Emergency Survival Food Supply 275 Meal Pack
Emergency Survival Food Supply 275 Meal Pack
 |  List Price: $299.00 Sale Price: $109.99 Availability: Usually ships in 2-3 business days   |
Product Description
Packaged in a weather-proof bucket that is easily stacked to conserve space, our 200-serving kit can be store up to 20 years in a cool, dry area*. Although typically thought of as an emergency food, it is taste, nutrition and convenience that are now making out entrees legitimate alternatives for daily use, as well as the perfect solution for any outdoor or camping activity. Save your money and invest in your health. Serve these hearty meals for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Food Supply Kit includes: 275 Servings - 55 pouches per kit (5 servings in each product) - Tuscan butter noodles, 25 servings - Cheesy Broccoli Rice, 25 servings - Creamy Vegetable Rice, 30 servings - Creamy Potato Soup, 35 servings - Italian Tomato Pasta, 25 servings - Vegetable Barley, 35 servings - Brown Sugar Oatmeal, 50 servings - Whey Milk, 50 servings * For best taste and nutritional value, use product before 20 years of manufacturing date when stored at 60 degrees Fahrenheit (16.6 degrees Celsius) or 10 years of manufacturing date when stored at 70 degrees Fahrenheit (21.1 degrees Celsius)
Details
- Emergency Survival Food Supply 275 Meal Pack
- 275 servings
- Weather Proof Bucket
- Shelf life 20 years.
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This is simply a terrific product. In these days of disasters and emergencies, we prepare in many ways, and this product is a perfect way to provide yourself and your family with “food supply insurance”. The food comes in a 5 gallon heavy plastic barrel, with a secure lid. It contains 275 packets of food. Various types of food are included, such as potato soup, corn chowder,cacciatore, western stew, country noodle, and lots more. The packets typically can provide 4 or 5 servings of high calorie food which is perfect for survival in emergencies. I tried a few, and they are pretty darn good, and I would have no difficulty eating them during a food shortage. Having a lot of food on hand like this provides a certain comfort level, and once you have it, you know that you’ve done the right thing for yourself and your family. Another great feature is the 20 year shelf life! Can you imagine that, 20 years! I’m glad I bought the barrel of food, and I think it’s a great investment, and think of it as food supply insurance.
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this is my second purchase of this product. you get more serving for your money with this one. i plan to buy a few more.
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Fast delivery and I’m happy to have a stash of emergency food. But, the packaging is a little misleading. It’s not 275 individual servings. It’s 55 packets that contains 5 servings. So you either need to cook 5 servings at a time or have a way to measure, divide, and store the 5 servings between meals. Not a big deal but just be aware. Overall, I hope to never need to use this product!
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Some info to make deciding whether or not to purchase: this bucket comes with 275 servings of food. However, as another reviewer noted, the food is packaged in servings of 5. What the other reviewer did not note is that the servings are relatively small: I computed that the average calorie count per serving is 128. Assuming a 2000 calorie diet, this means that you might be eating 15 servings of this food every day in an emergency situation, which works out to about 18 days of food.
That’s less than I expected out of 275 servings, but this is still a huge, cheap, long lasting bucket of food. I haven’t tasted any of the food, nor do I plan to for the next 19 years or so
For now I’m definitely still glad I bought it!
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I laughed when I saw the “you save $200″! This is the exact same product that sells at Cosco for the exact same price. The only difference is that Cosco wont charge you $40 for shipping.
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I just received my bucket of food today. I removed the sealed lid to verify the contents, not sure if that will affect the 20 year life span of the food, and did a quick count. It appears everything is there. I noticed a white powder on all the bags and could smell something like noodle soup. I couldn’t find a leaking bag, so maybe it’s something leftover during their packing process. I’ve since washed out the bucket and will wipe down all of the bags.
I’ll update this review if I find any of the bags have holes. I’m also thinking of trying some of the food to get an idea of the product taste.
Jeff
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Let me start by saying that For Your Health products (such as instant rice, dehydrated pinto beans, and whey milk) are also available at Costco. The nice thing about buying it there is that if you don’t like it, you can take it back.
I have mixed feelings about this (and similar) products that I categorize as “survival food.” If you are looking to buy a bucket of food that is to be put up on a shelf and only pulled down under the most dire of circumstances, then this product is fine. The food is in small servings, and is edible enough.
However, stockpiling survival food is usually wasteful and unnecessary. It is much better to simply increase your stockpile of “regular” food (e.g., canned veggies, rice, beans, boxed foods, shelf-stable milk, etc.). Nearly all store bought canned and boxed foods have a shelf life of many months to several years – detailed shelf life tables are online or in my handbook. I recommend establishing a 30-day minimum food stockpile – no tubs of beef jerky or crates of tuna. Just regular food that you keep rotated. With this level of supplies, you can feed your family a balanced diet through nearly any event, and that includes hurricanes, floods, pandemics, widespread blackouts, etc. It is true that you wouldn’t be ready for truly world-changing events, such as if an asteroid hits the planet and destroys all civilization as we know it, but I would argue that being worried about highly unlikely events is counterproductive to a productive life. It’s much better to be prepared for likely threats.
You might think that 30 days of food is totally inadequate, and that’s fine, stockpile more. But keep in mind that the average American eats 2,100 pounds of food per year. So keeping 30 days of food for a family of five might be about 1,000 pounds of food – definitely requiring a little creative thinking to store in most homes.
The bottom line is that the For Your Health products are perfectly acceptable food products, but unlikely to ever actually be eaten. You would be better served by shoring up your daily food supply. Just my opinion; you decide for yourself.
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Written by Arthur Bradley, author of “Handbook to Practical Disaster Preparedness for the Family.”