I went on an S24O the other day. I stopped by the store to pick up some Nido for a granola breakfast but they were out. I didn't want to dink around too much so I grabbed some ensure vanilla. I used it with the granola and it was pretty good. I am thinking about using it in the future for this purpose. I figure, for at least desert hiking, I either would have to carry the water to mix with it or the ensure. My question is- how long do you think it would last if opened and repackaged in a 1/2L platy? What about when it's 100F out?

Oh yeah, it gave me a 250 cal boost for breakfast!

Thanks for your input.
gl

Edited by gpl916 on 04/08/2010 19:52:04 MDT.

Hi,

You can buy a dry form of Ensure. It comes in a can and has 14ounces of the dry Ensure in it. You mix it 1/2 cup to 6 ounces of water. I have used this hiking.

I would not use opened pre mixed ensure in high heat for very long. The protein will go bad plus warm ensure tastes nasty. Get the powder.

"plus warm ensure tastes nasty"

+1, emphatically!

All maltrodextrin drink products, when warm, are nasty. You might get the first one down, but I'd put money against the 2nd one.

Thanks, I guess I didn't even think about a powdered form. I will give that a try on the next trip. Between the ensure/ granola and the probars, I never got hungry until late (6pm'ish) in the day.

Bill, what's the white pouch in the lower right?

Greg

Edited by gpl916 on 04/09/2010 16:30:28 MDT.