Emergency Food Supply - Chocolate Survival Ration - 20 Years Shelf Life - 7 Days

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.

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.

Pretty decent flavor and not that bad tasting. Texture is on the dry side and reminds me of a cracker.

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.

Overall, I'd say it's worth purchasing. There's a fairly pleasant chocolate scent I noticed when opening the vacuum sealed packaging- as you see in the image on Amazon. The plastic wrap on the four individually wrapped "bricks" inside seems cheap, but holds up quite nicely. The long life - the distant expiration date - is very nice. Taste: just like the smell - honestly, it's like chocolate-flavored cardboard. I hate to say that, but that's my best, simplest description I have. It's not bad! A little on the dry side and it crumbles as you bite into it - I'm not complaining, just informing. Sip on some water as you eat it and you're fine. Good taste overall and not at all unpleasant. I can't speak for the nutritional content - I have no way to prove or disprove what they promote. However, as of this review I've purchased this twice, and I will buy at least two more when I get paid. If you're hiking or working out a lot, highly nutritious food is important. Stay hydrated, do your research on food, fluids and nutrition (especially these days... ) and you'll guide yourself towards a better life.

I got the chocolate flavor. It isn't that "chocolaty", it tastes like a graham cracker with a slight chocolate overtone. Not too bad at all. When compared to others with a lot less calories I think this is a great buy. I may try other flavors sometime.

I dont really do product reviews, but I agree, this is smaller than expected, more like a survival snack not a ration, and didnt even know it comes from or made in china, would never wanna eat anything made there especially now, im not even sure whats actually all in this or if the ingredients are true, if id buy a survival ration thats suppose to help me in the future i wouldnt want it to be made in china ever, i atleast opened one to try it out but if i would of known i would of just spent my money on mainstay rations instead

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.