READYWISE - 72 Hours, 30 Servings, Emergency Food Supply, MRE, Pre-made, Freeze-Dried, Survival Food, Meal Essentials for, Camping, Hiking, and, Emergencies, Individually Packaged, 25-Year Shelf Life

I needed to taste these, but enjoyed the flavor. They were pretty decent for food that has such a long shelf life. We wanted to ensure we had a handful of food reserves in case of an emergency. They are fairly compact, taste decent, well priced for the caloric intake one would need per meal. No real issues so far.

The delivery was great, we haven't opened the buckets and we hope we don't have to but now we have the peace of mind that we have supplies if need be. This particular shipment comes one meal & one breakfast bucket per box, for a total of six boxes. We will probably buy again just for insurance sake.

Great product!

Have not used product hope its better then the previous owners

It makes a big serving and sometime you might have to cook a little longer but I found it very tasty and reasonably priced

Good

Received product in a timely manner.

Saw the other reviews noting the poor packaging and leaked contents but I figured I'd take a shot anyways. One piece of info I couldn't find anywhere is the water necessary for rehydration. I did the math and, according to the directions, fully rehydrating all the food in both buckets (30-day emergency) requires ~211 cups of water (1688oz or 13gal+24oz or 50L). You will need a large amount of water in order to consume these in an emergency.One bucket had a punctured pancake mix and a ton of powder covering everything in the bucket (pictures). The spot punctured is right in the middle of the package and it was butted against the smooth center of another package so this was definitely not something that occurred during shipping from another package's sharp edge.The other pancake mixes also had marks on the packaging but were still air tight. I would guess it's some sort of machine in their manufacturing process causing this. Regardless, these were packed with holes in them and ignored so both manufacturing and quality control needs major improvement.The other bucket (with the mac & cheese and alfredo packs) also had a small amount of cheese powder on a few packages. I squeezed each of the packages and they all seemed to be airtight so it may have just been residue from sealing the packages. However, one of the apple cinnamon cereals was also punctured and squeezing it gently hissed out air.Manufacturing dates are abysmal. I had hoped they would be fresher given that they seem to ship directly from the manufacturer and weren't sitting in an Amazon warehouse for months. Manufacturing dates for what I received (order shipped 02/25/2022):Beans: 12/27/2021Whey milk: 11/16/2021Banana chips: 11/10/2021Rice: 11/03/2021Pancake mix: 10/12/2021Mac & cheese: 03/04/2021Maple cereal: 03/04/2021Alfredo: *08/29/2019*Tortilla soup: *08/21/2019*Apple cereal: *08/19/2019*Things manufactured within the past year seems very reasonable but 10% of the shelf life is already gone from about 1/4 of the food. Maybe my expectations are off-base but the "UP TO 25 year shelf life" seems like it should mean 25 year shelf life as long as I store it properly. The bonus here is that it wasn't shipped by Amazon so hopefully the food was all stored properly by the manufacturer.At the price for what you get, I guess it's hard to beat. But for peace of mind knowing that your emergency food will all be consumable and fresh when you need it, this loses all stars. 3200 calories are gone already from an unsealed pancake mix and cereal. Maybe more if one of the pastas is actually not sealed anymore. Would not recommend, would not purchase from this company again.