Back Country Cuisine is a large range of meals from real whole foods, using freeze drying to reduce the weight of the food, while locking in the tasty flavour and nutrition. This is the question posed by the military and outdoor enthusiasts back in 1950s New Zealand (NZ) that ultimately led to the creation of Back Country Cuisine. Back then in NZ, light weight outdoors gear didn’t exist; everythin
g was heavy. So, from the 1960s onwards the focus went on reducing the weight of outdoors gear, which is where the Back Country Cuisine story starts with The Alliance Freezing Company (Southland) Limited freeze drying Beef. By the 1990s The Alliance Freezing Company had changed its ownership structure to be a cooperative, changed its name to the Alliance Group and re focused on core business. So Back Country Foods Ltd was established in August 1998 to take over the freeze-dried meal business founded by the Alliance Freezing Company. Since 1998, we’ve taken freeze dried food to the next level by focusing on, and growing with, adventure sports. Developing the large range of meals and accompaniments we have today, that meet the low weight, high nutritional needs of even the most demanding adventure racers. Back Country Cuisine - Fast nourishing food for adventure.
