Comments on: Costco Emergency Food Kit - What is it?

By: Survivalist

Survivalist — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:46:43 +0000

You guys obviously no nothing about survival and have never been in a survival situation. When a major disaster hits and you have nothing, you’ll eat bugs if you have to to stay alive. You people are looking for gourmet filet mignon.
There’s a reason why it’s called “Emergency” food. Come on…the food comes in packets. Using commen sense, do you think it’s the best food in the whole world?
Secondly, this stuff does have more a little more sodium than other foods. Why? In a disaster situation, your body expels more energy and more sweat. This means you’re losing more salt than normal. Keep in mind that in a DISASTER situation, we’re talking life or death.
This food should be used when you have access to no other food. I guarantee you in a disaster sitatuion, this food in a bucket will be gourmet for you.

By: T90

T90 — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:52:04 +0000

This would be the perfect supplement for the Zombie Apocalypse.

By: Darla

Darla — Wed, 13 May 2009 21:40:09 +0000

I agree with the 1913 Blog. This stuff was NASTY. In the review I just posted on Costco, I said I would have to be both poor and starving to eat this food. Better than Ramen noodles? I don’t think so!

By: Katie Liljenquist

Katie Liljenquist — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 02:46:21 +0000

Thank you so much for doing this research. You answered all the questions that were brimming from my skepticism when a friend mentioned this “Food for Health” emergency food supply that she found at Costco. When she said it was a 3 month supply of food for one adult for only $85, it sounded potentially interesting (it’s soooo cheap compared to freeze dried food), but I was very skeptical, b/c cost aside, I simply couldn’t imagine that everything a grown adult would need for NINETY days could fit in a single bucket. So after a google search, I found your article, and indeed it was too good to be true.

Cheap as it is (and compact), it’s definitely not something I want to invest in. Given that it is the equivalent of only 3 weeks of food (rather than the 3 months that the elusive “serving” labeling would like you to conclude), tastes nasty, is chocked full of salt and hydrogentated oils, and requires 20 minutes of simmering, this gets a thumbs down from me. Since I’d never use this on a daily basis, any rotation option is out of the question, and I’d hate to have to survive on such yucky food. I’ll stick with the freeze dried products by Mountain House that Daily Bread is selling–pricey, but quite tasty, and with a little negotiating, you really can get a decent deal.