US emergency food list (FEMA)
FEMA's suggested emergency food supplies from Ready.gov: at least a several-day supply of non-perishable food.
Water
1 gallon (about 3.8 litres) per person per day.
Suggested by FEMA
- Ready-to-eat tinned meat, fruit and vegetables
- Protein or fruit bars
- Dry cereal or granola
- Peanut butter
- Dried fruit
- Tinned juice
- Non-perishable pasteurised milk
- High-energy foods
- Food for infants
- Comfort or stress foods
- Manual can opener and eating utensils
- Don't eat from tins that are swollen, dented or corroded.
- A closed fridge keeps food cold for about four hours.
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 source: Ready.gov: Food. Read our guide to this list.