Long Shelf Life Foods - Emergency Food Supplies
Food from a supermarket will have a expiration date. That expiration date is an indication of when the product might start to go bad or lose taste. Many food products can be safely eaten far after their expiration date.
Fresh food is a little trickier. Specific fruit and vegetable varieties last longer than others. For instance, hot onions typically last longer than sweet onions. Growing conditions and storage conditions also make a difference.
Experiment and pay attention to what keeps well for you.
Not all canned foods have a long shelf life, especially the ones that contain a lot of different ingredients. Generally, speaking, canned foods with high salt content tend to last for an extremely long time. How you actually store the canned foods will determine their shelf life, even canned foods with a long shelf life can go bad in a matter of a couple of weeks if you do not store them correctly or if the can is damaged.
The longest-lasting canned foods are canned meat 4-30 years, followed by canned vegetables 3-8 years, canned beans 3-6 years, canned fish 3-6 years, canned rice 2-6 years, canned broth 3-5 years, canned soups 2-4 years, and lastly canned fruits which only last around 1-2 years. However, you can stretch their shelf life even further if you store them correctly.
Best Way to Extend Shelf Life
- Cool place – keep the food in a cool place, some prefer freezing temperatures.
- Humidity
- Dry Place – Low or no Moisture in the air for wheat, flour and other items. This is true for 99% of dry goods.
- Moist Place – Fresh foods like apples, potatoes, carrots, and others require specific humidity levels to extend the amount of time it can be kept in storage.
- Dark – Sunlight adds heat and can bleach foods. For long term storage, keep all foods out of direct sunlight.
- Lower fat content improves shelf life. (Fats react with oxygen and go rancid.)
- Reduce oxygen. Oxygen causes oxidation which spoil foods, oxygen also carries smells which can penetrate salt, sugar and flour as examples. Use tightly sealed containers (with oxygen absorbers for longer storage) to reduce oxidation.
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Long shelf life emergency food supplies are becoming increasingly popular as people look for ways to ensure their safety during times of crisis or natural disaster. These products offer peace-of-mind knowing that they will still be able to eat even if there’s no access to fresh food or water sources due to unforeseen circumstances such as hurricanes, floods or pandemics etc.. Long shelf life foods come in various forms such as canned goods, freeze dried meals and dehydrated fruits & vegetables which all last significantly longer than regular grocery items without losing nutritional value over time making them ideal for emergency situations when normal supply chains may be disrupted by external events beyond our control.
Having long shelf life food on hand also enables us greater autonomy from traditional systems since we don’t need rely on anyone else for sustenance during difficult times – allowing us more independence than ever before! Furthermore these types of products allow individuals living off grid lifestyles who desire complete self sufficiency another option besides growing all their own produce year round; opening up possibilities previously not available until now!
Overall stocking up on long shelf life Emergency Food Supplies gives you freedom from worry about what might happen tomorrow - enabling everyone regardless if they live an urban lifestyle surrounded by convenience stores & supermarkets -or rural lifestyle far away from civilization-to feel secure knowing that whatever happens next we'll always have something nutritious & delicious at our disposal ready whenever needed!
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Emergency Food Supplies With Longterm Experation Dates
Unless otherwise noted, store these foods in cool, dry conditions, out of direct sunlight, in an airtight container. White flour and white rice last longer than whole wheat flour or brown rice because they have a lower fat content.
| Foods & Foodstuffs | Shelf Life | Notes |
| Salt | Indefinite | Requires airtight container. No temperature control needed. Storage: Dry, Sealed. |
| Sugar | Indefinite | Requires airtight container. No temperature control needed Storage: Dry, Sealed. |
| RAW Honey | Indefinite | Store in glass. No temperature control needed. Must be PURE RAW HONEY if anything is added, including water, it will limit shelf life Storage: Dry, Sealed, no sunlight, preferably cool. |
| Maple Syrup | Indefinite | Store in glass. No temperature control needed. Must be MAPLE SYRUP if anything is added, including water, it will limit shelf life. Many products labeled as maple syrup are NOT real pure maple syrup Aunt Jemima Maple Syrup is NOT pure maple syrup. |
| Liquor | Indefinite | Hard alcohol, wine* (*some wines improve with age, others do not) |
| Jello | Indefinite | Dry jello mix or unflavored gelatin will last indefinitely, but may develop off flavors over time . |
| Water | Indefinite | Water will store pretty much forever, but water can leach chemicals from the container, and will pick up chemicals from the air if not sealed. We recommend filtering ALL stored water for drinking using a Berkey Filter or ZeroWater filter. |
| Vinegar | Indefinite | |
| Baking Soda | Indefinite | |
| Frozen Ghee | Indefinite | |
| Hard Candy | Indefinite | |
| Corn Syrup | Indefinite | |
| Popcorn | Indefinite | Whole kernel popcorn lasts for years, but packaged microwave popcorn only lasts 2-3months past the expiration date. |
Foods that last 5 to 25 years
| Foods and Foodstuffs | Shelf Life | Notes |
| Raw Molasses | up to 10 years | Must NOT have other ingredients stored in glass jars or heavy sealed food grade buckets (not squeezable plastic) |
| Powdered Eggs | 5-10yrs | |
| Dehydrated carrots | 5-20 years | Shelf life depends on the volume of moisture left in the carrots |
| White Flour | 3yr to 5yrs | Freeze it the flour first, then package for long term storage in Mylar and a food grade bucket with oxygen absorbers |
| Ghee | 10yrs to 15yrs | Clarified butter. This can be canned at home. Indefinite in freezer |
| #10 can powdered Lowfat Milk | 7 to 20yrs | Shelf life depends on fat content |
| Powered sour cream | 5-10 years | |
| Favorite Canned Goods | 1yr to 25 yrs | Varies widely with the contents. Higher fat lower shelf life. |
| Freeze dried Bacon | 1yr – 10yrs | Varies. Longer storage life, has fat removed and is more like jerky. |
| Freeze Dried Fruit | 10 to 25yrs | Freeze dried blueberries, apples, and other fruits will last much longer than just “dried” fruit |
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Foods that last a 2 to 5 Years
| Foods and Foodstuffs | Shelf Life | Notes |
| Virgin Coconut Oil | up to 5 years | Tastes like coconut |
| Spices | Varies | Airtight container, out of sunlight in a cool dry place depending on the spice. Some spices don't react well to either oxygen absorbers or moisture absorbers. |
| Mustard Powder | 3-4yrs | Stored in mylar |
| Dark Chocolate | 2-5yrs | Varies with fat content of the dark chocolate |
| Cocoa Powder | 1-5yrs | Varies with fat content of the cocoa |
| Dried Pasta / Macaroni | 2-4 years | |
| Shell Beans | 2-3yrs | Note note DRIED BEANS, these are the same but havent been dried. |
| Most Canned Soup and Chili | 3-5yrs | |
| Canned Tuna, Chicken, Beef | 2-5yrs | Supermarket canned. Note: #10 canned freeze dried tuna, chicken or beef shelf life is closer to 15 to 30 years. |
| Flavored Liquor | 6mo-2yrs | Flavored liquor, or liquor mixes such as: Kahluha, Baileys, Bloody Mary Mix etc |
| Pemmican | 1-5yrs | American Indian long term food preparation. Shelf life depends on moisture and fat content + temperature. |
| Frozen Eggs | 10mo-3yrs | Supermarket eggs only store 3-5 weeks. Unwashed eggs have a membrane that lets them keep longer up to 3mo. Mineral oil coated eggs store 6mo-1yr. Frozen eggs will last 10mo to 3 years |
| Jelly | 2yrs+ | Depends on sugar content and amount of fruit remaining. Full sugar recipes keep the longest. |
| Jam | 1yr+ | Depends on sugar content and amount of fruit remaining Low sugar generally have shorter shelf life |
| Canned Fruit | 1-2yrs | Varies with the fruit and how much sugar is used |
| Pickled veggies | 1-2yrs | Pickles whether from a store or canned at home will be safe to eat after they are no longer palatable |
| Peppercorns | 1-4yrs | Store in Mylar or glass. Will need a pepper grinder to grind them into pepper. |
Foods that last 1-2 years
| Foods and Foodstuffs | Shelf Life | Notes |
| Regular Beef Jerky | up to 2yrs | Shelf life varies with moisture and fat content. |
| Bouillion Cubes | up to 2yrs | The less fats and oils they have the longer they last. Do NOT use oxygen or moisture absorbers with them. Store cool and dry. |
| Canned Tomato Sauce, Salsa and other Tomato based products | 1-2 years | |
| Store vegetable oil | 1 year | |
| Powdered Milk, whole | 1 to 1.5yrs | |
| Peanut Butter | up to 2yrs | if low fats/oils (check jar for details) |
| Dried Raisins/Cranberries/Cherries | up to 2yrs (varies) | Varies with moisture and sugar content Freeze dried last much longer |
| Gatorade bottle | 1-3 years | |
| Mineral Oil Coated Eggs | 6mo-1yr | Mineral oil coated eggs store 6mo-1yr. |
| Vitamins | varies | |
| Homegrown Garlic | 4-12 months | |
| Pancake mix | 1yr in original container | |
| Raspberries | days to 30 yrs | Fresh Raspberries a few days in the fridge Frozen or Dehydrated Raspberries 1 year Store Jam/Jelly 2 years to 5 years Home Made Jam / Jelly 2 years Freeze Dried Raspberries 5 to 30 years |
| Dry Yeast, and baking powder | 4mo to 2yrs | Varies with storage. Fresh yeast will only last a few weeks. Lasts longer in a freezer. It loses 10-25% of its potency per year (in good storage) more in bad conditions. |
| Ground Pepper | 4mo to ? | Doesn't go bad, but loses flavor over time |
| Frozen Broccoli, corn off the cob | 9mo-18mo | They last longer in the freezer vacuum sealed |
| Vacuum Sealed Frozen Meat | 9mo-18months |
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Foods that last 3 to 9 Months
| Foods and Foodstuffs | Shelf Life | Notes |
| Hard Winter Squash | up to 9 months+ | Some of our spaghetti squash last from one harvest to the next. We eat it and also cook and feed it to the chickens to supplement their feed. |
| Peanut Butter | 2-9 months | depending on brand (ones with more oils go bad faster) |
| Long Storage Apples | 6-9 months | Varieties such as Russets will last a few 3 to 6 months in a cool root cellar. |
| Long storage potatoes | 6-9 months | Some good storage varieties include: Elba, Katahdin, Red Chieftain, Yukon Gold, Burbank Russet, German Butterball, Yukon Gem, Red Pontiac, All Blue, and Kennebec. |
| Brown Rice | 6-9 months | |
| Short storage potatoes | weeks to 3 months | These are potatoes that tend to be softer and get spongy in storage |
| Breakfast Cereals | ||
| Block Cheese | 2-4mo | 2 to 4 months stored in a refrigerator |
| Farm Fresh (unwashed) Eggs | up to 3mo | Supermarket eggs only store 3-5 weeks. Unwashed eggs have a membrane that lets them keep longer up to 3mo. Mineral oil coated eggs store 6mo-1yr. Frozen eggs will last 10mo to 3 years |
| Granola Bars | 3-6mo | |
| Home Grown Carrots or Parsnips | 4-6mo | We store ours in a root cellar or in the garden |
| Microwave Popcorn bags | 2-3months past package expiration | |
| Supermarket Garlic Cloves | 3-6mo | |
| Vanilla beans | 6mo-1yr | |
| Maple Flavored Syrup | 6mo-1yr | Artificial flavoring will break down, as will the plastic bottle. It will still be edible past the best by date. |
| Storage Onions | 4mo-9mo | Yellow onions Stuttgarter Reisen and Yellow of Parma are our favorite storing onions. Hot onions tend to store better than sweet onions. |
| Sausage | 6mo-1yr | varies |
| Beer | 3mo-6mo | varies |
| Store packaged frozen meat | 4mo-12mo | Hamburger, turkey, chicken, beef, other poultry, veal, pork, lamb etc |
Long Shelf Life Fresh Foods that last a couple of weeks to 3 months
| Foods and Foodstuffs | Shelf Life | Notes |
| Sweet Onions | 3weeks to 2mo | Sweet (soft) onions last from weeks to a couple months at most |
| Minced jarred garlic | 3w-3mo | |
| Pears | 3day-10yr | 3-6days in fridge, some pears are “harder” and store much better dried (dehydrated) pears 6-12mo, canned pears 18-24mo, freeze dried 10-25yrs |
| Short Storage Apples | 1-2 weeks | might only last a couple weeks on the counter |
| Supermarket eggs | 3-5weeks | Supermarket eggs only store 3-5 weeks. Unwashed eggs have a membrane that lets them keep longer up to 3mo. Mineral oil coated eggs store 6mo-1yr. Frozen eggs will last 10mo to 3 years |
| Regular Squash | 3weeks to 3months | Pie pumpkins, acorn squash, and other thin skinned varieties don't keep as well as others known for storage |
| Strawberries | Varies | 3-7days fridge, 8-12months frozen, 4-12months dehydrated, 10-25years freeze dried. |
| Walnuts | 2-3mo | 2-3months refrigerated, 18-36 months frozen (flavor starts to go at 24mo) |
| Garden Tomatoes | Up to 4 weeks | When hard frost threatens, we pick all tomatoes near full size and bring them inside in trays. They will ripen over the following weeks. |
| Pumpkin | 2-3mo | Whole fresh pumpkin stores 2-3mo, refrig 3-5mo some harder squash pumpkin varieties will keep longer, canned or processed last longer. |
| Supermarket tomatoes | 1 week to 2 weeks at most | Remember they are a week to as much as month old before you buy them |
| Asparagus | 3days to 12mo | 3-5days fridge, 6mo-12mo freezer |
Conclusion
A decent food stockpile is imperative for any prepper, the amount of food and water will determine for how long can you survive. While there are a lot of foods that last for 25 years or even more you will notice that none of them are canned foods. The reason for this is because canned foods do not last nearly as long as 25 years, the average shelf life of canned foods is around 1-5 years, and if you keep them in a cool environment you can extend their shelf life to 4-8 years.
Not only canned food do have a long shelf life, in my recent article Food that last for 25 years ( Top 37 ) I have created a detailed list of the top 37 foods which have the longest lasting shelf life. All canned foods have an expiration date, although in most cases this is not an indication of the canned food losing its nutritional value. The expiration dates are there as a guarantee from the manufacturer as for how long will it taste as intended and not for how long is it safe to eat. Although this is a two-edged sword as many people have eaten canned foods well beyond their expiration dates and had no problems, while some can get sick even from canned foods that have not yet expired.
How you store your canned foods is vital as these types of foods are rather sensitive to temperature fluctuations and even exposure to prolonged sunlight. Some canned foods could be underprocessed meaning that bacterial growth will occur and eating unprocessed canned foods will pose a potential health risk. Although canned foods are regulated by the FDA, manufacturers can still cut corners during the processing of the food just for higher profits. If you know how to store food long term, then you will be able to stretch the shelf life of most canned foods. If you are wondering which survival foods last forever then check out my recent article Survival foods that last forever
Important Proposal:
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🔹 Solutions to create safe food, an autonomous life towards a society that does not discriminate between rich and poor
🔹 Natural healing without drugs according to Traditional Chinese Medicine integrated with modern acupuncture
🔹 A small strategy that guarantees your true freedom, or at least it is the first step to pave the way to supreme freedom.
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