Why Include Energy Bars In An Emergency Food Storage Plan?

Portability

Survival food bars are extremely compact and lightweight making them an excellent food ration option for a grab-and-go pack, car, boat, or aircraft. Their high calorie content relative to their size has made them a favorite among mountain climbers, rescue and emergency response personnel and survivalists alike. Millennium Energy Bars, for example are just 6’ x 2” x .5” in size. SOS Survival Food Ration Bars are even smaller and come in a package of 9.

High Energy

Each individually wrapped energy bar is packed with 400 calories, perfect for providing the extra energy you need between meals on the trail in the backcountry or as a supplement to your daily survival food rations. Millennium Energy Bars are even a favorite in school lunches and do a great job of providing that much needed energy to get through the afternoon at school. Although energy bars provide 400 calories per bar, they aren’t meant to be a sole food source indefinitely and should always be used to supplement rather than replace a complete and nutritious emergency food storage plan. Please see our Emergency Food Planning Guide for more information on creating a complete emergency food storage plan.

Easy To Store

Energy bars have very flexible storage requirements. Easy to store just about anywhere, survival foods bars can be subjected to hot or freezing temperatures with no risk to the integrity of the food bar. Most survival food bars have a shelf life of 5 years. Emergency food bars are great for disaster or unexpected emergency situations like a roadside breakdown or losing your way in the backcountry, but they’re equally great for everyday between meal snacks. Their compact size and no-hassle storage requirements mean you can toss them in a purse, backpack or briefcase for midday snacking at work or school, toss a few in the glove compartment to be prepared for an emergency or just to fend off a growling tummy when you’re stuck in traffic. 

No Preparation Needed

Energy bars are meant to be eaten as-is, right out of the packaging. They certainly aren’t gourmet, but they provide all the energy you need to get by in a survival situation and they don’t taste half bad. Millennium Bars are actually really tasty, perfectly edible as a snack straight from the wrapper. SOS survival food bars are not bad either, a bit like a shortbread, but have the advantage of being suitable for infants and the ill or injured as they can be mashed and mixed with water to create a bit of a cereal that doesn’t require teeth or strength for chewing. Of course the lack of preparation also makes energy bars ideal for those times when you need a boost but are unable to stop and take time for food preparation – like when you’ve gotta make camp by sunset!