Emergency Food Supply - Chocolate Survival Ration - 20 Years Shelf Life - 1 Day

These taste better than I thought they would. Maybe like shortbread cookies. They have a 20 year shelf life. I guess I could survive eating them for awhile.

For survival food, I found the chocolate, strawberry, and mocha flavors to be surprisingly palatable. I Love: -the 1 day bar has smaller wrapped parcels within it, so you can divide it up into smaller portions for you or family, or spread it out to supplement other meals without having a crumbly mess. -it is well fortified with vitamins and a better balance of carbs, protein, and fats, which is better than the lifeboat-type rations I'll be replacing (lifeboat rations are designed for a limited fresh water supply, so almost no protein in those). Don't love- that it's made in China, which they call the "PRC" on package, I think to try to fool people. I don't trust things made in China as much, due to the multiple instances of injuries and fatalities that have occurred due to toxins in pet food, human baby food, etc, all under the watchful eye of the "PRC" government. Hopefully there are no issues with the survival food manufactured there! With that caveat, so far it seems like a great product and I will be buying more.

Ordered the chocolate flavor and it was surprisingly decent. Not terrible at all. Overall it tasted like a bland and dry chocolate shortbread cookie. It is a bit crumbly and dry so have a drink when you eat them. The seal was intact and felt solid. The overall size fits in the palm of your hand and easily fits in a pocket. Literally something you can fit in any bag for emergencies. The only real disappointment is it’s only 1125 calories. So you’d actually need 2 packages to get a full days calories. Might be best as a supplement rather than a true emergency ration by itself. This is why I’m giving 4/5 stars. Everything else it checks off great.

Tastes like a crumbly dry shortbread cookie.

These bars/wafers will carry you through the day. I eat 2 packs every other day. Great for workout pick me ups.

No long term storage ration bar is good, none are tasty. The need for shelf-stable long term storage makes that basically impossible. But these are the best ones I've eaten yet, the synthetic chocolate flavor isn't bad and distracts you from the texture well enough to get them down without dwelling on what you're eating. Cause if it's enough of an emergency to break out the lifeboat rations you need the nutrition more than anything else.

is just too dry, almost like trying to chew on powder.

The seller and Amazon did a good job. The ER food is just that, a cracker type calorie supply. They have a taste and texture of a Gram cracker. Crumbly, with a slight sweetness. I wasn't able to detect any Strawberry flavor.