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Emergency Food Supply

Your emergency food supply should have the following:

  • Won't spoil for a long time
  • Enough calories to feed your family for your desired time of preparedness
  • Rich in nutrients and vitamins
  • Quick and easy to prepare
  • Great flavors to make hard times more enjoyable

Featured Emergency Food

ReadyWise bulk emergency meals, Range From About 54,000 - 648,000 Calories, Easy-To-Prepare: Shelf Life of up to 25 years

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Augason Farms Lunch and Dinner: 92 Servings, 21,170 Calories: Variety, Tasty, and Easy Preparation

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Mountain House freeze dried backpacking & camping food: 6,120 Calories

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Emergency Food Supply

Your emergency food supply should have the following:

  • Won't spoil for a long time
  • Enough calories to feed your family for your desired time of preparedness
  • Rich in nutrients and vitamins
  • Quick and easy to prepare
  • Great flavors to make hard times more enjoyable

Featured Emergency Food

ReadyWise bulk emergency meals, Range From About 54,000 - 648,000 Calories, Easy-To-Prepare: Shelf Life of up to 25 years

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Augason Farms Lunch and Dinner: 92 Servings, 21,170 Calories: Variety, Tasty, and Easy Preparation

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Mountain House freeze dried backpacking & camping food: 6,120 Calories

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Why are ready-made meals a great option?

  1. Packaged to last for decades — which can’t be said about store-bought foods
  2. Designed to be quick and easy to prepare
  3. Assortment of tasty meals that you’ll enjoy during an emergency
  4. Affordable prices

Our Top Ready-Made Emergency Food kits

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ReadyWise bulk emergency meals, range From about 54,000 – 648,000 Calories, easy-to-prepare: shelf life of up to 25 years
Augason Farms lunch and dinner: 92 Servings, 21,170 Calories
Augason Farms breakfast and dinner variety pail, with 19,810 calories: emergency food supply
Augason Farms long grain white rice: a calorie-rich emergency food, 39,270 calories
Augason Farms emergency food cheese blend powder: 5,160 calories
Mountain House freeze dried backpacking & camping food: 6,120 Calories
Mountain House freeze dried survival & emergency cooked diced chicken: 2,380 calories
Mountain House freeze dried cooked ground beef: 4,840 calories

Finding Emergency Food From In Grocery Store

You can also stock up an amazing emergency food supply from your local grocery store. The main upside is price, as you’ll be very hard-pressed to beat grocery store prices anywhere.

However, the main disadvantages of stocking up your emergency food supply from the grocery store are a shorter shelf life, takes more time to pick out and purchase, and takes longer to prepare.

Here is our list of favorite emergency foods you can find at your local grocery store:

Food Benefits
Rolled Oats
  • Can last up to 25 years (if properly stored), or up to 2 years in regular retail package
  • Easy to prep
  • Relatively high calories per dollar
Honey
Protein Powder
  • Shelf life of about 1 and a half years
  • Good addition to meals to be mixed in
Dried or canned beans
  • Cheap 
  • Many calories, nutrients & vitamins 
  • Great source of protein
Powdered Milk
  • Great source of calcium & protein
  • Shelf life of 2-10 years
  • Can be used to make butter
Rice
  • Cheap
  • Can be stored for 5 years or longer if stored properly
  • Calorie-rich
  • Other purposes such as de-clumping salt, fixing electronics, rice water, and heating/cooling packs
Pasta
  • Shelf life of about 2 years
  • Cheap
  • More calories per dollar than rice
Powdered mashed potatoes (bagged, potato flakes)
  • Cheap
  • Shelf life of up to 2 years
Wheat
  • If stored properly in an airtight container, it can last up to 12 years
  • Great source of starch, calories, protein, and vitamins
Soybeans
  • If properly stored, they will last up to 3 years in a dry environment
Dried Corn
  • If stored in the right conditions, it can last up to 10 years!
  • Good source of calories, carbs, and fat – with some protein as well
Bouillon Products
  • Bouillon cubes can last about 2 years
Canned Meat & fish
  • Generally has a shelf life of about 3 years
  • Great source of protein
  • Calorie rich
  • Pre-cooked, no preparation needed before eating (great for power-outage situations)
Other canned food
  • Long shelf life
  • Often open-and-eat with no prepping needed
Whole white crackers
  • Best if eaten no more than 9 months after packaging date.
Peanut butter
  • If unopened, it can be kept for about 9 months
  • A good source of calories, fat, protein, and carbs.
Energy bars
  • Can last up to 5 years
Cereal
  • Can be stored up to 12 months
All-in-one meals
  • Are usually tasty, with high nutritional value, and a long shelf life. But it can be more pricey.
  • Shelf life depends on the product
Nuts
  • In an airtight container, nuts can be stored up to 6 months
Spices/seasoning
  • Make your survival food more flavorful and enjoyable
Avocado oil & other oils
  • Avocado oil has a shelf life of up to 1 year
Clarified butter
  • Has a shelf life of up to 1 year
Coffee
  • Unopened coffee will last about 5 months
Dried meat (beef jerky)
  • If unopened, it can last 1-2 years
  • Great source of protein

Other recommended items to consider are:

Read our full guide on getting your family prepared for food and water shortages.