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Your cart is empty.Mainstay is an emergency food product unlike any other. Before it came into the picture, emergency food bars were only being made for short-term use. Survivor Industries changed all that when it created a great-tasting, non-thirst provoking product with an extraordinary five-year shelf life. Mainstay is specially formulated for land-based high stress situations. Each package contains 9 pre-measured 400 calorie meals, which allows a person to get their full nutrition in a challenging situation.
William
Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2024
The bar inside is divided along horizontal and vertical lines to be separated into squares. This item was broken inside the packaging into multiple pieces, not along the dividing lines, but at angles. While there are no tears in the packaging, which means the bar is still edible, it would make it harder to keep that which is not eaten during an emergency inside the packaging….. Not happy, but not worth the hassle to return it…. I will say this as well, I have several of these and have never had this issue before.
the enigma
Reviewed in the United States on July 15, 2024
I've read about several emergency rations and seen YouTube reviews about emergency rations. Then I taste-tested these and have had friends taste these and everyone and my family tried these and they're very filling and taste good. Eating these and a whole bar for a meal substitute you'll be very full and won't need much else to eat. Non-thirst-provoking and are thick but easily broken apart. Probably the best-tasting emergency rations.
A. Graham
Reviewed in the United States on March 10, 2015
We like the product. The five year shelf life makes it great for an emergency to-go bag, which is what we use it for. We ordered them to replace our first set, which we had never actually eaten. Since they are now expired and replaced, we opened one to taste it. They are really good - tastes like a crumbly shortbread cookie. My husband has been eating them for breakfast every day (there is 9 in a pack) and I can tell he's going to be very sad when they are gone. We believe we could each survive on them for three days should that be necessary.I'm taking away a star, though, because the last packages we received (from BIGFLYSPORTS) were clearly not sealed. Also - we bought them in March, but they were dated last Fall, so we've already lost 6 months off the 5 year expiration date. We returned 3 out of four bags for bad (really bad) seals. Two were horribly loose - rattling around inside, and one was clearly not tightly sealed either, though not as bad. The fourth bag was tightly vacuum packed and felt like a brick - as it should. We kept that one. Our first set we had purchased from a survivalist website five years ago and each was perfectly sealed. I'm questioning ordering these from Amazon again. We'll see.
Robert Yuan
Reviewed in the United States on February 16, 2012
I bought them to into the car emergency kit after reading about a family trapped in their car on a forest road during the winter and a woman trapped in her car on an Arizona road during the summer. I like them for their long shelf life and that they wouldn't melt like chocolate bars and would have their shelf life drastically shorten due to heat like MREs.As other reviewers have noted, the rations are actually one large "brick" with "break" lines dividing the brick into 9 (400-calorie) cubes. I have mine in a 1-gallon ziploc bag. If you need to open the mylar packaging, the ziploc bag should keep it from drying out.I have sampled the rations. The cubes have a slightly oily texture and crumble in the mouth. They have a moist shortbread quality. They are not awful and they are not gourmet cookies.I have used them when I have been driving and missed a meal. There is also a possible secondary use for them. If you have a family member than needs caloric supplementation, these maybe crumbled and stirred into oatmeal or porridge. I'M NO DOCTOR THOUGH.Overall, the rations are convenient and calorie-dense.
Lisa K
Reviewed in the United States on April 5, 2012
I read some of the reviews of this product before writing my own. First of all I'd like to say that these bars aren't meant to be a nutritionally balanced, filling, enjoyable snack. They're designed to give someone in extreme conditions much needed calories so they can wait to be rescued or walk out of whatever emergency they are facing. Our own 72-hour bags contains Mainstay Emergency Food Bars, some mylar packets of drinking water, a small jar of peanut butter, some mylar packets of tuna, some beef jerky, a personal water purifier and other items. Since we may have to carry those packs on our backs for a long distance, how much it all weighs is important. Mainstay bars are the most calories you can pack into a little packet.The bars themselves aren't bad. They taste like a dense lemon shortcake breakfast type bar. They're a little pasty, but totally edible. And if I'm hungry enough, they'll taste great. They don't leave you feeling thirsty, which is also good in an emergency when water might be rationed. Each person's backpack should have one packet to see them through to their next hot meal. Because they're sealed in heavy mylar packaging, they will last for several years without spoiling, which adds to my peace of mind.Each 400 calorie portion (there are 9 in each packet) contains 400 calories, 3 grams of fiber, 46 grams of carbs, 69 grams of fat, vitamins A (16%), C (30%), D (16%), calcium (16%), and lesser amounts of niacin, iron, folic acid, magnesium and thiamine.If you really don't like these bars, try Datrex Emergency Food bars. They are coconut flavored, and have similar packaging and calories.
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