Freeze Dry Meals - Australia's Biggest Range

Shop the biggest range of lightweight freeze dry meals in Australia. We stock all your favourites like Back Country Cuisine, Camper's Pantry, and Real Meals. We're the exclusive Australian retailer for SLY Foods, and Nomad Nutrition. We're genuinely the one-stop-shop of all things freeze dry hiking meals in Australia. We ship Australia-wide. 

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  • Outdoor Gourmet - Butter Chicken - DoubleOutdoor Gourmet - Butter Chicken - Double
    Outdoor Gourmet - Butter Chicken - Double

    Outdoor Gourmet - Butter Chicken - Double

    $24.99
    $24.99 $19.99

    Outdoor Gourmet Butter Chicken – Double is a lightweight, freeze-dried main designed to deliver rich, Indian-inspired flavour in a trail-ready format. This double serve combines tender...
  • Real Meals - Beetroot & Carrot Salad - Single

    Real Meals - Beetroot & Carrot Salad - Single

    $21.95
    $21.95

    Real Meals Beetroot & Carrot Salad – Single is a lightweight, freeze-dried meal option designed to add variety to your backcountry food system. Made in New...
  • Outdoor Gourmet - Beef Bourguignon - DoubleOutdoor Gourmet - Beef Bourguignon - Double
    Outdoor Gourmet - Beef Bourguignon - Double
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    Outdoor Gourmet - Beef Bourguignon - Double

    $24.99
    $24.99 $19.99

    Outdoor Gourmet Beef Bourguignon – Double is a lightweight, freeze-dried main designed to deliver rich, classic flavour in a backcountry-ready format. This double serve features tender...
  • SLY Foods - Royal Couscous - DoubleSLY Foods - Royal Couscous - Double
    SLY Foods - Royal Couscous - Double

    SLY Foods - Royal Couscous - Double

    $23.99
    $23.99

    The SLY Foods Royal Couscous – Double freeze-dried meal is a hearty, Moroccan-inspired dish with fluffy couscous, vegetables and warming spices in a rich, savoury sauce....
  • SLY Foods - General Tao Rice - DoubleSLY Foods - General Tao Rice - Double
    SLY Foods - General Tao Rice - Double

    SLY Foods - General Tao Rice - Double

    $23.99
    $23.99

    The SLY Foods General Tao Rice – Double freeze-dried meal is a bold, Asian-inspired rice dish coated in a sweet and savoury General Tao-style sauce with...
  • SLY Foods - Bolognese Pasta - DoubleSLY Foods - Bolognese Pasta - Double
    SLY Foods - Bolognese Pasta - Double

    SLY Foods - Bolognese Pasta - Double

    $23.99
    $23.99

    The SLY Foods Bolognese Pasta – Double freeze-dried meal is a hearty, Italian-inspired pasta with a rich tomato-based sauce and savoury flavours throughout. Comforting and filling...
  • SLY Foods - Alpine Macaroni - SingleSLY Foods - Alpine Macaroni - Single
    SLY Foods - Alpine Macaroni - Single

    SLY Foods - Alpine Macaroni - Single

    $21.99
    $21.99

    The SLY Foods Alpine Macaroni – Single freeze-dried meal is a comforting pasta dish with tender macaroni in a rich, savoury sauce inspired by classic alpine...
  • SLY Foods - Pesto Pasta - DoubleSLY Foods - Pesto Pasta - Double
    SLY Foods - Pesto Pasta - Double

    SLY Foods - Pesto Pasta - Double

    $23.99
    $23.99

    The SLY Foods Pesto Pasta – Double freeze-dried meal is a flavour-packed pasta dish coated in a rich, herbaceous pesto-style sauce. Comforting and satisfying after a...

Shop Freeze Dry Hiking Food

Looking for the best freeze-dried meals in Australia? You’re in the right place. At Hiking Food Australia we stock one of the biggest ranges of lightweight freeze-dry meals available anywhere in the country, with options for every type of trip—from quick overnight hikes through to long expeditions where calorie density, weight, and nutrition really matter. Our range includes trusted brands like Back Country Cuisine, Campers Pantry, and Real Meals, alongside harder-to-find imports such as SLY Foods and Nomad Nutrition, both available in Australia exclusively through Hiking Food Australia.

Freeze-dried meals are the go-to choice for hikers because they’re extremely light, have long shelf life, and deliver a lot of energy for their weight. Just add hot water and you’ve got a proper meal with minimal fuel use and no clean-up. Whether you’re chasing high-protein meals, plant-based options, big calorie serves, or simple comfort food at the end of a long day on the trail, you’ll find it here.

Not sure which meals to choose? We’ve put together a detailed guide comparing the most popular brands, explaining calorie-to-weight ratios, nutrition, ingredients, and which meals suit different types of hiking.

🔗 Check our guide to buying freeze dry food to find the best option for your next trip.

Why Hiking Food Australia?

We've got the bigger range of lightweight, freeze dry, and plant-based hiking food in Australia. Here's a bunch of other reasons why you should shop with Hiking Food Australia.

We've counted, and we have not only the biggest range of lightweight hiking food in Australia, but the biggest range of freeze dry food in Australia and the biggest range of plant based hiking food.

We stock your favourites like Back Country Cuisine, Campers Pantry, Real Meals, and On Track, as well as exclusives like SLY Foods and Nomad Nutrition.

We make it easy for your to shop your favourites and to discover new food to enjoy on the track.

Orders are packed with care and dispatched within 1 business day from our warehouse in Sydney and are shipped using reliable shipping partners and are fully trackable.

Some of the items we list are on 'special order'. This means we don't hold stock but we can order it in from our supplier and have it in our hot little hands within a few days. If you order a 'special order' item we'll upgrade you to Express Post so when we dispatch it it'll be super quick to get to you.

We don't sell end-of-line meals. We rotate our stock regularly to ensure you buy the best quality.

What do we do if we do have freeze dry or MRE that's got less than 12 months of shelf life? We list it on our clearance page and you can buy it at a healthy discount.

Our website is designed to shop food. Whether you're wanting to shop by special dietary requirement, calorie content, size, or you're looking for something new, different, unusual... we make it easy.

Whether you're a camper, boater, 4WDer, hunter, climber, sailer, or you're prepping for when SHTF, we have a huge range of lightweight and long shelf life meals for all your needs.

Our warehouse is located in Kingsgrove, Sydney.

Want to click and collect? Absolutely you can. We're in the warehouse from 10-3pm Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday, and welcome you to stop by and have a chat. Just give us a call on 0466 655 973 before you pop by so we can let you in.

We don't store our product in some hot steel box of a warehouse. Our facilities are air conditioned and never go over 25 degrees. This keeps our products in top-top condition.

We've been hiking for over 25 years and have taken a lot of freeze dry and energy bars in that time. We know a thing or two about eating well on the track.

We respond to emails within 12 hours during the week. Or you can get us pretty instantaneously on live chat. Heck, feel free to even send us a text on 0466 655 973.

What can we say, we love talking to you!