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Lyo offer expedition meals using natural, fresh ingredients and no preservatives or artificial additives. They stand out from the crowd with unique recipes, the use of chunky ingredients that result in more natural, home style meals.
LYO says
Imagine a forest meadow after the rain, with the sun just coming out. We've done our best to make our mushroom soup taste like this. Creamy, warming, with a delicate taste of cheese somewhere at the end of this adventure.
We are cooking before freeze-drying. In our pouches there are no artificial additives, no extra sugar, no palm oil and no preservatives! Our soups are made from 100% natural ingredients and some of them are growing on our own fields.
Our Verdict
LYO have tried to take a different route with their meals focussing on natural, fresh ingredients and no preservatives or artificial additives. They proudly cultivate some of the fruits and herbs on their own fields. Other fruits and herbs as well as vegetables come from farmers known to them personally. All ingredients are carefully verified to ensure that their products meet the highest quality standards.
The majority of the meals use interesting combinations of natural ingredients with chunky vegetables, authentic flavours and more of a home cooked approach. We’ve been lucky enough to test a variety of them and have always been impressed with the end results. Generally, we appreciated the good combinations of flavour, texture and portion size.
The fill line for adding water to the packs is novel with a blue area from the bottom showing how much water is required. It is quite a subtle design feature that can be easy to miss and some form of internal indicator would be best but it still works.
7/10 | |
STAFF'S TASTE TEST - "lovely flavour and the pasta hydrated well, I would like a little more seasoning, but would happily stop and have this for lunch." |
- Reviewed by Ultralight Outdoor Gear
Features
Ingredients & Allergens
- 34% pasta (durum wheat semolina)* , 23% champignons, onion, carrot, 7% mushrooms (bay bolete, boletus), sour cream*, 3% dried mushrooms ( boletus, bay bolete), 3% cheese Gorgonzola (PDO)*, parsley leaves, salt *allergen
Specifications
- Pouch weight (dry): 84g
Nutrition Facts | Per 100g |
Per serving 65g (370g rehydrated) |
Calories | 1689kJ / 402kcal | 1098kJ / 261 kcal |
Fat | 11 g | 7.2 g |
of which saturates | 1.51 g | 4.4 g |
Carbohydrates | 6.8 g | 34 g |
of which sugars |
53 g | 4.9 g |
Fibre | 7.5 g | 5.9 g |
Protein | 9 g | 12 g |
Salt | 3.5 g | 2.3 g |