Backpacker Pantry - Hatch Chile Mac & Cheese

A southwestern spin on a crowd favorite, this freeze-dried outdoor meal is bursting with our custom Belgian elbow pasta, spicy pepper jack cheeses, and zesty hatch green chile. A staff favorite, it’s also kid-friendly, too.

• Elbow pasta, pepper jack cheese and Hatch green chile 
• Vegetarian
• 10-year shelf life (exact expiration date found on product packaging)
• 450 calories per pouch
• 22g of protein per serving
• 1 serving per pouch

INGREDIENTS  

Pasta (Durum Semolina, Water, dried Egg white, Salt), Freeze-Dried Cheddar Cheese (milk, bacterial culture, salt, microbial enzyme, annatto), Dehydrated Parmesan Cheese (partly skimmed milk, bacterial culture, salt, microbial enzyme, sodium phosphate), Whole Milk Powder, Freeze-Dried Romano Cheese (partly skimmed milk, bacterial culture, salt, microbial enzyme, sodium phosphate), Butter Sauce (Modified Corn Starch, Salt, Whey powder, skim milk powder, Dehydrated Butter, Butter Flavor, Sugar, Xanthan Gum, Lactic Acid), Hatch Green Chili Powder, Dried Hatch Green Chile Peppers, Dried Onion, Sea Salt, Jalapeno Pepper Powder, Black Pepper, Turmeric, Nutmeg. 

ALLERGENS

Contains: Egg, Milk, Wheat.

PREPERATIONS AND STORAGE

• Remove and discard oxygen absorber. Add 1 cup (240mL) boiling water. Stir well, seal pouch, wait 8 minutes. Stir again, reseal, wait 7 more minutes. Enjoy!
• Rehydration time doubles every 5,000 feet of elevation gain. Our directions are set for 5,000 feet.
• Best By Date on packaging is 10 years from manufacturing date.