Can someone explain the math to me? 18680 total calories / 28 days = 667 calories a day. I know this is for a survival situation but in what world is 667 calories a day considered adequate?
Also curious what the manufacturing date is on this. 25 year shelf life is very long for freeze dried foods - most of the ones I see have a 2-5 year shelf life.
Per the vendor October 2018
Do you want it in California Math, Chicago Math or common sense math? But you still end up with those 600+ a day which is a whole lot better then zero. I take these kind of buckets, open them up, get a rough idea how much water I need and fill it up with those 4.4oz packets of lifeboat water. I’ve yet to have one where I didn’t have enough room to have enough water for all the meals. Drinks kinda hoses it up but just the same. You might also want to catch some freeze dried chicken and/or beef to mix in for extra calories and flavor (and protien). Even if you just sit in your basement after an emergency, 1000 calories would be enough, but for emergencies where you will over doing it more then not, you best get some MRE’s or some FULL DINNERS from places like Moutain House and use this bucket as your “sides”.
I think you’re confusing freeze dried with dehydrated, 25-30 years is typical for freeze dried.
Thanks.
@shudson9
Despite their poor consideration of how many days, the $/cal is pretty good. Mountain House buckets are around $11.38/1000 cals while this is around $3.75/1000 cal. Granted, the Mountain House stuff is all food and contains much better nutritional value (meat, etc) instead of just a load of carbs, drink packets, etc.
If you eliminate all the drinks and desserts & random fruits/veggies/extras, you still get a decent 8400 cal of entrees.
Looks to me that only the corn and strawberries are freeze dried. I think most of this food is just dehydrated.