Backpacking Food Ideas
The best foods for backpackers are items that are non-perishable, easy to carry, calorie-dense, and nutritious.
Staying nourished and energized on the trail takes a bit of planning. Take a look at some of our favorites that are tasty and easy to pack.
Resealable bag with peanuts, chocolate candy pieces, raisins, and almonds. |
Planters Nut and Chocolate Trail Mix Info
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Single-serve packs of crunchy glazed walnuts, roasted cashews, granola clusters, shaved coconut, banana chips, dried mango, and dried pineapple. |
Emerald Tropical Blend Trail Mix (Pack of 6) Info
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Tender Teriyaki Beef Jerky that’s a favorite on the trail and off. |
Jack Links Tender Bites Teriyaki Beef Steak (10-Pack) Info
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Beef jerky and dried fruits are excellent trail food and making your own is tastier, healthier, and you’ll save money in the long run. |
Open Country Dehydrator and Jerky Kit Info
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Tasy and compact, high in protein, these tuna packets are lighter and more environmentally friendly to bring along than cans. |
Starkist Tuna Creations (4 Variety Pack) Info
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Instant oatmeal in convenenient single-serve envelopes are a quick and easy breakfast to prepare in a camping mug. |
Quaker Instant Oatmeal Packets (18-Count Variety Pack) Info
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Dehydrated meal kits are light and you simply add boiling water and wait for a full nutritious and flavorful meal. |
Mountain House 72 Hour Meal Kit (9 Meals) Info
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Delicious real fruit flavored bars are great to bring for an easy source of calories to give you that extra energy to keep going. |
Millennium Energy Bars (Assorted 18-pack) Info
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Quest Bars have no added sugar, and are full of high quality whey and milk protein isolates. |
Quest Nutrition Protein Bars (12-Pack) Info
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With one tablet every hour you can get minimum vitamins and nutrition for your body each day, especially great when you’re not carrying much food. |
LB1 Survival Tabs (8-Day Supply) Info
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These popular electrolyte tablets are made with clean, plant-based ingredients, are vegan, gluten free, soy and dairy free, and are low in sugar. |
Nuun Active Hydrating Electrolyte Tablets (4 Tubes) Info
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Convenient single serve packets of Starbucks coffee for when you’re nowhere near a coffee shop. |
Starbucks VIA Instant Coffee (12 Single Serve Packets) Info
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