Emergency Food Ration Bars for Disaster or Survival, 2400 Calories per Pack of 12 Bars

NOTE: THE MOTO SPORTS SELLER SAYS THEIR RATIONS ARE TWO YEARS OLD BUT THEY WERE NEARLY EXPIRED (5 YEARS OLD) when I received them. Do not order these from them. Also, Closeout 123 seller did not ship until a couple weeks after ordering. Don’t order from that seller either. I’m just a customer. No ties to any vendors.I ordered these and was happy to see that they had the date they were made and the expiration date printed on each package. They were not more than a week old when I received them and they are good for 5 years. I shopped around here on amazon, thought this was the best buy for rations, and am pleased with the order.OK, here is the post-trial review:I opened the package (1 of 30), it was sealed tight via air vaccum (like the coffee bags you buy at the store). It is easy to open, so you won’t need a knife, etc. to do so. Inside, there are 12 bars each wrapped in a thin clear plastic. This plastic is somewhat more difficult to open. I found that when I tried to open it by hand, the ration would begin to crumble (they are quite fragile). Use a knife and the problem is solved. 12 x 30 = 360 bars per case.The bars are approx. 1″ x 2″ (maybe a little larger than that). They have a sandy color. They taste like a lemon cookie. Pretty good actually. I noticed an oily tasteless residue in my mouth afterwards.I noticed that they don’t induce thurst as much as eating other foods. I didn’t have anything to drink for another couple of hours (working outdoors and was already kinda thirsty) when I started munching on em’. I did get a little thirsty but it was much less than would be expected from eating a bag of chips (I ate about 3 bars in a two hour span). This would be good for water conservation.I ate one bar when I was pretty hungry (ya know, the working on an empty stomach and kinda shaky feeling). It did help the hunger quite a bit, but I never really felt “full.” It is enough to carry on with moderate physical labor though. But don’t expect to feel like you ate a full meal.Now to the nutrients listed on the package:Serving size = 1bar, so 12 servings per package (1 of 30)Per bar:200 calories3g protein27g carbohydrate.18% sodium9g total fat2g sat. fat6g mono-unsat. (I suppose this is a kind of unsaturated fat)1g poly-unsat. (another kind of unsaturated fat? these three fats add up to the total of 9 g listed as “total fat”)1g cholesterolPercentage U.S. RDA for adults:Protein 7%Vitamin A 1%Vitamin C 1%Thiamine 8%Riboflavin 5%Niacin 4%For longer term food storage, I went to the LDS cannery (not a morman, but they have GREAT prices). Got a bunch of canned wheat, rice, beans, etc. Highly recommended. providentliving.orgMay God be with you my brothers, as you walk in integrity,Jason Kerrigan