Powdered flavorings and sauces

[windmorn]

While looking for ways to make lightweight backpack food, I found a few web sites that sell powdered flavorings (soy sauce, worchestershire sauce, blue cheese, cheddar cheese, vinegar, wine just to name a few). Some are only for use as ingredients and some are dehydrated sauces that can be rehydrated to use as you normally would. The Firehouse site had the best prices on most things, but the other sites had some flavors that they don't carry. The packitgourmet.com site also sells packets like you get at restaurants, and they are mixed in among the powders, so if you don't see the powders on the first line or 2 keep scrolling. Almost the same thing with American Spice, but it's spices mixed in. Bulk Foods has granulated maple sugar, instant milk, instant buttermilk, instant coconut milk, lots of veggie powders, speciality flours and numerous other things. They also have powdered honey, molasses and maple sugar, but they have fillers. I'm looking around for a good price on granulated honey (does anyone know if you dehydrate honey if you get crystals like form as honey gets older?) If anyone knows of other sites that have these kinds of items, please post. I'm constantly looking for new ways to make exciting trail food at the lowest possible price. The only one I've ordered from so far is packitgourmet and I plan on buying from them again. I was very happy with their service and product. I plan on ordering from the firehousepantrystore soon.

 

 

http://www.firehousepantrystore.com/herbs-and-spices-flavored-powders-and-misc--ingredients.html

 

http://www.packitgourmet.com/Condiments--Seasonings-c26.html

 

http://www.americanspice.com/flavored-powders/

 

http://www.bulkfoods.com/baking.asp

[kappydell]

Loved this post - esp being able to purchase powdered flavoring for storage, and will be buying from them. I have always wanted some powdered soy sauce, and many of the others interested me as well. They will probably get around a $100 order by the time I get done.

 

In addition, while looking around, I found a source of soup base powders for things I didn't know came that way...

INTEGRATIVE FLAVORS 219-879-8236 3501 W DUNES HWY, MICHIGAN CITY, IN 46360 (integrativeflavors.com)

has bacon base, ham base, multiple seafood bases (crab, lobster, clam, mixed seafood, shrimp), mushroom and vegetable bases. This adds a whole new light to soups for me. What a way to kick up the flavor of a low or no-meat casserole.

 

Bulkfoods.com also has all three of the culinary acids I have been looking for: citric (sour salt), ascorbic (vit C crystals), and malic (apple acid).

 

So as soon as my IRS refund check comes thru, I will be ordering all manner of things.

[Amishway Homesteaders]

IF you want to 'try' some of this but not ready to send away for a big order?

Check some of the bigger 'bulk food stores' around your area.

We have one nearby that has some of the 'dried soups' and some 'powdered' stuff too.

You can get small amounts to test out before buying large amounts to find out you don't like it.

 

[windmorn]

@kappydell - Glad to help! And thank you for the link to integrativeflavors.com. I've been looking for a crab base for YEARS!!!

 

@Amishway Homesteaders - Which bulk stores? I haven't been to Sam's in years, because it got to where they weren't carrying things I used/didn't have room to store the sizes they had/were higher than the regular store. I did find one local store has replace a lot of the bulk candy they were selling with useful items. I didn't have time to look that day, so I'll have to go back and see what they have and how the prices are. I know that up north there are Amish/Menonite stores that carry a lot of bulk products. I'll have to remember to check at the Menonite store when I visit mom and dad this summer. I wish we had something like that here. I really miss Gordon Food Service too. I haven't been able to find a store like them here either, so when I head up north I buy as much as I can afford/fit in the car.