Netherlands emergency food list
From the Dutch government's Denk vooruit campaign: food for 72 hours that keeps for a long time.
Water
3 litres per person per day.
Named by the government
- Nuts
- Tinned vegetables
- Dried fruit
Named in Denk vooruit campaign material
- Tinned fish or meat
- Crackers
- Apple syrup and jam
- Tortillas
- Long-life milk
- Ready meals in pouches
- Soup
- Apple sauce
- Ontbijtkoek (spiced breakfast cake)
- Noodles
Also
- Baby food
- Pet food and water
- Check every six months that nothing has passed its date.
Buying and storing
- Stock food you already eat, and rotate it: use the oldest first and replace it, so nothing expires unnoticed.
- For 72 hours, choose food that keeps at room temperature and can be eaten without cooking: tins, crispbread, dried fruit, nuts, muesli, long-life milk.
- For a week or longer, add dry staples such as rice, pasta, oats and pulses, plus oil, salt and sugar, and a stove to cook on.
- Dry staples need water to cook: count it in your water stock.
- Store food cool, dry and dark, in airtight containers once opened.
- Allow for babies, special diets, allergies and pets.
- Keep a manual can opener, and throw away tins that are swollen, dented or rusty.
Official sources: Rijksoverheid: Wat zit er in een noodpakket?; Denk vooruit. Read our guide to this list.