EMERGENCY FOOD SUPPLY KITS

In an emergency everything seems worse if you’re hungry. Dealing with all the details combined with stress and anxiety will take their toll in a hurry if you’re physically run down, too. To keep yourself and your family going for 72 hours with less stress and anxiety, consider stocking up on some emergency food supplies. Pre-assembled kits are available from several suppliers and run the gamut from food bars to gourmet freeze-dried meals.

Mountain House Emergency Kit

Mountain House brand meals are from Oregon Freeze Dry, which has been packaging foods since 1963. Freeze-dried foods retain their aroma and color when reconstituted, making them an attractive alternative to dehydrated foods, which lose their freshness. Keep in mind that freeze-dried meals require boiling water to reconstitute. The Mountain House 72-hour Emergency Meal Kit includes such goodies as beef stroganoff, pasta primavera, chicken with rice, and sweet-and-sour pork. These and other entrees are 10 ounces each and can be supplemented with peas, corn or green beans. For breakfast there is granola with blueberries and milk, along with scrambled eggs with bacon or ham and peppers.

Home Guard Ready Meal Kit

If you already have non-consumable emergency supplies organized, the Home Guard Ready Meal kit might work for you. If your group or family has five people, you don’t really need five complete survival kits; you’ll be duplicating items such as radios, lights, and knives. All you really need for is one full kit, and just food and water for everyone else. The Home Guard Kit provides just that with 10 water packets and 12 200-calorie food bars, enough for three days, plus one particulate respirator mask.

Super Ark Emergency Food Bar and Survival Kit

The Super Ark Kit combines essential food and water supplies with a few of the most basic survival items. It includes six water packets and nine 400-calorie food bars, enough for three days, as well as a first aid kit, a hand warmer, a light stick, a candle and matches, and a blanket. The blanket not only provides warmth when needed, but it also reflects heat in areas such as deserts.