4Patriots Emergency Food Bars: Non-Perishable S.O.S Ration Designed to Last 5 Years, 9 Servings

we took these on our camping trip and actually were great for when hunger strikes and your on some backroads! Tasted decent and would buy again to have on hand for emergencies. maybe even keep some in your car.

I'm constantly looking for some kind of meal replacement item due to being busy and on the go a lot. Eating out is expensive so I gave these a try. These are easy to eat, filling and taste great. My gf who has taste issues with things being too spicy or too much flavor loves how these taste and feel when eating. They crumble a bit which may be the only issue I can make with them, but that's it. I don't know how they could fix that. I'm going to be ordering more for on the go eating to see how well they hold up after a while. So here goes! The only request I can make is for the company to offer a bulk, meal replacement option that doesn't need the heavy duty wrapping.

I keep these as emergency rations, but also decided to try them hiking. They're not I dividually wrapped, and the package isn't re-sealable so it lost a star. I like that the first ingredient isn't sugar, like a similar product. I didn't love the blocks, they are bulky, and difficult to eat. And crumbs everywhere. It tasted like a boring not-too-sweet cookie. But I could eat it without needing to drink anything to wash it down. One 400 calorie bar is enough for a 4 hour hike on fairly technical terrain. And price-wise, it's comparable to energy bars, and much tastier than most.

I bought for emergency, shelf life, nutrients.

It does the trick for calories, think a not-dry lemon bar. The extra fats do prevent you from getting thirsty while eating them but give it a lightly greased tactile sensation(doesn't rub on clothes or anything) taste was acceptable to good it's one large package no individual sections inside. Only critique is the nutritional value is geared toward caloric density fat heavy, proteins limited. That being said, In a wilderness survival situation fats may be some of the harder things to get outside of heavy animals, and many end up subsisting on small game/insects/veg that this would add productively too with minerals/fats.

I bought one bag and had my family all try it. They were extremely hard. I noticed a hint of lemon, nobody else did. All in all to survive we would eat it but definitely not something that’s going to blow your skirt up.

Item purchased for B.O.B. Hopefully never have to use it but item(s) included are of quality material.

Do not buy this product unless you like spending 60% more money than the same item you can get on Amazon from the manufacturer. Just look at the brand name.. (starts with an M- if say it, but my last review was taken down by Amazon for saying it.) then do a search for it. You can get the same thing for 16 bucks. Now, the product itself is great... It is NOT a meal replacement. It's mostly for emergency food... However I like to use them when backpacking or backcountry skiing... The fat and carbs give me energy, and the calories replace what I'm burning. Taste is good.. Like a shortbread cookie.. (it does not taste exactly like one.. But that's the closest similarity.) It also doesn't leave you thirsty after. Just whatever you do... Do NOT pay what you see here... Unless you like paying 11 dollars and change more for the heck of it. I should have paid more attention to the packaging before I bought it. Shame on me. But my mistake will save you money! So there's that..

Product came, vaccum packed, everything seems to be fine, however the shelf life is not 5 years. It is only 3 and a half so keep that in mind if purchasing now or later. It seems like they don't ship new batches with 5 years shelf life but they ship whatever they have on stock.