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Expedition Foods is a brand of Freeze Dried Food from the United Kingdom. Founder Ian Williams pioneered the use of high-energy freeze dried meals for the expedition, Duke of Edinburgh Award [|The Duke of Edinburgh's Award] and mountain rescue communities, but his meals are now used by many explorers, endurance athletes, sailors, survivalists etc who require nutritious, lightweight, convenient, pre-cooked meals with a long shelf-life.

History
Expedition Foods was founded by Ian Williams in 1995. An experienced expedition leader, he was fed up with the poor quality food available to take on these journeys so decided to research and develop better meals. In an interview with BBC Yorkshire in 2008 he explained that the only food available was in catering packs and "They were often rich in monosodium glutamate as a preservative, when you live on that food, you do suffer, inside and out. So I started to research products and then when I found myself out of a job in 1995, I took a handshake and I started the business, researching food just for expeditions".

Apart from being nutritious, the aim of Expedition Foods was to provide the most calories in a meal but in the lightest possible weight as his customers would be carrying all their food with them for many days or weeks, so volume and weight were of the utmost importance.

By the time Ian Williams sold the company in 2010 he had developed 19 meals including 800kcal main meals, breakfasts and desserts.

In 2010 Expedition Foods was bought by RacingThePlanet after founder Mary Gadams became aware of both the meals and Ian through the competitors who used the meals and took part in the 4 Deserts [| 4 Deserts] ultramarathon events that the company organised.

Since 2010 three new flavours of meal have been introduced, as well as a new product range of regular sized 450kcal serving meals.

Concept
Expedition Foods meals are freeze-dried [| freeze-drying] (and therefore dehydrated), pre-cooked, nutritious, high-energy, lightweight packets of food with long shelf-lives. Addition of hot water will rehydrate a meal in less than 10 minutes. Cold water can also be used but will take much longer to rehydrate the meal.

High Energy 800kcal Meals

 * Asian Noodles with Chicken and Mixed Vegetables
 * Asian Noodles with Beef and Mixed Vegetables
 * Mild Curries Beef with Rice
 * Fish and Potato with Parsley Sauce
 * Sweet and Sour Chicken with Rice
 * Mediterranean Vegetable Pasta
 * Chicken Tikka with Rice
 * Vegetable Tikka
 * Spaghetti Bolognese
 * Chicken Korma with Rice
 * Chilli Con Carne with Rice

High Energy 800kcal Breakfasts

 * Scrambled Egg, Potato and Mixed Peppers
 * Porridge with Strawberries
 * Porridge with Sultanas
 * Hot Cereal Start with Mango

Desserts

 * Rice Pudding with Cinnamon
 * Custard with Mixed Berries
 * Custard with Apple

Regular Serving 450kcal Meals

 * Mediterranean Vegetable Pasta
 * Beef and Potato Hotpot
 * Spaghetti Bolognese
 * Sweet and Sour Chicken with Rice
 * Chicken Tikka with Rice
 * Fish and Potato in Parsley Sauce

Regular Serving Breakfasts

 * Hot Cereal Start with Mango

Meals that are Gluten Free

 * Chilli Con Carne with Rice
 * Mild Curried Beef with Rice
 * Beef and Potato Hotpot
 * Fish and Potato with Parsley Sauce
 * Sweet and Sour Chicken with Rice
 * Chicken Tikka with Rice
 * Vegetable Tikka
 * Chicken Korma with Rice
 * Custard with Mixed Berries
 * Custard with Apple
 * Rice Pudding with Cinnamon

Meals that are Dairy Free

 * Spaghetti Bolognese
 * Sweet and Sour Chicken
 * Chilli Con Carne with Rice

Vegetarian Meals

 * Vegetable Tikka
 * Mediterranean Vegetable Pasta
 * Hot Cereal Start with Mango
 * Porridge with Sultanas
 * Porridge with Strawberries
 * Rice Pudding with Cinnamon
 * Custard with Mixed Berries

Customers/Uses
Experienced expedition leaders, explorers, survival experts, sailors and endurance athletes have used Expedition Foods meals including Ray Mears, Ben Fogle, James Cracknell, Volvo Ocean Race teams Abu Dhabi and China, Richard Branson, Tony Bullimore, Mike Golding, Robin Knox-Johnson, Annabel Bond, Jennifer Murray, Ray Zahab, Marshall Ulrich, Kevin Lin.

Teams and individuals regularly use Expedition Foods meals in the 4 Deserts Series, Marathon des Sables, Volvo Ocean Race, Woodvale Rowing Challenge.

Expedition Foods freeze dried meals have been used for many survival, expedition, sporting and emergency purposes, as well as a convenient source of quick and easy nutrition.


 * Survival rations and aid rations during natural disasters, extreme weather emergencies and refugee crises.
 * Polar Expeditions
 * Mountaineering and for Mountain Rescue Crews
 * Sailing
 * Rowing
 * Hiking/Camping
 * Ultramarathons and marathons
 * Triathlons
 * Cycling
 * Film crews
 * Travel