Ultimate Survival Technologies, Emergency Food Rations, LxWxD: 6" x 4.5" x 1.25"

First point I want to make is that you should ignore anyone reviewing this on grounds of how it tastes. This is intended as a survival food for emergencies, not a camping or hiking snack. Survival rations typically taste bland or even bad on purpose to discourage excessive eating when you find yourself trapped for days in the wilderness or even in your own home after a disaster.That said, these taste okay. Kind of a cinnamon shortbread. Texture and quality are fine for its intended use.I have so far recieved 6 of these packages and they've all been perfectly sealed without any loss in vacuum packaging. I seal a second layer of vacuum plastic over my survival food to extend its lifespan and add an additional layer of protection to prevent accidental puncturing. If you do recieve any that have a loss of vacuum, just eat it or trash it. They're only $5 and not worth a 1 star review based on what was probably poor handling in transit or a minor factory defect.Doing the math, these come out to $.001 per calorie. I've been searching and purchasing long term storage emergency rations for over a decade and never have I found a better price per calorie in any market.Buy a bunch of these for emergency use only, put them in a box in the back of a closet, and then purchase a bunch of canned and dry bagged foods for your "shtf" meals.Additional note... these provide sugar and fat calories and are NOT a meal replacement. Keep a bottle of multi vitamins, a few gallons of water, and a couple pounds of freeze dried potatoes or rice nearby to make sure you're achieving something resembling real sustenance.UPDATE:I'm up to 15 and so far I haven't had a single issue with any of them losing vacuum. I think a few people just had bad luck, so don't let it discourage you from purchasing these. Keep buying these low cost alternatives and maybe the price gougers *coughMOUNTAINHOUSEcough* will start lowering they're ridiculous prices.

My expectations were low, but these are surprisingly tasty. Like a shortbread cookie with apple cinnamon. The package is much heavier than I figured. They are super dense, but still edible without breaking a tooth. Each package has 6 squares, each square is 400 calories. So you'd be eating 3 squares of this a day (or 2 if you're trying to just survive), getting 1200 calories.It is legitimately tasty.Mine were good for another 3 years, but realistically if you stored this in a reasonable environment at temps of 50-80, I can't see how they wouldn't still taste reasonably well for many years. This is like some fallout shelter food.Or if you were some hardcore thru hiker who only was trying to pack as many calories into the smallest, least weight, I can't see how you could do better than this. I paid $5 per bar shipped from Amazon, which if you were eating 1 bar a day on the trail, that's so much cheaper than another other backpacking food. It needs zero water or heat to cook.I am impressed.

Well I get up around 1245 1am every night. Didnt have a big dinner and was starving, I like something small and preferably sweet. Well after realizing pretty much the only thing I have left to eat is items in my survival stash. So after searching thru my roughly 8mo worth of food and remember people saying these were sweet and kind of Apple Cinnamon tasting so I said why not I have to 5 of them. Well let's just say this wasn't the best choice for my scenario but that is irrelevant when we're speaking of what this food is for. It was easy to snip and open package then comes the not so fun part (well at 1am anyway) I tried to cut with a kitchen knife after trying to karate chop it without success. Well the expensive stainless kitchen kitchen wasn't doing it, so I busted out my ole K'Bar and leaned in a bit and crack the 6 scored pieces separated 2 and 4 on other side and didn't break even all I could think us oh boy my jaw and teeth are gonna hurt like hell. Well after placing and making a huge mess (tends to crumble) and having to stuff leftovers into the formerly vacuum sealed bag wasn't too bad. (While in emergency situation could be difficult) Then rolled that and placed in large Plastic ziplock bag and pressed air out. Then I was rewarded with a softer than it looked and cut (it was density not thickness causing cutting issues) sweet definitely apple cinnamon flavored treat that crumbled. I had it with milk and it was awesome I recommend this for sure. It is a bit messy but you get use to it (so did my 80lb BlackMouth Cur she cleaned up all of it gladly) the taste is great considering the caloric value and weight. Former military here and I've had worse survival food for sure and I've had a lot better too (some MRE's are yummy) this would be great stowaway on the boat, jet ski, kayak. I would highly recommend for you backpackers and wildlife photographers (the ones that go deep in wilderness). Not to mention pilots of small planes drivers of vehicles in snowy or poor conditions where the threat of getting stranded is real and relevant. I could eat this for days if I had to and probably enjoy it the first few times lol. Nah funnies aside this is serious business folks and this will keep you alive and give you the nourishment you need to continue your fight, journey, rescue, deployment...whatever! Former military pilot approved for sure. Good choice for the price I paid folks....can you really place a price on yours of your love ones lives or hunger even? Don't answer that question. My goodness my humor is terrible. Gooday

Product has a 5 year shelf life, but the one I received was made 4 years ago, so it only has 1 year left. The vacuum seal is very weak, and I suspect it has a leak, therefore making the bar useless. Amazon does not support return/refund for food items and the manufacturer is not helpful. This is a total waste of money.

Product is well packaged and remains unopened. Placed in back of fridge for long term storage to be used in emergency, so taste is unknown and probably wouldn't matter much in such situation.