Emergency Food Ration Bars, Sea Salt & Pepper Flavor Survival Tabs Supply for Outdoor Camping Emergency Snowstorm Earthquake Disaster Preparedness Kit With 20 Years Long Self Life

Taste is good. Texture is like a dry granola bar which is expected.

I bought this for thru hiking, and I'm mentally prepared for the taste given it's emergency food. But to my surprise it actually taste pretty good. The texture is like a denser scone. And flavor is savory but not salty. Overall I don't even need to drink much water to finish one bar. This is good enough to replace all energy bar on the market.

These are a compact ration bar. In texture they are are dense but crumbly - they don't break apart in the hand but do when bitten and are reduced to dust when chewed. Despite this, eating them doesn't provoke too strong of a thirst. In flavor, I'd say they are like a savory, mild shortbread cookie - like such a cookie made from ghee. There is no detectable flavor of pepper or salt, so far as I could tell. They are conveniently packaged two bars to a robust foil pack, with each bar individually wrapped with a thin plastic wrapping, just enough to keep the bars separate and free from sweat/dust until you are ready to eat them. Though thin, it can be removed in one piece, for the most part. I purchased these for two reasons - to keep in my car as an emergency food supply, and to keep in my pack to top off on clean energy. They seem to work well for the latter purpose; when I was climbing a mountain to see the total eclipse, I tested out a pair of bars to see how they supported the exertion. They were easy to remove and eat, left no residue and had no gastrointestinal effects, and provided enough energy that I didn't have to eat again for almost twelve hours. If I had any complaint, it would be that they are a bit expensive for what they are - they should be maybe half this price. It might be nice to get these individually wrapped, since they are 400 Calories each and you don't necessarily want to 800 Calories even if you are out on a tough hike. I'd prefer US-made ration bars to Chinese ones, and will see if any are available. They are, however, suitable to purpose.

I ordered these in case of earthquake. It has a 20 year expiration date- not kidding. Very well packed- vacuum sealed. We ordered all 3 flavors- chocolate, peanut and "salty." The salty flavor I like best and it's not really a salty taste or at least not overly salty at all. I'm keeping a box for emergency and taking another "salty" box to work to munch on. Great purchase.

I opened the Amazon box to find the green box this come sit. It clearly states on the box this is manufactured in China which I wasn’t thrilled about. I decided to try it one out and it was pleasantly soft yet hard with minimal crumble. It tasted sweet yet salty. Overall good product that appears will be shelf stable for a long time. Only thing is I wish these were manufactured in the USA.