Cheese Sauce Mix Can Emergency Food Supply, 87 Servings, 10 Year Shelf Life - Shelf Stable Cheddar Cheese Powder Canned Food

Tastes just like Kraft mac n cheese, but better, actually. Easy to use, great value. Bought several more for pantry because of long shelf life. Good quality.

This cheese powder is amazing. It tastes delicious and cheesy. The flavor is a lot like the powder that comes in Kraft macaroni and cheese boxes, except without the saltiness. This cheese powder is excellent for making any kind of cheese sauce. It dissolves easily into water or milk and makes a creamy sauce. We add this to regular, boxed mac & cheese to ramp up the cheesiness. If you’re making a thin sauce, you do have to whisk or beat the powder to avoid lumps. We’ve never had a problem with lumps when adding extra cheese powder directly to the prepared mac & cheese from a box.This versatile powder is very fine and great for sprinkling. Our favorite is to add sprinkle this over popcorn with a little butter- flavored cooking spray. The powder adheres really well to the popcorn and tastes delicious, though you do need a fair amount of it. Still, cheese popcorn really elevates movie night to a whole new level. The kids are obsessed with this and add it to everything I let them. This cheese powder is perfect for broccoli cheese soup, casseroles, or sprinkling over French fries, chips, or crackers (and yes, we’ve done all of those!).This cheese powder stores well, for the most part. The shelf life of an unopened can is about 10 years, according to the manufacturer. We haven’t had any cans from this manufacturer for that long, but these cans do last for at least a year without the quality diminishing. Once opened, the cheese powder lasts for 2-3 months on the shelf without diminishing in flavor. However, we live in a humid climate, so at about 2 months in you run into the problem of the cheese powder clumping up. Once it does that, the flavor is still fine, but it’s much more difficult for it to dissolve, you can’t use it for sprinkling, and it makes for a lumpy, grainy sauce. If you plan to store an open can for more than about a month, you’ll need to put a couple of food-safe desiccant packs into the open can.This is a great cheese powder that you can use for long-term storage, but also for just regular, everyday use. We don’t have to struggle to rotate this into our diet. We got these cans on sale for about $20/can on Amazon, which is a great deal, and cheaper than most other cheese powders on Amazon. When this stuff comes on sale, you better believe, we’re buying it!

I was trepidatious about this but was pleasantly surprised about how versatile the powder is. I have made Mexican inspired cheese sauce, potato and ham soup, several casseroles of different flavors. It has a flavor all its own but. I thing that interferes with other more recognizable flavors. It’s great to stretch shredded cheese and thicken sauces.It does get lumpy if you try to mix it in with cool or room temperature water.

It's easy to use when you use boiling water haha normal or cold will work but cause clumping it's got a strange taste in opinion but it's a lot of cheese power I like to add a scoop or 2 to noodles or just quick stuff really makes it better can't go wrong with the price

Mixes well into a useable sauce that every prepper will appreciate - very long long shelf life and can be used in a variety of dishes. Put a couple of cans away for a rainy day!

I buy Augason products when they are on sale. Been doing this on and off for a few years now. Always been a bit of a "prepper", since I was a toddler it seems, haha (In my 40s now). I has served me well through power outages, sicknesses, unemployment, and even bigger stuff like the pandemic, and now... *vaguely gestures around* everything else that is going on. I've never been one to be without when anything has come up. I never did "emergency food" if only because I didnt have the budget. I would stick with typical foods and try to store them well. Well now I have a little more wiggle room in my budget, and with the on and off sales of long term storage (20+ years), I take advantage when I can. I remember buying some Augason eggs back in 2019 for $19. Today? $33-56 for same container, depending on the day.And so, I haven't opened this 3lbs 4 ounce container of cheese blend powder.. sorry. I dont intend to any time soon. But I wanted to shore up my options. Having some soups and such just adds flavor to other options used. I can add more veg, or a protein, or beans, or simply have some bread to dip into it. Or I can use as way to flavor something. I have a slew of reviews to write on various Augason products, and so they will all be pretty much the same: Super long term storage (25+ years), no matter what the weight, it will be stuffed into a #10 can (that reads, "number ten", not ten pound. I see that mistake in reviews). They keep sizes uniform. Next size up is a round bucket, next size up gets into the rectangular buckets. This is for storage that can be uniform, etc. So yes, you may buy a 7 ounce item that is volume wise that takes up a smidge of space, but it will be packed into a large #10 container. Just remember, all food products are sold based on weight, not volume anyway. All of my containers have been in perfect condition. Maybe one day soon I will try one container out and see how the product actually is.Everyone's SHTF scenario varies. It could be bad weather (tornadoes, hurricanes, blizzards, ice storms), could be illness, could be road trip gone wrong (you do keep supplies in your car too, right?!), could be unemployment, or power outage, or lack of transportation, or oven/fridge/other appliance break down, or bigger stuff like plagues, food shortages, supply chain issues, *cough WW3 cough*, etc. No matter the situation we all need some things to get by: we need is food, water, shelter, some hygeine and medical stuff, and so on. You dont have to stack "emergency supplies" but you do need to stack shelf stable food items. Buy a few extra things every single time you go to the store. If you get to a spot that you feel comfortable and have the budget, then grab the "emergency" items like Augason offers. I like adding it in and just forgetting about it.I give 5 stars because the cans always are in perfect condition, they have regular sales, are good about shipping items as soon as they can, have lots of items to choose from, and so far seem to be of good quality.

Great taste.Just like Kraft Mac N Cheese!

This is a really tasty cheese sauce! I use this a lot over broccoli or cauliflower. It really adds a gourmet touch to your veggies! It's quick and easy to rehydrate, just heat, mix and pour. I'm a regular customer to this company and they have good quality products. After I open a new can, I store the rest in mylar bags with 02 absorbers to ensure freshness. I'd love to see them make a white cheddar, spicy mix to dip corn chips in! Wouldn't that be wonderful?