Mountain House Beef Stew is a camping and backpacking classic. Made with all natural beef, potatoes, carrots and no artificial flavors or colors. This meal is hearty and absolutely delicious (and gluten-free! ). Just add hot water to the pouch and in less than ten minutes you'll have a delicious meal you can eat anywhere. Plus, you can even skip dish duty and eat straight from the pouch. This pouch provides a better bowl-eating experience! Mountain House meals are freeze-dried to lock in nutrients and flavor which also makes our meals lightweight. Perfect for on-the-go, camping and backpacking. We take the water out, you simply put it back in. Case contains six pouches or twelve total servings.