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Mainstay Emergency Food Rations - 3600 Calorie Bars (Single)
 
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Mainstay Emergency Food Rations - 3600 Calorie Bars (Single)

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3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (52 customer reviews)

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Product Features

  • Contains 9 pre-measured 400 calorie meals
  • Enriched with vitamins and minerals exceeding the RDA requirements
  • Pleasant lemon flavor. Contains no cholesterol or tropical oils. Kosher and it meets the dictates for Halal
  • 5 year shelf life. Withstands Temperatures of -40 F to 300 F (-40 C to 149 C)
  • Exceeds U.S. Coast Guard & SOLAR standards

Product Description

Ready-to-eat emergency food rations: Each package contains 9 pre-measured 400 calorie meals. Individualized portions eliminate the messy breaking-up that occurs with other bars. Allows for on-land emergency consumption in a high-stress active situation.

Product Details

  • Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • ASIN: B000QZ3CWC
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (52 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,664 in Sports & Outdoors (See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors)
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87 of 91 people found the following review helpful
As my title suggests, these are excellent for Backcountry Camping. You have the equivalent of 2-3 days worth of food. It weighs next to nothing (2 pounds if I remember correctly), and can be eaten on the go. It's not gourmet dining to be sure, but it's not meant to be, and they still taste pretty good. I bought a whole case of these when I drove from the East Coast to Alaska and they cut down on my travel time because I wasn't stopping all the time to get fast food or some other obese-inducing garbage. As I said, I wouldnt want to live on the stuff, but it does have some practical uses besides stocking up for the apocalypse or some other craziness.
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65 of 69 people found the following review helpful
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Each package contains 9 bars each. I was hoping that they would be separated, but instead it's one giant block and if you want a serving then you break off a chunk. This means that once open you have to consume they entire package within a few weeks or it will most likely start to go bad.

These actually taste pretty good for survival rations. It's somewhat sweet, like the so-so cookies you get out of a vending machine. One thing to note, is that they do contain trans-fats (partially hydrogenated oils) even though trans fats do not appear in the nutrition facts. I was planning to eat one cookie every week so I could slowly rotate out the old ones and always have a fresh supply, but since you can't open 1 serving without opening 9 and because of the trans fat I will just keep these in storage until needed. It's not a problem though. They have an expiration date of 4-5 years from when you get them (mine expires in 2014) so they should be good for 2012.
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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful
Best in category March 9, 2010
I actually conducted a taste test for my family of five, on a scale of one to five (five being the best tasting) Datrex lost out to Mainstay. Daytrex- avg. 2, Mainstay-Average 4. What good is an emergency ration if it is not palatable.
Rev. Dr. Roger Dodds
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Good
We have to give this 5 stars for what it's designed for. The taste is mild and forgettable but it's not bad. Read more
Published 1 day ago by Ultimoose
Yum!
When I received this item it appeared to be sealed quite well. 15 minutes later, I accidentally smashed my overhead light fixture, and showered it with large shards of glass. Read more
Published 9 days ago by Dewit Youself
Seem alraight
Picked up a couple packs of these for the disaster bag. I went with the Mainstays over the Datrex solely based on the fact that the Datrex have coconut in them, which my wife is... Read more
Published 12 days ago by Negative459
Quick energy in emergency situation, long shelf life
I read some of the reviews of this product before writing my own. First of all I'd like to say that these bars aren't meant to be a nutritionally balanced, filling, enjoyable... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Lisa Kearns
Edible Yes, the best option out there? No.
The Short: The Datrex brand is a much more pleasant and compact option.

The Long:
I recently decided to put together a small emergency/disaster supply bag and... Read more
Published 2 months ago by APcivic01
Haven't opened it yet... but... 5 stars for durability
So I had called Amazon and made a claim that I never received the product. NO HEADACHES or problems there! They PROMPTLY refunded my money. Well... Read more
Published 2 months ago by GO PACK!
So Far So Good
I purchased one package to see what it tasted like and make sure all was good before I considered buying more. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Rob R.
Emergency only please.....
Bought four packages and three of four came airtight sealed. One came sealed but was not vaccumed sealed properly. So I opened that package to try it out. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Likes Amazon
AWESOME PRODUCT
I ate one of these rations the moment i got them and it was actually pretty good. Did need a little water afterwards, but could manage without if needed. Read more
Published 3 months ago by MasterForger
Good for uses besides emergencies
I bought them to into the car emergency kit after reading about a family trapped in their car on a forest road during the winter and a woman trapped in her car on an Arizona road... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Robert Yuan
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