Mountain House Diced Chicken #10 Can Freeze Dried Survival & Emergency Food Gluten-Free 14 Servings

Bottom line up front: This type of food is a great choice for an emergency food supply, especially for sheltering in place or evacuating by vehicle. The #10 cans have a 25-year shelf life, so you can buy them and not worry about rotating your stock for a couple of decades. The biggest downside is that once opened, they need to be used up right away. SHELF LIFE - The #10 cans have a 25-year shelf life (unopened). The biggest downside to #10 cans versus individual pouches is that the 25-year shelf life turns into a 1-week shelf life once they've been opened. Since each can has enough for 10 servings, you'll be eating the same thing for several meals unless you're cooking for a group. TASTE - In my experience, Mountain House food is really tasty. Let me caveat this review by saying that although I've eaten other Mountain House freeze-dried food, I haven't had occasion to open the ones in the #10 cans (see my review of the "Mountain House 72-Hour Emergency Meal Kit"). That having been said, the Mountain House food I have tried has been very, very good tasting -- not just good compared to other survival foods, but good period. I have no reason to expect that these would be any different. WEIGHT/CONVENIENCE - As steel cans, they're reasonably durable and reasonably lightweight (not backpacking light, but you don't have to be a weightlifter to move a large box of them). They do take up a bit of volume, but since the overwhelming majority of long-term emergency scenarios involve sheltering in place or evacuating by vehicle, I wouldn't let that be a deal breaker (personnally, I have a stock of individual pouches just in case I have to leave on foot, but most of my food is in these cans). CALORIES - The problem with most freeze-dried emergency food is that a so-called "serving" has too few calories to meet an adult's energy requirements (2500 a day for men; 2000 a day for women -- more with heavy exertion), so you end up consuming more than you planned. These are no different. So even though a typical can ostensibly contains 10 1-cup servings, you really need to eat two servings per meal to get enough calories to survive -- perhaps more. Plan your purchase accordingly.

Great value for single cook, or housebound! The meat hydrates quickly with the addition of water. The meat is moist, flavorful, unsalted, no additives, no excess packaging. Serving for serving, an economical option to canned, packaged, or deli chicken. No worries about expiration, no need to cook chicken then divide, freeze, etc. obviously, you wouldn’t feed a family of 6 with this chicken on a regular basis. But terrific for camping, pantry staple, and especially for single serving of chicken breast —ready to eat in minutes. Great protein source!

I do not purchase dehydrated meat, so this is a new experience to me. I purchased it primarily for making my own cup of soup. This is the second can I have purchased. The first can came with a lot of broken up pieces, but I didn’t know if that was normal, and since I am using in soup, I didn’t really care. This can came with primarily perfect cubes as you can see in the picture. I decided to hydrate a little bit for a quick snack. I didn’t perfectly measure the amounts for hydrating. I just threw a few pieces in boiling water, turned off the stove and popped the lid on. I forgot about it, so I didn’t follow the full directions of remove the lid after x minutes, stir, replace lid, etc. I remembered it about ten minutes later and came back to perfect hunks of chicken that I never would have known were previously dehydrated if I hadn’t done it myself. My dog was very happy to have the excess hydration water dumped in her food, and yeah … she may have gotten a piece or two of the chicken. It is shelf stable for a year after opening, and I see no problem using it before then. I took the first can to work to have for lunches. Second can to stay at home. I don’t think it’s really that expensive for what you get when you hydrate it.

While I have yet to eat this product, they should be really useful in an emergency. My one complaint is you need to eat it all within a short time. Meal-sized individually packaged meals would be more a lot helpful. However, this is reasonably priced.

It works well for my needs, good flavor and value.

Satisfied with the product. Don't know what people expect from a freeze-dried, precooked meat, but I can't fault it for arriving partially powdered & unseasoned as that's to be expected & I don't want seasoned since I share it with my pets. I added my own seasonings to the soup I made for myself. As for the can being dented, I suspect that happened after it left the processing & packaging area & technically is not the fault of Mountain House. Can was sealed & that's what counts with me.

Mountain House Freeze Dried Chicken is one of the best on the market. Mountain House Freeze Dried foods doesn't have all the unnecessary preservatives and food coloring like many other brands, making it a much better and healthier choice. Mountain House Freeze Dried Meats are juicy, flavorful, and have the perfect size & texture. Mountain House, Numanna, Freeze Dried Wholesalers, Peak Refuel, Augason Farms, and NutriStore are still the best & highest quality freeze dried brands on the market.. Thank you for supporting America and it's a Armed Forces!!

This was my experience with a purchase made on Prime Day October 10, 2023. I purchased 3 cans for long-term storage. I paid $34.80 each. One can had a dent, so I opened it for eating and the vacuum seal was still strong. The other two cans were dent free. The best by date was December 2052 so they were nearly a year old. This can was almost full of diced chicken and there was very little dust in the bottom. After hydrating, the chunks are a little larger. It took about 10 minutes to fully hydrate and the chicken was delicious. The uses for this product are limited only by your imagination. This product should last for 30 years if stored in a cool dry place. I gave a 5.0 for this purchase but would give a 4.8 due to the dent and being produced almost a year ago. I got what I paid for.

Perfect for making your own dehydrated meals for hunting, camping and backpacking!

Thank you for the shipment. Everything came sealed and undamaged. Cheers :D