The food is ok and easy to prepare. I bought to make suppers easier and reduce need for shopping trips.

We placed it in our tornado shelter—just in case we need it. Hope we don’t but it does give peace of mind that we won’t starve in an emergency.

Have not eaten. Purchased for emergency supply. All the brands are mostly starch, and full of msg. Wish there were better options, but this is as good as any on market I guess.

Having an emergency food in a convenient pail that doesn't take up too much room is a great concept. I just received this a couple of weeks ago, so, I haven't tried the food yet. I bought this because we have tornadoes around the area quite often, so, it's always good to be prepared. Having a 20 yr. shelf life is also a big plus!

If you notice on the pail it states 21,020 total calories per the entire pail. At 92 total meals as stated, that's only a 228.479 calorie intake per suggested meal. That in my opinion is a near starvation diet. At a 2000 calorie intake per day, that is 10.51 meals. That equates to $3.427 per meal. Its far more economical to do a Walmart search for one gallon Mylar bags and oxygen absorbers and purchase side dish meals, hot cereals, pancake mix at Walmart the very same thing as in these pails and do your own. There's no bargain here at even their reduced price of $36.01, NONE! That's just my own personal opinion.

Had this for about a year in my camper. Finally we opened it up to try it. We tried the Mac and cheese. We used on package of noodles and half of the powdered cheese. Followed the instructions. When I went to dump the powdered cheese in the noodles the powder clumped up. I added some milk and kept stirring. It took a while but the cheese finally mixed in. The taste was fine and nobody complained. We brought some leftovers home and my kids had it with some Wolfbrand chili. They liked it. The cheese powder pouch has a ziplock on it so aren't forced to use it all at once. So far I am happy with the purchase and will be getting another one.

This bucket is a nightmare to open. After struggling for about an hour I finally did get one corner and part of one side up and bent back enough to get the pouches out with my hand. Do not buy the food buckets! I am upset and angry that my purchases may end up in the landfill because I can't get them open. I wrote a letter of complaint to the company.

I have been living on this almost exclusively for a few years now. You think this would affect my health. Well it has I am more healthier then I have ever been my vitamin and mineral levels are better then they ever have been and each pack of food is more then enough for me to eat for 1 meal. The only complaint I have is I wish ever bucket included some sort of meat. The dried meat is great so long as you season it as you rehydrate it. As well as adding to their meat selection a dehydrated fish product or even a salmon patty that can be rehydrated and fried. Otherwise if you want a affordable meal option this is the best emergency food I have found and I have tried several. You want something to keep in your car get a small bucket or your basement a larger bucket for the time when you need it most. You will be grateful you have it when you need it for that time a emergency is upon you. How many times have you heard of someone stuck in the middle of winter and died in their car from starvation because nobody could get to them, Or a family was found on the verge of death after a tornado hurricane of flooding because they did not have the food they needed. You have one of these buckets and a way to heat water and you have everything you need to survive for days depending on how you ration your food. A 72hour bucket is plenty to ration for 6 days food if you do it right.

Purchased 2 of these buckets with a 25 year shelf life (sold by JCA VENTURES LLC). Today is March 3rd 2022 and they expire in 2031 which tells me they've had these since 2006. A little disappointed when your expecting the 25 year offer. But 9 more years is better than 1. I'm sure they will be fine long after that. It's just the principal of receiving goods that you pay them for due to their offer and you don't get the offer. That's like a tire salesman selling brand new tires, so you buy they only to find out they already have 30,000 miles on them. Don't offer 25 years if they don't expire in 25 years.

Personally, I found the food to be surprisingly good. However, I do not consider this to contain 92 servings. There are 7 packages with dinner selections, 6 packages of soup selections, 2 packages of elbow macaroni, 1 package of cheese powder, and 1 package of chocolate pudding. Each package serves 2 or 3 people at most. The plastic container was nearly impossible to open, and there are no directions included. Good food in my opinion, but include some directions, provide more servings, and make the package easier to open.