Question about BOB foodstuffs

[daddymikey1975]

I'm interestedin acquiring some high calorie food bars that have decent nutritional content. What do you folks recommend?

 

[Tyler-The-Piker]

Clif bars

 

[daddymikey1975]

Is the datrex stuff any good?

 

[KittySlayer]

Clif bars

Clif makes some great tasting stuff and being tasty and palatable is important. Works well if you are doing something active like carrying your BOB as you trek to your bugout location or simply run away from what is spewing from the fan. With a Clif bar and a couple bottles of water I can ride my bike 50 miles.

 

[littletommy]

I carry a can of spam in my GHB, it has a lot of calories, and can be sliced into the shape of a bar.

 

[bingley]

Is the datrex stuff any good?

Depending on what you need, there are better alternatives out there. Datrex lasts a long time, but it's not as nutritionally balanced as some other stuff.

 

[Yeah]

I like ProBars. Taste fine, lots of variety, and difficult to beat for calories per ounce.

 

[Blackhawk2001]

There are a couple ways to look at food for a BOB. If you establish a routine of evaluating, updating, and inspecting your BOB on a regular basis, you can use off-the-shelf commercial products with relatively short shelf-lives, such as the individual peanutbutter servings, cheese-and-crackers packages, individual MRE servings, bullion cubes, etc. Plan your rations accordingly and switch stuff out on a regular basis just as you do with your canned goods and other preps at home.


Another way you can look at food for a BOB that doesn't see much use and you aren't constantly inventorying and reevaluating - the one like mine that sits in the car truck year round - is to buy compact rations with long shelf-lives that you can put in your pack and forget for a couple years. Stuff like this:

http://www.amazon.com/Mainstay-Emergency-Food-Rations-Calorie/dp/B000QZ3CWC


have a long shelf life, don't taste so good that you'll be tempted to pilfer them while on a day trip somewhere, and yet will provide a minimal calorie and nutrition base for any survival scrounging that you may need to do to supplement your rations in a survival situation.

 

[buckstopshere]

Ever thought about just making your own? Oats, honey, jello gelatin (your fav flavor), powdered milk and some water. Food saver em and call it good. If interested, I can PM you a recipe.

 

[oldnovice]

I agree that Datrex/SOS/Mainstay/Millennium bars are a throw it in and forget it for a couple of years option. My opinion is that any of these taste OK for what they are intended to do. If you are the type that remembers to regularly rotate items it can be cheaper and healthier to make your own. I found this article recently while surfing that discusses this topic:
GORP: The better bug out bag survival food

 

[Higginbo]

Amazon.com: Bear Naked Layered Granola Bars, 20 Count
Bear Naked is a brand I've recently discovered. I really liked them. They were a good balance between the "glued together with corn syrup" of cheap bars, and the "unidentifiable and kind of strange tasting chunk" of cliff bars. YMMV but I liked them.

 

[daddymikey1975]

Ever thought about just making your own? Oats, honey, jello gelatin (your fav flavor), powdered milk and some water. Food saver em and call it good. If interested, I can PM you a recipe.

I was googling a bit and stumbled across some DIY recipes. I'd sure be interested in yours as I would feel it's a bit more trustworthy lol