Mainstay Emergency Food Rations

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Montpelier, ID 83254
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Made In USA

MAINSTAY
3600 Calories

Emergency Food Rations

Great for that unexpected emergency.


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The following information comes off the package.

Ready to eat

Full of vitamins and minerals

5 year shelf life

Exceeds U.S. Coast Guard and SOLAS Standards

Contents: Each 24 oz. packet contains nine (9) 400 calorie mainstay Food Bars, providing a total of 3600 calories (15,000 kj). For marine based environments, the recommended consumption is two bars, per person, per day, equal to 800 calories (3,333 kj). For land based environments, the recommended consumption is three bars, per person, per day equal to 1,200 calories (5,000 kj).

Manufactured by
Mainstay Products, Inc
A Division of Survivor Industries, Inc.
Newbury Park, CA 91320 USA

Comments by Al Durtschi, the web page author:
The first thing that struck me about the Mainstay 3600 was it's size. It was larger than what I had expected, measuring 6 3/8 by 5 1/2 inches and 1 1/8 inch thick, weighing 1 1/2 lbs. The vacuum packed foil bag contains 9 square bars which each could be considered a 'meal.' We just broke one open and tried it. The flavor was like lemon cake. Each of the 9 little 400 calorie bars were solid yet crumbled fairly easily when bitten on. I ate the one bar about 1/2 hour ago. You need to drink water after you eat this thing as it expands in your stomach. It does give you a full feeling after a while. On the label they suggest eating two of these individual bars per day if by sea and 3 if by land. This is definitely not enough calories to keep you going long term without some serious weight loss, but would keep you alive during an extended emergency.
I'd suggest having two or three of these around for the trunk of the car, your boat or in your bug out bag. And for those of you who have thought this far ahead, this could also be really nice in a 'cache' along a bug-out route.

Living off them for an extended period of time, in my opinion, would really be the pits. But like anything else, they have their time and place.

Mainstay Food Ration label data

Ingredients:Enriched Flour, (Added Vitamins A, B-1, B-2, D, E, B-6, B-12, Niacin, Iron, Folic Acid, Magnesium, Pantothenic Acid, Calcium, Phosphorus), Vegetable Shortening, (Partially Hydrogenated Soybean and/or Cottonseed Oils), Granulated Sugar, Corn Starch, Corn Syrup, Natural Lemon Flavor, Artificial Butter Flavor, Artificial Vanilla Flavor, (Tartrazine, FD&C Yellow#5, FD&C Red #40), Artificial Color, Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C), Gamma/Delta Tocopherols as a natural antioxidant.

Net wt. 24 oz.
Serving size:. 1 1 Bar (2.67 oz or 76 grams)
Servings per container: 9

Each package is stamped with it's manufacture and expiration date.

Nutrition Facts per serving: 
Calories 400  Calories from fat 210 
                       %Daily Value*  
  Fat 23 g                    36%
   Sat fat 7 g                34%
  Cholesterol 0 mg             0%
  Sodium 23mg                  1%
  Total Carbohydrates 46 g    15%
   Dietary Fiber 2 g           9%
   Sugar 14 g
  Protein 3 g
  Vitamin A                   50%
  Vitamin C                   60%
  Calcium                     50%
  Iron                        10%
  Thiamin                     15%
  Riboflavin                  25%
  Niacin                      30%
  Vitamin D                   50%
  Vitamin E                   25%
  Vitamin B-6                 90%
  Folic Acid                  30%
  Vitamin B-12                20%
  Phosphorus                  40%
  Magnesium                   30%
  Pantothentic Acid          100%

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your Daily Values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs:

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