole eggs, egg yolks, nonfat dry milk, modified corn starch, corn oil, salt, yeast extract, sunflower oil and smoke flavor, xanthan gum), Ham (ham, salt, dextrose, sodium tripolyphosphate, sodium erythorbate, smoke flavor, sodium nitrite), and Red and Green Peppers.
Contains: Egg, Milk
Raw Egg Mix – Butter Flavored:
Whole Eggs, Nonfat Dry Milk, Salt, Propylene Glycol, and Flavor — Requires Cooking
Contains: Egg, Milk
Desserts & Snacks
Neapolitan Ice Cream:
Milkfat and Nonfat Milk, Sugar, Corn Syrup, Whey, Cocoa (processed with alkali), Mono and Diglycerides, Guar Gum, Cellulose Gum and Carrageenan, Artificial Flavor, Red #40, and Annatto Color.
Contains: Milk
Ice Cream Sandwich:
ICE CREAM: Milkfat, Sugar, Nonfat Milk, Corn Syrup, Whey, Mono and Diglycerides, Guar Gum, Cellulose Gum, Carrageenan, Artificial Flavor, and Annatto Color.
CHOCOLATE WAFERS: Bleached Wheat Flour, Sugar, Carmel Color, Dextrose, Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Corn Flour, and Contains 2% or Less of Cocoa, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Corn Syrup, Modified Corn Starch, Baking Soda, Salt, Mono and Diglycerides, Soy Lecithin.
Contains: Milk, Wheat, Soy
Raspberry Crumble:
RASPBERRY SAUCE MIX: Sugar, Freeze Dried Raspberries, Modified Corn Starch, Nonfat Dry Milk, and Corn Oil.
CHOCOLATE COOKIE CRUMBS:
Sugar, Enriched Flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Cocoa Processed With Alkali, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Cornstarch, Baking Soda, Salt, Soy Lecithin, Vanillin (an artificial flavor), Chocolate, and Whey.
Contains: Milk, Wheat, Soy
BlueBerry Cheesecake:
CHEESECAKE MIX: Cheesecake Powder (sugar, dried baker’s cheese [skim milk, lactic acid, culture], dried buttermilk, partially hydrogenated palm kernel oil, modified food starch, dextrose, whey, corn syrup solids, sodium phosphate, tetrasodium pyrophosphate, sodium caseinate, lactic acid, salt, sour cream powder, calcium lactate, artificial flavor, glycerol monostearate, maltodextrin, lemon juice solids, yellow no. 5, yellow no. 6, natural flavor, BHA [preservative]), Vanilla Pudding, (sugar, food starch modified, dextrose, disodium phoshate and tetrasodium pyrophosphate, and contains 2% or less salt, nonfat dry milk, partially hydrogenated soybean oil with BHA [preservative], mono and diglycerides with propyl gallate and citric acid [preservatives], titanium dioxide [for color], natural and atrificial flavors, yellow no. 5, yellow no 6) Whole Milk Powder, and Lecithin.
BLUEBERRY TOPPING MIX:
Sugar, Freeze Dried Blueberries, Blueberry Powder, Modified Food Starch, Citric Acid, and Corn Oil.
GRAHAM CRACKER CRUMBS:
Enriched Flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, roboflavin, folic acid), Graham Flour, Sugar, Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Molasses Preserved With Sulfur Dioxide, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Leavening (baking soda, calcium phosphate), and Salt.
Contains: Milk, Soy, Wheat
Chocolate Strawberry Crunch
CHOCOLATE PUDDING (dextrose, modified food starch, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, corn syrup solids, Dutch processed cocoa, sodium phosphates, salt, xanthan gum, potassium caseinate, dipotassium phosphate, calcium sulfate, sodium steroyl lactylate, carrageenan, caramel color, titanium dioxide, *aspartame, artificial flavor, mono and diglycerides)
TOFFEE (sugar, palm oil, dairy butter, almonds, salt, artificial flavor, soy lecithin)
FREEZE DRY STRAWBERRIES
*Contains Aspartame: Phenylketourics:
Contains Phenylalanine
Contains: Soy, Milk
Strawberry Fruit Snacks:
Freeze Dried Organic Strawberries.
Mango Fruit Snacks:
Freeze Dried Organic Mangos
Apple Fruit Snacks:
Freeze Dried Organic Apples.
Banana Fruit Snacks:
Freeze Dried Organic Bananas.
Meats, Veggies & Misc Items
Instant Long Grain Rice:
Precooked Long Grain Rice
Cooked Diced Beef:
Beef and Salt.
Diced Pork:
Pork and Salt.
Pork Chops Uncooked:
Pork
Ground Beef:
Beef, Flavoring, and Salt.
Cooked Diced Chicken:
Chicken Meat, and Salt.
Golden Sweet Whole Kernel Corn:
Whole Kernel Corn.
Garden Green Peas:
Peas and Salt.
Garden Green Beans:
Green Beans.
Pilot Bread Crackers:
Enriched Flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Sugar, Corn Syrup, Whey, Leavening (sodium bicarbonate, monocalcium phosphate), Salt
Contains: Wheat, Milk
Cottage Cheese:
Cultured Skim Milk, Cream, Milk, Salt, Whey, Guar Gum, Citric Acid, Carrageenan, and Locust Bean Gum.
Contains: Milk
Published under Emergency Food, Freeze Dried Food, Mountain House, Survival Food, Survival Food Reserves, food storage
I also have been looking for survival foods without MSG, trans fats, artificial colors, BHA, BHT, aspartame, etc.
Almost all packaged survival foods contain one or more of these toxic ingredients.
Don’t be fooled with Mountain House labeling… any protein that is “hydrolyzed” always contains MSG.
Check out this web site for hidden sources of MSG. http://www.truthinlabeling.org/hiddensources.html
I try to only eat healthy organic foods, so wouldn’t it be a cruel joke to consume foods in an emergency that would only make you sicker?
All kinds of foods can be freeze dried and packaged without all the chemical preservatives, and still have a decent shelf-life.
Maybe if more people demanded better quality survival foods, someone will start making it.
I hate to burst your bubble, but autolyzed and hydrolyzed proteins are the same as monosodium glutamate or MSG. It’s the same rough process. Companies have simply figured out a way to hide it. Companies claiming to remove it are simply switching to the hidden names or buying the hidden-named ingredients and placing them in their products.
MSG is being hidden under even more benign names as well. You’ll just have to research the MSG sites.
Notice how monosodium glutamate has disappeared from your favorite products only to be replaced with these names instead? If it’s dried, freeze-dried, or just a boxed prepared meal, it likely has MSG (or autolyzed or hydrolyzed proteins). It tricks your brain into thinking it is fresh when it isn’t. If you’re sensitive to MSG and continue to have problems with these products, that is why.
Hi C and Redstapler;
Thanks for pointing this out.
Wikipedia’s entry on MSG has this statement;
Monosodium glutamate is one of several forms of free glutamate used in foods. Free glutamate can also be present in a wide variety of other additives, including hydrolyzed vegetable proteins, autolyzed yeast, hydrolyzed yeast, yeast extract, soy extracts, and protein isolate, any one of which may appear as “spices” or “natural flavorings.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monosodium_glutamate
While it is clear the proteins you mention are flavor enhancers that contain free glutamate they are not specifically MSG.
That said I prefer as little additives as possible. I don’t believe flavor enhancers are being added for freshness or longer shelf life in freeze dried food, the 98% removal of water in the flash freeze drying process and nitrogen packing take care of that. So these flavor enhancers are being used to do just that enhance flavor.
So there is likely no impact on shelf life or freshness if they are removed.
These foods were primarily sold to the military before Oregon Freeze Dry
Mountain Housestarted marketing the camping pouches (as Mountain House Brand) and also expanded to the food supply business. The flavor enhancers were likely added to satisfy taste requirements of these customers.However if there are enough people who want to have just as healthy, additive free foods in a one year survival food reserve, I am sure there is no technical reason they couldn’t market this as a product.
RE MSG … Guys, get a grip! This about surviving a short-term crisis. What does MSG matter?
I’m not meaning to be smug; I’m actually sad and disappointed that such a situation exists. I am admittedly a drive-by visitor looking for non-MSG hiking food information, but I care about this issue enough to revisit here for follow-up.
Respectfully, if MSG is being concealed were not much of an issue, then companies would not conceal it. They do — think tobacco-logic. The sudden disappearance of those three letters and the sudden appearance of “autolyzed” and “hydrolyzed” should be telling, NOT indicate that a “sudden cure” has been found for this freshness issue. It’s still there. If it wasn’t bad for more than a few people, they would have no reason to replace or rename it at all. It’s more than just a marketing embarrassment.
If MSG did not serve a purpose, they wouldn’t buy it and put it in their product. If it wasn’t an important ingredient, they wouldn’t seek clones. This zealous desire to sell product combined with the FDA’s incompetence and indifference allows companies to promote the “safeness” or “naturalness” of MSG and its clones — with lost of money.
Free glutamic proteins do appear in small amounts in some natural things some people eat. But to assume MSG and the others are safe when used in these huge dietary “it’s-in-everything-you-buy-except-its-really-natural-albeit-chemically-manipulated” amounts, would be assuming a lot. To those who are sensitive to MSG, they already know what it will do. To those who are not sensitive, the effects of too much MSG will be discovered later, much like hearing damage to people who listen to loud music. Who cares — now?
Tobacco is natural. What is its safe amount?
Nevertheless, what is telling is visiting the web site of the biggest company whose livelihood depends upon the illusion of promoting health and freshness — whether real or not — Subway. This company spends millions on research, development and marketing. Their image is important. It’s all they have to market because the food is, well, just fast food.
Subway Sandwiches (Doctor’s Associates) are currently marketing their company as a more health-ready alternative to fast food in general. On the ingredients page of their site, there is a list of sensitive additives, along with checkmarks indicating whether they are in that particular item. There, Subway acknowledges that autolyzed and hydrolyzed proteins and MSG are kissing cousins, whether technically identical or not (some Subway items do contain MSG and clones). They know it and they admit it — as someday they will have to “talk the talk”; therefore, they are disclosing now! Virtually everyone else is concealing it and saying it’s not MSG.
Also, you seldom find MSG and its clones in good health food and naturalist stores. On the other hand, you find it in a large quantity of fast foods, snack foods, boxed fast foods and health supplements to make the consumer think they are eating something that tastes better than it does. A great deal of science goes into creating and packaging foods.
Which brings me to the second question relating to why it matters whether MSG is used or not. MSG is a free glutamic protein akin to its autolyzed and hydrolyzed protein relatives. Simply, free glutamic protein use in products causes an overly excited state in consumers’ nerve cells making things taste good. It works. One down-side of this is it damages or kills the cells leaving a flood of fluid in its wake causing health reactions. These effects have different impacts on different people.
Research has shown it causes brain damage in rats.
Mother Nature didn’t intend this. An unrelated but useful analogy would be how carbon monoxide from cigarette smoke when breathed attaches to the hemoglobin molecule rather than oxygen, thereby, starving the brain of oxygen - bad thing. But the nicotine imparts a positive impression to the brain?
Cigarettes cause lung and heart damage. MSG causes nerve health effects. It’s hard putting down that bag of Doritos. It’s hard putting down that cigarette. That’s why it matters. It’s what we find out later that matters.
I, and millions of others, will tell you MSG and its clones are not good for you. There are those who believe it is at least partially responsible for childhood and adult obesity, migraines, edema, depression, nerve damage, lack of concentration, glandular dysfunction, and so on. Please visit an MSG site for more information.
we are doing a 6th grade school product about freeze dried food can you please give me an idea about why why not freeze dried food is healthy
I’m glad people have jumped all over the MSG issue. MSG is definitely something you, and especially children, pregnant women, and the elderly, want to avoid. See the best video around about it here: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2384105525501310962&hl=en. It’s an hour long but very interesting the whole way through.
I’m not familiar with your site but a true “survival food” that does not spoil or need refrigeration is Pemmican. Pemmican also provides complete nutrition all by itself- people don’t talk about it, but good, high quality meat has any vitamin or mineral that you can get from fruits or vegetables, even vitamin C. People have been documented to subsist healthily on nothing but Pemmican, during journeys or days with long work hours, for years at a time. Also, do not be scared of the saturated fat- it is not only harmless; it is the human body’s preferred source of energy, as nature intended. That’s why we store energy as fat in our own bodies. Humans were hunters before they were farmers, and health was much better in those days, as we can tell from the bones.
Here is a manual on how to make pemmican, the way that Native Americans traditionally made it for centuries: http://www.traditionaltx.us/images/PEMMICAN.pdf
Thanks and good luck.
…I forgot to add, a good book to read that has detailed historical accounts of pemmican and other nutritional issues is “Trick and Treat: How Healthy Eating is Making Us Ill”, by Barry Groves, PhD, available on Amazon. It’s worth the price. A summary of each chapter is here: http://www.second-opinions.co.uk/trick-and-treat.html