4Patriots: 1-Week Emergency Food Supply Survival Kit, Perfect for Camping, Freeze-Dried Preparedness Food, Designed to Last 25 Years, Be Ready with 42 Servings of Delicious Breakfast, Lunch, & Dinner

It's good stuff. Packaging has straight forward instructions. These meals are filling. I added three cups of uncooked rice to stretch them further. Not that there wasn't enough, i just wanted to make a two week kit last a month... and it did. So take that how you will.

Firstly, One of the pouches was broken when it arrived. The bottom of it was never crimped correctly at the fold. This was NOT a shipping issue, as the 4Patriots box came in another Amazon box that also included electronics. Nothing else was damaged, not even the boxes themselves, so this was a packaging issue at the factory. Really disappointed such a simple yet obvious error made it past quality control, and it seems this is a reoccurring issue based on other reviews. Really frustrating that I had to throw away a $12 pouch of food... and had to clean up the resulting food powder all over the rest of my order... But moving on, I decided to see how easy a meal was to prepare in my camper. I chose the Mac and Cheese since I had to two of them. Be forewarned, you need a fairly large pot. My normal camping pot was almost not big enough. Instructions: They're minimal at best, and I had to deviate from them completely. It says to add the pouch contents to boiling water, reduce heat and simmer for 20 minutes. Well after 10 minutes of simmering, I realized no progress was being made, so I turned the heat back up and brought the pot to a slow boil. the 20 minute mark came, and the macaroni wasn't even close to being done. I had to boil it for another 15 minutes to get the mac cooked correctly, and to get the sauce to thicken. Taste: I normally don't fuss about "Bad" food, but I was pretty disappointed. The macaroni was okay, but the flavoring left a lot to be desired... In fact, my first thought was "Even MREs taste better..." Would have been less fuss as well. Acceptable for a true emergency situation? Absolutely, if you have LOTS of water available to boil with. For camping? Ehhh... No. At least not the Mac and Cheese menu. But the previously mentioned packaging issue makes me feel like I can't trust this product to survive more than a year in a shelf, let alone the claimed 25 years. I tried to contact 4Patriots about the issue, but they've completely disabled the ability to start a return claim, so I can't even find a way to get a hold of them easily on Amazon. That should have been my first red flag to look elsewhere, plenty of other suppliers of food like this do allow returns. Conclusion? Next time I spend $70-$80 on Emergency rations, it'll be on a case of US MREs. Sorry guys. Lots of hype here, but not much quality.

I won't make any comments on the quality of the food as I likely won't eat until an emergency arises (isn't that the point?!) Safe to assume it'll keep me alive. I'd likely give 5 stars were it not for the fact some packages did indeed have holes, as other reviewers have mentioned. They should probably give attention to the material they use. Anyway I'll put it in a ziploc bag, drop it in the go bag, and call it a day.

Not sure if this is a 1 week food supply, but for myself and my wife, it'd be 3 days of food for both of us. I may get more, food seemed OK and beats starving. 4 stars.

It took some doing and persistent feedback- but 4Patriots made good on replacing the damaged food pack. I tried the Mac N Cheese dinner- The noodles cooked up well, the texture was pleasing- I would say the cheese could be creamier. But if SHTF- and you are starving? You won’t complain- I am not sure it is a true 4 person serving. Thank you 4Patriots for continued contact!