No. 02
Beef Chili & Rice
Beef chili and rice for the middle watch.
- 480 kcal and 35 g protein
- Beef is 28 % of the recipe
- 36 months sealed in a cockpit locker
Per pouch
- kcal
- 480
- protein
- 35g
- carbssugars 5.5 g
- 59g
- fatsaturates 3.8 g
- 11g
- salt
- 1.5g
High protein
The sum: 35 g × 4 kcal = 140 of 480 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
Night watch off Sotogrande
About this pouch
Off Sotogrande on a night watch, the galley is a kettle and one free hand. Rations No. 02 is the chili of Meal No. 02 in the larger orange pouch: rice and beef with kidney beans, tomato, onion, red pepper, cumin, paprika and chilli. The chili is cooked first, then freeze-dried whole, and it stows dry in any locker. The pouch carries 480 kcal for the hours after midnight. Before a batch goes into pouches its water activity has to read 0.60 or lower, and the reading goes on the batch record.
Where it fits
Trail and sea
480 kcal and 35 g of protein in a 120 g pouch, which works out at 250 g of food per 1,000 kcal. It takes 330 ml of tank water, heated to 80–100 °C for 8 minutes with the zip shut, or cold for about 20 with no flame lit at all; the cold time varies. There's no pan to rinse afterwards.
The cupboard
36 months sealed, at whatever temperature the locker runs. The same chili comes as Meal No. 02 in a 110 g pouch with 440 kcal and 32 g of protein, for the weeks ashore.
- kcal per 100 g
- 400
- g per 1,000 kcal
- 250
- ml of water
- 330
- minutes with hot water
- 8
- minutes with cold water, varies
- 20
- months sealed
- 36
Food information
- Name of the food
- Freeze-dried ready meal of beef chili with kidney beans and rice
- Net quantity
- 120 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 (120 g) |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 1,674 kJ / 400 kcal | 2,008 kJ / 480 kcal |
| Fat | 9.1 g | 11 g |
| of which saturates | 3.2 g | 3.8 g |
| Carbohydrate | 49 g | 59 g |
| of which sugars | 4.5 g | 5.5 g |
| Protein | 29 g | 35 g |
| Salt | 1.3 g | 1.5 g |
Average values calculated from the recipe.
Preparation
- of water, hot or cold
- 330ml
- 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 330 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 same as Meal No. 02. The spice is chilli, paprika and cumin.
- How much tank water does it use?
- 330 ml, hot at 80–100 °C or cold from the tank, poured straight into the pouch. Hot takes 8 minutes; cold takes about 20, and the time varies. Nothing else needs washing.