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Backpacker's Pantry Pad Thai Veggie
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Backpacker's Pantry Pad Thai Veggie

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This Asian twist adds variety to any trail menu you have planned.

  • Spicy blend of vegetables cooks simply by mixing contents with boiling water in the pouch provided; let stand and serve
  • Nutrition facts displayed here and on packaging may differ; information on packaging reflects actual contents
  • May contain traces of peanuts and/or tree nuts
  • *Offer not valid for sale-price items ending in $._3 or $._9

Ingredients: noodle (rice flour, water), peanut butter (roasted peanuts, sugar, hydrogenated vegetable oil [rapeseed, cottonseed, and/or soybean oils], salt, vitamin C, vitamin A, vitamin B6, vitamin B), sauce (brown sugar, garlic, rice vinegar powder [maltodextrin, modified food starch, rice vinegar], soy sauce powder [soy sauce (wheat, soybeans, salt), maltodextrin, salt], chilies, arrowroot powder, citric acid, sesame oil powder [maltodextrin, sesame oil, salt], salt, spices, vitamins), textured vegetable protein (textured soy flour, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, salt, autolyzed yeast extract, hydrolyzed corn gluten protein, natural flavoring, thiamine hydrochloride, disodium guanylate, disodium inosinate), peanuts, vegetables (chives, corn, broccoli, carrots, peas, onions, lentils, tomato flakes, celery, mushrooms), vitamin supplement. Allergens: soybean, peanuts, wheat, gluten, may contain traces of tree nuts.

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Item 711288

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Backpacker's Pantry Pad Thai Veggie Specs

Specification

Description

Net weight8.1 ounces
Serving size1/2 package
Servings per container2
Calories per serving480
Calories from fat160
Total fat per serving18 grams
Saturated fat3 grams
Cholesterol per serving20 milligrams
Sodium250 milligrams
Carbohydrates per serving67 grams
Dietary fiber6 grams
Sugar14 grams
Protein18 grams

Backpacker's Pantry Pad Thai Veggie Customer Reviews

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Backpacker's Pantry Pad Thai Veggie
 
2.6

(based on 20 reviews)

35%

of respondents would recommend this to a friend.

Pros

  • Easy to prepare (12)
  • Lightweight (12)
  • Flavorful (6)
  • Nutritious (6)
  • Quick cook time (6)

Cons

  • Lacks flavor (9)
  • Long cook time (4)
  • Difficult to prepare (3)

Best Uses

  • Backpacking (10)
  • Extended trips (6)
  • Weekend trips (4)
  • Reviewer Profile:
  • Avid adventurer (14), Casual adventurer (5)

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Jun

3

2009

(2 of 2 customers found this review helpful)

 
1.0

Disgusting

By ioda006

from Austin, TX

About Me Casual Adventurer

Pros

    Cons

    • Difficult To Prepare
    • Heavy
    • Lacks Flavor
    • Long Cook Time
    • Tastes terrible

    Best Uses

    • Add weight to your trip

    Comments about Backpacker's Pantry Pad Thai Veggie:

    This is some of the worst food I've ever had. I've had Pad Thai from dozens of places, both good and bad, but this is an entirely different level of bad. If I could give this 0 stars I would.

    If the bad taste isn't enough to discourage you, the preparation is terrible too. 13 minutes to let it sit and once it's done you better have something else to put it in to stir it all up.

    NOT recommended.

    • Gift:
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    Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend

    (2 of 2 customers found this review helpful)

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    Apr

    13

    2009

    (1 of 2 customers found this review helpful)

     
    5.0

    Delicious and easy

    By primary

    from Colorado

    About Me Avid Adventurer

    Pros

    • Flavorful
    • Lightweight
    • Nutritious

    Cons

      Best Uses

      • Backpacking

      Comments about Backpacker's Pantry Pad Thai Veggie:

      I disagree with some of the other reviews. I have tried ALOT of freeze dried food, and this is probably my favorite meal. It tastes delicious, isn't as ridiculously high in sodium as most meals, and is satisfying to eat after a long day. Every trip i take i include one meal of this. It is as easy as any meal to prepare, add water. Since peanut butter is most of the sauce, it is important to mix it, i just squeeze the bag up and down for 5 minutes during cooking. Despite being vegetarian, it has plenty of protein thanks to the peanut butter and peanuts. One of my favorites

      • Gift:
      • No

      Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

      (1 of 2 customers found this review helpful)

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      Jul

      16

      2008

      (1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

       
      5.0

      Thai on the Go

      By Rio Koda

      from North America

      About Me Avid Adventurer

      Site Member

      Pros

      • Easy To Prepare
      • Flavorful
      • Lightweight
      • Nutritious

      Cons

        Best Uses

        • Backpacking
        • Car Camping
        • Extended Trips
        • Weekend Trips

        Comments about Backpacker's Pantry Pad Thai Veggie:

        This product gives a bit of spice to the normal camp dinner. You do have to do slightly more work than add water shake and let sit. However the little extra effort is worth it and you almost feel like your really cooking on the trail. Great taste and a break from the hum drum pasta and chicken dishes night after night after night.

        Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

        (1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

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        Nov

        8

        2009

         
        3.0

        Adequate but not great

        By Sig in Arkansas

        from USA

        About Me Avid Adventurer

        Site Member

        Pros

        • Easy To Prepare
        • Lightweight

        Cons

        • Lacks Flavor

        Best Uses

        • Backpacking

        Comments about Backpacker's Pantry Pad Thai Veggie:

        Not as good as other flavors.

        Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend

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        Oct

        4

        2009

         
        1.0

        Worst caping food ever

        By ericwitt

        from Riverside, Ca

        About Me Avid Adventurer

        Site Member

        Pros

          Cons

          • Difficult To Prepare
          • Lacks Flavor
          • Long Cook Time
          • Unhealthy

          Best Uses

            Comments about Backpacker's Pantry Pad Thai Veggie:

            I tried this... It had no taste so i shared it with three of my friends i was mountaineering with on Mt. Whitney in December. We just did not want to waste the food so we shared it and managed to finish it. That night we all had the worst gas ever. Heed my warning... It's not worth it.

            • Gift:
            • No

            Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend

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            Aug

            6

            2009

             
            2.0

            Not so good.

            By Cyanide41

            from San Diego

            About Me Avid Adventurer

            Site Member

            Pros

            • Easy To Prepare
            • Lightweight

            Cons

            • Lacks Flavor

            Best Uses

            • Backpacking

            Comments about Backpacker's Pantry Pad Thai Veggie:

            Took a bunch of these backpacking. Two were the pad thai and the first came out way to crunchy. We figured the high altitude affected the cook time. The second time was almost at see level and came out much better but still the taste was pretty bad. I am a fan of Pad Thai normally, this one just doesn't cut it. Easily my least favorite of the Backpacker's Pantry dishes. It is however easy to prepare and feeds two.

            Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend

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            Aug

            5

            2009

             
            1.0

            Yuck!

            By Jen

            from Oregon

            About Me Avid Adventurer

            Pros

            • Easy To Prepare

            Cons

            • Lacks Flavor

            Best Uses

            • Extended Trips

            Comments about Backpacker's Pantry Pad Thai Veggie:

            I love pad thai and I am remarkably forgiving about backpacking food and will eat nearly anything after a long day on the trail....but this was just awful. Watery and tasteless. I only ate it so I didn't have to pack it out.

            • Gift:
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            Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend

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            Aug

            1

            2009

             
            2.0

            A good start, but Needs Improvement

            By TRS

            from San Mateo, Ca

            About Me Casual Adventurer

            Site Member

            Pros

            • Easy To Prepare
            • Lightweight
            • Nutritious

            Cons

            • Lacks Flavor
            • Watery

            Best Uses

            • Backpacking

            Comments about Backpacker's Pantry Pad Thai Veggie:

            I did not experience the issues with the crunchy noodles as some have, except for a few ends which I did not submerge properly in the boiling water; however, it requires so much water to get the noodles to soften, it ruins the flavor of the dish.

            I think that four things could improve this meal: (1) break the noodles, (2) use 1/2 cup less water, (3) include dried basil leaves, (4) add basil oil (and maybe fish sauce) to the oil/peanut butter package.

            then it would be well on it's way to tasting right

            • Gift:
            • No

            Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend

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            Jul

            8

            2009

             
            2.0

            Easy, but not good tasting

            By nmoe

            from Minneapolis, MN

            About Me Avid Adventurer

            Site Member

            Pros

            • Easy To Prepare
            • Lightweight
            • Quick Cook Time

            Cons

            • Lacks Flavor

            Best Uses

            • Backpacking
            • Extended Trips

            Comments about Backpacker's Pantry Pad Thai Veggie:

            I feel this is easy to cook (just add boiling water and wait), but the flavor is not so good, even in comparison to other camp food. Not nearly enough spice and way too much peanut flavor. You actually have to add peanut butter to it. Blllllleeeeeeeeck

            • Gift:
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            Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend

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            May

            26

            2009

             
            1.0

            Holy Gross!

            By TheSkyFalls

            from Beautiful Seattle

            About Me Avid Adventurer

            Site Member

            Pros

            • Easy To Prepare
            • Packs well

            Cons

            • Taste

            Best Uses

            • Prank

            Comments about Backpacker's Pantry Pad Thai Veggie:

            As someone else mentioned, even though a few thought this tasted good, I wouldn't give this to my worst friend. Prison food must taste better than this. Perhaps, living in Seattle, I am too accustomed to what authentic Thai tastes like that I simply can't enjoy this version. I would not bet on that however.
            Try the Kung Pao chicken instead. It cooks all the way through and actually tastes decent.

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            Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend

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