No. 02
Beef Chili & Rice
Beef chili and rice, hot but not silly.
- 32 g protein in 440 kcal
- Beef is 28 % of the recipe
- 8 minutes with hot water, about 20 with cold
Per pouch
- kcal
- 440
- protein
- 32g
- carbssugars 5 g
- 54g
- fatsaturates 3.5 g
- 10g
- salt
- 1.4g
High protein
The sum: 32 g × 4 kcal = 128 of 440 kcal, 29 %
EU law allows “high protein” from 20 % of the energy from protein (Reg. (EC) 1924/2006).
- 29 % of energy from protein
- 400 kcal per 100 g dry
- 107 kcal per 100 g prepared
- 7.3 g protein per 100 kcal
The week of back-to-back calls
About this pouch
Some weeks the calendar leaves eight minutes between calls, and that gap has to be lunch. Meal No. 02 is rice with a beef chili of kidney beans, tomato, onion and red pepper, seasoned with cumin, paprika, chilli and garlic. Like every Stock Up meal, it's cooked first, then freeze-dried whole. The pouch carries 32 g of protein, printed on the front next to the kcal. Its lot number on the base leads back to the batch record: the day the chili was cooked, and the water-activity reading the batch passed before a single pouch was filled.
Where it fits
Training and desk days
32 g of protein in 440 kcal means 29 % of the energy comes from protein, over the 20 % line for a high-protein claim. Alongside it come 54 g of carbohydrate (5 g sugars), 10 g of fat (3.5 g saturates) and 1.4 g of salt. A single pouch is €9.90; in the Work Week Pack it's €8.98, which brings a gram of protein down to €0.28.
Hill and boat days
Dry, it's 400 kcal per 100 g, so 1,000 kcal of chili weighs 250 g in a rucksack. Pour in 300 ml at 80–100 °C and wait 8 minutes, or pour it cold and wait about 20; the cold time varies. For a longer day out, Rations No. 02 is the same chili in a 120 g pouch with 480 kcal and 35 g of protein.
Food information
- Name of the food
- Freeze-dried ready meal of beef chili with kidney beans and rice
- Net quantity
- 110 g
- Ingredients
- Rice, beef (28 %), red kidney beans, tomato, onion, red pepper, olive oil, spices (cumin, paprika, chilli), garlic, salt.
- Ingredient quantities
- beef 28 %
- Allergens
- None declared.
- Water activity and shelf life
- aw ≤ 0.60 · 36 months
- Storage
- Store in a cool, dry place. Once opened, use within 24 hours; once prepared, eat straight away.
- Origin
- Cooked in Sabinillas
- Food business operator
- Alexander Neurohr (Stock Up), [address], San Luis de Sabinillas, Manilva (Málaga), Spain.
- Lot and best-before
- The lot number and best-before date are printed on the pouch.
Nutrition declaration
| Nutrient | per 100 g | per pouch (110 g) |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 1,674 kJ / 400 kcal | 1,841 kJ / 440 kcal |
| Fat | 9.1 g | 10 g |
| of which saturates | 3.2 g | 3.5 g |
| Carbohydrate | 49 g | 54 g |
| of which sugars | 4.5 g | 5 g |
| Protein | 29 g | 32 g |
| Salt | 1.3 g | 1.4 g |
Average values calculated from the recipe.
Preparation
- of water, hot or cold
- 300ml
- hot water
- 80–100°C
- with hot water
- 8min
- with cold water, time varies
- 20min
- Open the pouch and take out the oxygen absorber.
- Add 300 ml of water, hot (80–100 °C) or cold. The amount is the same.
- Stir and close the zip.
- Wait 8 minutes with hot water, or about 20 with cold water. The cold time varies with the water and the recipe.
- Stir again and eat from the pouch. No cooking needed.
Soaked in cold water, it is the same cooked food eaten cool and softer in texture. Eat it within a couple of hours.
Questions about this pouch
- How hot is it?
- Medium. The heat comes from chilli, with paprika and cumin behind it, and all three are in the ingredient list.
- What do I need at work to make it?
- A spoon and 300 ml of water, hot or cold. From the kettle at 80–100 °C it takes 8 minutes; cold from a bottle it takes about 20, and the cold time varies. Zip the pouch while it waits and eat from it.