# Best emergency meal bar

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 9, 2013, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-emergency-meal-bar/649765 "2013-02-09T05:00:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2013, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-emergency-meal-bar/649765/21 "2013-02-16T09:30:00Z")

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> [@zoogirl](#):
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> Thanks for the ideas! I need cheap because I make minimum wage and small/light because these will be in my backpack full time, which kinda lets out the jar of peanut butter!

Why? You can get plastic jars (so breakage isn’t a problem) - pick one with a foil inner seal and spillage isn’t so likely - and when required, the jar doesn’t need to be eaten all in one sitting.

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**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2013, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-emergency-meal-bar/649765/22 "2013-02-16T15:13:33Z")

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One of the things that annoys me about all these food ration bars is it’s darn near impossible to find out what goes into some of them. Not a concern for most in emergencies, I know, but my food allergies don’t recognize emergencies. I have nightmares of starvation “relieved” by anaphyllaxis with a post-apocalyptic lack of medical care.

Although yes, some of them do list ingredients.

I made a “hobo stove” awhile back, which is nicely lightweight and also acts as a container for emergency heating/lighting/cooking supplies. Really, though, the heaviest item in bug-out bag is likely to be water, which is even more necessary than food. I’ve actually gone a week without eating. It’s _not_ fun (probably even less fun in my case as I was deathly ill at the time) but it’s survivable. Going without water that long will almost certainly be fatal.

Don’t forget to pack water!

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2013, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-emergency-meal-bar/649765/23 "2013-02-16T16:16:48Z")

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> [@Broomstick](#):
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> Really, though, the heaviest item in bug-out bag is likely to be water, which is even more necessary than food. I’ve actually gone a week without eating. It’s _not_ fun (probably even less fun in my case as I was deathly ill at the time) but it’s survivable. Going without water that long will almost certainly be fatal.
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> Don’t forget to pack water!

Quite right. And maybe an eyedropper bottle (clearly labelled) of hypochlorite bleach - can be used to kill pathogens in water of uncertain drinkability (as well as many other uses)

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