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Survival Food List -
What Are Your Choices?

These are the top choices of emergency foods that you can add to your survival food list. We will explain the different types of survival foods, the difference in taste,
convenience, and storage requirements of each.


We also include a simple grocery-store survival food list you can add to your emergency food supply.

Choose from one, several, or all of the different types of survival foods listed below.

Each option outlines the advantages, and disadvantages, some will fit into your personal lifestyle better than others.



No matter which types of survival foods you choose to purchase for your emergency food supply or grow in your survival garden ... GET STARED so that you HAVE a food supply ready when you need it.

Our Survival Items Page gives a detailed list of survival food along with other important emergency supplies that you may need.

1. Grocery Store Foods: survival food list

Commercial grocery store goods - canned foods, boxed foods, grains, and bottled water, (recommended by many government agencies) for your shorter-term emergency survival food list.

This choice actively requires storing and maintaining a "inventory cycle" of these commercial goods: As you buy new food you use up the old food, so that the product is not stored beyond the expiration date.

Advantages:

  • If done ahead, easy and convenient for short term emergencies.
  • Can be done in a few hours or less for a 72-hour up-to 1 month emergency food reserve.
  • Canned foods work well as an addition to the other Survival Foods.
  • Study shows nutritional value is quite high on several types of canned foods. Read more on our Canned Food Storage Page Here
Disadvantages:

  • Must be stored in proper conditions to keep optimal storage life of up to 2 years.
  • Have to rotate and check the expiration dates on canned goods and check grains for mold infestations, rodent invasions, etc.
  • Canned foods can be a bit bulky, space is often limited. Many people will not be able to store a large supply.
  • Grains need a lot of water to cook and water may be unavailable or scarce in a disaster.

2. MRE’s (Meals ready to Eat): survival food list

Advantages:

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  • Easy to store and lasts up to 5-7 years in a cool dry place.
  • Easiest and fastest preparation time possible and can be heated fast with “MRE heaters”
  • Can be ordered online in minutes, and delivered to your house. Doesn't take much time to store it.

Disadvantages:

  • Relatively expensive per meal.
  • For extended reserve of 6 weeks, 3 months, or a year, a lot of space required to store.
  • Tastes similar to canned food in flavor.

3. Freeze Dried/Dehydrated Meals: survival food list

mountain house food, survival food list, all things emergency prepared, emergency food supply Advantages:
  • Easy to store and can last up to 30 years.
  • Fast simple preparation just add water. Requires only water that is needed to hydrate the food, (much less than cooking).
  • Freeze dried foods, because of the process, retain very close to the original amount of nutritional value as fresh foods.
  • Once hydrated, freeze dried food taste is very close to original food taste.
  • Light weight, easy to store large quantities of food for reserves of 6 weeks, 3 months, or a year.
  • A 6 week food reserve can fit under a bed.
  • Can be ordered online in minutes, and delivered to your house. Takes less than 30 minutes to store it.
  • Good economical choice - cost per meal can be the same or less than your average home cooked meal.

Disadvantages: (one ?)

  • Must learn to budget your money to purchase a supply.

As you can see there are a lot of benefits to adding commercial Freeze Dried & Dehydrated Foods to your survival food list over the other options. Thus making it the superior emergency food choice from the "prepared" survival foods list above.

NOTE: The "dehydrated" foods that we are referring to in the above example is "commercial-packaged" foods, not dehydrated foods that you do-yourself at home. Follow the link if you would like to learn how to dehydrate your own food.

4. Grow Your Own Food Garden: survival food list

Growing your own food is a completely different method of adding to your survival food list, than the commercial survival foods above.

It is the most nutritious and self sustaining option. If you have the means to grow a survival garden, it can improve your self sustainability greatly, and can be very rewarding mentally and physically.

Visit our Survival Garden Page to learn how to grow food yourself, and also check out the Emergency Garden Foods Page for a complete list of WHAT garden foods to grow.

Emergency Food and Supply Stores

WiseFoodStorage.com:
Gourmet Emergency Meals at the BEST Price - All You Have To Do Is Add Water!


Nitro-Pak®:
Offers one of the MOST COMPLETE and AFFORDABLE selections of Emergency Preparedness Gear and Food Storage products on the planet!


PrepareCo.com:
Self Reliant Food, Kitchen, and Survival Products. We have 50 years retail and emergency preparedness experience and are well positioned to help you plan and prepare your friends, family or business for unpredictable events. Give us a try!


The Ready Store:
Our goal is to offer the finest emergency preparedness and survival supplies available anywhere. Our purchasing power allows us to provide great products at the best prices.


EarthWaveLiving.com:
Offers Modern Homesteading, Sustainable Living, Self-Sufficient, Survival Products, Emergency Preparedness & Essentials, Long-Term Food Storage, Freeze Dried Foods, Hand Water Pumps, Off-the-Grid Living, Alternative Energy & More...

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GROCERY STORE
Survival Foods List:

Note: sodium (salt) makes you thirsty - try to choose low-sodium products


  • Bottled Water
  • Canned juice
  • Canned or Boxed Milk
  • Canned Fruits and Vegetables
  • Canned Beans: Pinto, Black...
  • Canned Chili
  • Fruit Cocktail
  • Peanut Butter and Jelly
  • Canned Pasta or Spaghetti
  • Crackers (low-sodium)
  • Canned Meats and Fish:
    Chicken
    Turkey
    Tuna
    Salmon
  • Peanut Butter
  • Rice & Grains
  • Soups (low-sodium)
  • Dried Fruits
  • Protein Drinks
  • Granola/Energy Bars
  • Cereal (Cream of Wheat, etc)
  • Oatmeal
  • Sugar
  • Honey (there will be a shortage)
  • Molasses (Excellent source of B vitamins)
  • Nuts (unsalted, preferably)
  • Cookies, Hard Candy
  • Instant Coffee - Best (coffee beans can go rancid, ground requires electricity)
  • Tea Bags/Boxes of Tea
  • Ketchup (Lasts forever)
  • Mayonnaise (Lasts well in a cool place)
  • Cooking Oil (olive is best won't go rancid)
  • Vinegar: White Distilled - cooking, preserving, first-aid, cleaning

Bulk Foods- Nitrogen Packed
Storage Containers
Freeze Dried Foods
Dehydrated Foods