- Dehydrated individual soup mixes
Prepared versions like Cup-a-Soup work well but are bulky. You can make your own compact lightweight packets by wrapping powdered mixes in heavyduty foil or two layers of light foil.
- Bouillon cubes
- Protein bars
- Beef jerky
- Tropical chocolate bars (high melting point)
- Semisweet baking chocolate (not suitable for warm weather)
- Salt tablets
- Glucose tablets
- Hard candy
- Sesame snaps
- Various seeds and nuts
- Raisins
- Individual hot chocolate mix (bulky and heavy)
- Teabags. Use the kind wrapped in paper envelopes because uncovered bags tear easily and scatter tea all through the ration pack.
- Freeze-dried coffee or tea in single serve packets
- Instant fruit juice. Hand wrap in single serve foil packets.
- Sugar cubes
- Sugar in individual packets
- Cream substitute in individual packets
- Powdered milk, hand wrapped in foil