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Packit Gourmet

26 meals, and the highest average protein per 1,000 kcal of any brand in our 284-meal database.

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#1 of 14 brands by average protein per 1,000 kcal (66.6 g) - the highest in our database.

#2 of 284 meals in our entire database for calorie density: Tex-Mex Breakfast Tacos at 176.6 cal/oz.

• 26meals in our DB #5 of 14 brands by size
• 124.9avg cal/oz (441 kcal/100g) #6 of 14
• 66.6avg protein g/1,000kcal #1 of 14
• $28.56avg cost/1,000kcal #10 cheapest of 13 priced

Brand profile

• Packit Gourmet is a family-owned business that Debbie and Jeff Mullins began building in 2005, with the website launching in 2008, home-based in the Hill Country outside Austin, Texas. In the founder's own words, meals are “hand-mixed in small batches - and packaged by hand - so no mechanization.”
• Backpacker Magazine's 2026 Best Backpacking Meals roundup names Packit Gourmet's Texas State Fair Chili its “Best Chili” pick. The company also sells “extra bits” add-ons - hot sauce packets, freeze-dried cheese, tortilla chips - that let a buyer customize a meal instead of eating it exactly as packaged.

Sources: trailtosummit.com, founder interview (2014) · packitgourmet.com/our-story · Garage Grown Gear, Packit Gourmet startup story · backpacker.com, Best Backpacking Meals (2026)

Who Packit Gourmet suits - and who should look elsewhere

Built from the 284-meal database, not opinion - the same facts anyone can check in the table below.

Our pick

Backpacker Magazine's 2026 Best Backpacking Meals roundup names Texas State Fair Chili its “Best Chili” pick out of every brand it tested - and the numbers back it up: 650 calories and 41 g of protein for $23.06 per 1,000 kcal, the 5th-best value of the brand's 26 priced meals.

Source: Texas State Fair Chili on packitgourmet.com

Every Packit Gourmet meal in our database

26 meals, sorted by calorie density by default - click a column header (or focus it and press Enter) to re-sort.

Meal	Cal/oz · kcal/100g	Calories	Protein g	$ /1000kcal	Net wt oz · g	Diet
Tex-Mex Breakfast Tacos	177 623 kcal/100g	380	18	39.45	2.2 oz61 g	-
Diner Deluxe Eggs with Sausage	157 554 kcal/100g	460	24	32.59	2.9 oz83 g	-
Dab's Smash Burger with Secret Sauce	153 538 kcal/100g	560	37	28.55	3.7 oz104 g	-
Texas Mesquite Chicken Salad	142 500 kcal/100g	410	40	36.56	2.9 oz82 g	-
Pizza Margherita	138 485 kcal/100g	500	38	29.98	3.6 oz103 g	Vegetarian
Trailside Beef & Bean Burrito	132 464 kcal/100g	580	36	21.53	4.4 oz125 g	-
Polenta with Pork Sausage Check price	128 450 kcal/100g	450	17	25.53	3.5 oz100 g	-
Curry Mango Chicken Salad	126 446 kcal/100g	410	46	36.56	3.2 oz92 g	-
Cajun Ranch Chicken Salad Check price	126 444 kcal/100g	400	47	37.48	3.2 oz90 g	-
West Memphis Grits Soufflé Check price	125 440 kcal/100g	440	16	26.11	3.5 oz100 g	Vegetarian
Strawberry Cheesecake	124 437 kcal/100g	620	14	19.34	5.0 oz142 g	Vegetarian
Meyer Lemon Cheesecake	124 436 kcal/100g	650	14	18.45	5.3 oz149 g	Vegetarian
Mom's Banana Puddin'	121 427 kcal/100g	470	8	25.51	3.9 oz110 g	Vegetarian
Good Day Sunshine Bowl	120 424 kcal/100g	530	12	28.28	4.4 oz125 g	Vegan
Texas State Fair Chili	119 419 kcal/100g	650	41	23.06	5.5 oz155 g	-
Santa Fe Corn Pudding Check price	118 417 kcal/100g	480	19	24.98	4.1 oz115 g	Vegetarian
The 'Big Easy' Cajun Gumbo	116 408 kcal/100g	510	40	29.39	4.4 oz125 g	-
Southwest Corn & Black Bean Salad	115 406 kcal/100g	580	28	24.12	5.0 oz143 g	Vegetarian
Trailside Bean & Cheese Burrito	114 402 kcal/100g	410	23	28.02	3.6 oz102 g	Vegetarian
Berry Berry Jump Start Smoothie	113 400 kcal/100g	400	34	28.72	3.5 oz100 g	Vegetarian
Peach Passion Jump Start Smoothie	113 400 kcal/100g	400	34	28.72	3.5 oz100 g	Vegetarian
Many Beans Salad	112 396 kcal/100g	670	31	20.88	6.0 oz169 g	VeganVegetarian
Austintacious Tortilla Soup Check price	112 395 kcal/100g	600	51	24.98	5.4 oz152 g	-
Big'un Burrito Bowl With Fajita Chicken Check price	111 393 kcal/100g	530	34	28.28	4.8 oz135 g	-
Kickin' Chicken Hot Wings Wrap	108 379 kcal/100g	330	59	45.42	3.1 oz87 g	-
Dottie's Chicken And Dumplings	105 370 kcal/100g	500	56	29.98	4.8 oz135 g	-

Where the data says Packit Gourmet is strong - and weak

Computed from all 284 meals in our database, not opinion.

What people say

Independent reviews of Packit Gourmet, quoted briefly, each outlet linked once. We have not tested these meals ourselves - this is what other outlets report.

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