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Heather's Choice Banana Nutmeg Breakfast — 490 Calories of Real Backcountry Fuel

Trail-Ready Morning Fuel That Holds Up Where It Counts

490 calories per pouch — Real fuel for steep pack-ins
15g plant-based protein — Buckwheat with all 8 essential amino acids
Gluten-free and allergen-safe — No soy, nuts, eggs, peanuts, or dairy
Just add boiling water — Ready in minutes at camp
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Heather's Choice Banana Nutmeg Breakfast — 490 Calories of Real Backcountry Fuel
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Trail-Ready Morning Fuel That Holds Up Where It Counts

Heather's Choice Banana Nutmeg Breakfast is a trail-ready hot cereal built for mornings when your body needs real fuel, not empty calories. Made with gluten-free buckwheat packed with all eight essential amino acids, chia seeds, hemp hearts, and dried banana, this field-tested meal delivers 490 calories and 15g of protein per pouch. Just add boiling water. No artificial flavors, no fillers, no preservatives — just wilderness-grade nutrition free of gluten, soy, tree nuts, eggs, peanuts, and dairy.

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Gluten-Free Buckwheat
490 Calories Per Pouch
No Artificial Ingredients
Free of Top Allergens
490
Calories Per Serving
15g
Protein Per Pouch
8g
Dietary Fiber
Fuel That Holds Up When the Pack Gets Heavy

Fuel That Holds Up When the Pack Gets Heavy

Most backpacking meals promise flavor on the packaging and deliver bland disappointment at 10,000 feet on day eight of an elk hunt. Heather's Choice Banana Nutmeg Breakfast is different because we don't stock food we wouldn't pack ourselves. This hot cereal delivers 490 real calories from whole ingredients — buckwheat, chia, hemp seeds, coconut, and dried banana — not filler and sodium designed to trick your body into feeling full. When you're climbing 2,000 vertical feet before first light, you need calories that actually sustain output, not marketing claims that evaporate with the steam.

Allergen-Safe Nutrition Without Compromise

Allergen-Safe Nutrition Without Compromise

Backcountry nutrition gets complicated when you're managing food sensitivities miles from the nearest road. This cereal is free of gluten, soy, tree nuts, eggs, peanuts, and dairy — no cross-contamination guessing games at basecamp. The gluten-free buckwheat base provides all eight essential amino acids, something most trail meals can't claim. With 15 grams of plant-based protein from hemp and chia seeds plus a good source of omega-3s, this isn't a workaround meal. It's field-tested nutrition that happens to work for restrictive diets without sacrificing the caloric density a serious hunt demands.

Simple Prep When Morning Minutes Matter

Simple Prep When Morning Minutes Matter

At 4:30 a.m. in a frozen tent, you don't have time for complicated cooking. Heather's Choice Banana Nutmeg Breakfast needs nothing but boiling water. Dump it in, stir, and eat while you're checking the wind and sorting your pack for the morning push. No artificial flavors, MSG, fillers, or preservatives — just real food your body recognizes and uses. The banana and nutmeg flavor is subtle and genuinely enjoyable, which matters more than it sounds when you're eating trail meals for a week straight. This is season-after-season reliability in a pouch.

Dietary Compatibility

This breakfast is engineered for hunters with strict dietary requirements who refuse to compromise on the trail.

  • Requires only boiling water to prepare
  • Verified free of gluten, soy, tree nuts, eggs, peanuts, and dairy
  • Contains 460mg sodium per serving (19% DV)

Field Applications

A hot meal that earns its spot in any backcountry ration plan.

Backcountry Elk Hunts
Basecamp Mornings
Multi-Day Pack Trips
Pre-Dawn Glassing Sessions

Full specifications

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Dimensions
1 Pouch (113g)
Full specifications20 data points across 4 categories

Dimensions

Serving Size1 Pouch (113g)
Servings Per Container1

Power & Performance

Calories490
Calories From Fat230
Total Fat26g (40% DV)
Saturated Fat14g (70% DV)
Trans Fat0g
Cholesterol0mg (0% DV)
Sodium460mg (19% DV)
Total Carbohydrate59g (20% DV)
Dietary Fiber8g (32% DV)
Sugars15g
Protein15g
Vitamin A0% DV
Vitamin C2% DV
Calcium10% DV
Iron15% DV

Materials

IngredientsSee product page

Compliance & Warranty

Allergen FreeGluten, soy, tree nuts, eggs, peanuts, and dairy
AdditivesNo artificial flavors, MSG, fillers, or preservatives

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★★★★★
“I packed six of these for a 9-day elk hunt in Colorado. By day seven, most of my meals were getting old, but I actually looked forward to this one in the morning. 490 calories and it sat with me through a 3-mile climb to the ridge. No gut rot, no sugar crash. Just real food that works.”
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Kyle L.Denver, CO

Heather’s Choice Banana Nutmeg Breakfast is made with super-nutritious buckwheat (naturally gluten-free) and blended with chia seeds, coconut, hemp seeds, dried bananas, and a hint of nutmeg. Just add boiling water to warm your morning up with this tasty, hearty and healthy backpacking meal.

Bananas are filled with vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants that your body depends on to feel your best. With a hint of nutmeg, Heather’s Choice Banana Nutmeg Breakfast is delicious and provides you with a boost of much needed energy!

Packed with superfoods: black chia seeds, hemp seeds, and coconut

Buckwheat is a super-nutritious, gluten-free seed that contains all 8 essential amino acids

No artificial flavors, MSG, fillers, or preservatives

Good source of plant based omega-3s

Free of gluten, soy, tree nuts, eggs, peanuts, and dairy

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Pouch (113g). Servings Per Container: 1. Amount Per Serving: Calories: 490, Calories From Fat: 230, Total Fat 26g (40% DV), Saturated Fat: 14g (70% DV), Trans Fat 0g, Cholesterol: 0mg (0% DV), Sodium: 460mg (19% DV), Total Carb: 59g (20% DV), Dietary Fiber: 8g (32% DV), Sugars: 15g, Protein: 15g, Vit A (0% DV), Vit C (2% DV), Calcium (10% DV), Iron (15% DV).
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

Ingredients

Buckwheat, Hulled Hemp Seeds, Banana Flakes, Raw Sugar*, Chia Seeds*, Coconut Milk Powder (Coconut, Non-GMO Tapioca), Shredded Coconut*, Coconut Flakes*, Sea Salt, Ground Nutmeg
*Certified Organic Ingredients

Contains: Coconut

This product has a one year shelf life from the produced on date.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Depends on your output. For a moderate morning glassing session or a 2-3 mile hike to a stand, 490 calories with 15 grams of protein and 26 grams of fat provides solid sustained energy. For high-output days — steep pack-ins at elevation, heavy loads — most serious hunters pair this with a bar, jerky, or a second meal. We'd rather give you honest numbers than inflated claims about a single pouch replacing a full breakfast.
Heather's Choice Banana Nutmeg Breakfast is free of gluten, soy, tree nuts, eggs, peanuts, and dairy. Those aren't marketing callouts — they're the actual formulation. The base is buckwheat, which is naturally gluten-free despite the name. If you're managing serious allergies in the backcountry where a reaction means a ruined hunt or worse, this meal eliminates the common triggers without sacrificing nutrition. Always verify against your specific sensitivities, but the ingredient list is clean and transparent.
Buckwheat instead of oats is the starting point — it carries all eight essential amino acids and is naturally gluten-free. Then Heather's Choice layers in chia seeds, hemp seeds, and coconut for omega-3s and additional protein. No artificial flavors, no MSG, no fillers. The ingredient list reads like something you'd make at home, not like a chemistry project. At 490 calories with 15 grams of protein, it's substantially more fuel than a standard instant oatmeal packet that relies on sugar for its calorie count.
Add boiling water, stir, and it's ready to eat. No extended soak time like some dehydrated meals. In practice, you can have this ready in the time it takes to pull on your boots and check the wind direction. For cold-soak scenarios — say you're moving fast and don't want to fire up a stove — the buckwheat softens enough to be edible, though the texture and flavor are noticeably better with hot water.
Banana and nutmeg is a smart combination for backcountry eating because it's not aggressively sweet or heavy. After six days of savory dehydrated meals, something with genuine fruit flavor and warmth from the nutmeg hits right. It's not a dessert — it's a breakfast cereal that happens to taste like real food. The dried banana flakes rehydrate well and the nutmeg is present but not overpowering. For a week-long hunt, this is one of the meals you won't dread opening.
Because serious backcountry hunters don't think in categories — they think in systems. Your glass, your boots, your pack, and your food all have to perform together on the same mountain for the same ten days. We started with optics because that's where the biggest knowledge gap was, but the same curation standard applies: if we wouldn't pack it for our own hunts, it doesn't make the cut. Heather's Choice earned its spot through real backcountry performance.
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