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Ask Tess: What is the best type of food to store in a Vehicle Bug Out Bag

Tess,

What is the best food to store in the go bag for a car? Temperatures in the summer time can get real hot. Hopefully, you can direct me on where to purchase them.

Thanks

 A Reader

 Answer:

Hello,

There are lots of great foods you can store in your vehicle for emergencies. If you haven’t already prepared a bug out bag for your vehicle, click here [1] for some insight into this topic. Further, ensuring that you always maintain your bug out vehicle so that it is always ready to go will help you in staying as prepared as possible. Here are 5 ways to keep your vehicle bug out ready [2].

When choosing which types of food to add to your BOV, I want to emphasize temperature fluctuations in your vehicle will greatly affect the shelf life of your food sources. Overtime, the lifespan of the food can and will greatly diminish if they are not rotated regularly. Therefore, you want to regularly rotate these foods to ensure they are used in a timely manner. I change out our vehicle food supply every 3 months or at the beginning of each season.

Ensure that the foods you choose will give you an adequate amount of nutrition and have sustaining energy sources that will burn slowly. Finding foods that are high in complex carbs and dietary fiber are more efficient from a dietary standpoint and will keep you feeling “fuller” longer.

Some energy efficient food sources to consider are:

A lot of people prefer to have “ready to eat meals” that are shelf stable such as canned soups and stews, MRE’s [4], Freeze dried meals, etc. Ensure that you have water in your car for consumption as well as in case you need to add to freeze dried meals. My family always has a case of water bottles in the car just in case.

In my vehicle, we have freeze dried meals to cut down on weight and space. I also have snacks in the bag such as crackers, granola bars, and dry cereal. This article [5] can help you in getting some ideas of meal planning. Remember to keep lightweight, easy to prepare foods in your vehicle.

This article [4] may be able to give you some solid advice on what foods to pack. I hope this helps you get started!

Best of Luck,

Tess Pennington