Versatile Side Dish Now a Favorite for Emergency Preparedness! 

With our Cherrywood Mashed Potatoes, you will always have the makings for a hot dish that adds flavor to any meal. This food is an excellent source of 12 essential vitamins and minerals. Buy pouches for everyday use and store another in your emergency kit for comfort in a crisis.

These mashed potatoes will last up to 25 years, unopened!* After opening, you still have up to one year to enjoy your mashed potatoes. Each includes five resealable pouches, providing you and your loved ones with a familiar and satisfying side on demand.

You will find that there are dozens of ways to use these Cherrywood Mashed Potatoes, like in casseroles, shepherd's pie, soups, and other recipes. They require no refrigeration, so you can pack them along on your backpacking or canoeing trips, too!

Ready Hour pouches allow you to buy in large quantities without wasting what you don't use right away! This helps you maintain the shelf life of your food until you're ready to cook it.

The Mashed Potatoes net weight is 9.59 oz (272g) per pouch for a total combined weight of 47.95 oz (1360g). Shipping weight is 3 pounds. 

Benefits:

• An excellent source of 12 essential vitamins & minerals
• Multiple pouches in bulk 
• Ultimate in convenience and choice
• Easy to prepare**
• Up to 25-year shelf life unopened*
  
• Up to 1-year shelf life after opening
• Includes 5 pouches
• 8 servings per pouch
• Contains 5,200 total calories
• Requires no refrigeration
• Gluten-free
• Made in the U.S.A. from domestic and/or imported ingredients.

Directions:

• Discard the oxygen absorber packet immediately after opening. 
• Measure mashed potato flakes and water according to the number of servings desired.
• Add mashed potato flakes to boiling water and whisk until creamy.
• Remove from heat and let mashed potatoes stand until they reach the desired thickness before serving. If they seem too thick, mix in a bit more water.

 

Ingredients:

Dehydrated potato flakes (potato, monoglycerides, sodium acid pyrophosphate, citric acid, sodium bisulfite and BHA to preserve freshness), non-iodized salt, natural butter flavor [whey solids, enzyme modified butter, maltodextrin, salt, butter, guar gum, annatto and turmeric], chicken soup base (corn syrup solids, salt, corn starch, hydrolyzed corn and soy protein, rendered chicken fat, sugar, onion powder, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, spices, turmeric, dehydrated parsley and silicon dioxide added to prevent caking) 

Allergen alert: This product contains milk and soy.

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*It's best to store this emergency food in a dry, cool location—a dark area, if possible—at temperatures between 55°F and 70°F. Actual shelf life may vary based on individual storage conditions.

*0.38 gallons of water are needed to prepare one pouch.