Emergency Survival Bar

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Emergency Survival Bar

 

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3 C. cereal (oatmeal, cornmeal, or wheat flakes)

1/4 tsp. salt

3 T. honey

2 1/2 C. powdered milk

1 C. sugar

1/2 C. Jello (optional)

1/4 C. water

add raisons if you like

Place all dry ingredients except Jello in a bowl. Bring water, honey, and Jello to a boil. Add to dry ingredients. Mix well. Add water a little at a time until mixture is just moist enough to mold. Place in a small square dish and dry in the oven under very low heat. Wrap and store. These will store for a long time if they are cooked until quite dry, and are excellent for emergency packs, etc. Eat dry, or cooked in about 3/4 C. water.

 

 

a nutritional analysis of the above recipe's contents using rolled oats and powdered milk fortified with vitamin A, found this to indeed be a very nutritious bar. One bar contains only half of the nutrients of the whole recipe and therefore you may wish to set aside two bars per day to get the following:

 

NUTRIENT PERCENT RDA

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Food energy 74%

Protein 135%

Total lipid (fat) 12%

Carbohydrate, by diff. 93%

Total saturated fat 8%

Cholesterol 10%

Sodium 441%

Total dietary fiber 60%

Vitamin A 121% (If Vit A fortified powdered milk is used.)

Ascorbic acid 16%

Thiamin 154%

Riboflavin 191%

Niacin 16%

Vitamin B6 38%

Folacin 113%

Vitamin B12 114%

Potassium 177%

Calcium 218%

Phosphorus 308%

Magnesium 116%

Iron 80%

Zinc 90%

Pantothenic acid 75%

Copper 55%

Manganese 212%

Linoleic acid (18:2/n6) 122%

Linolenic acid(18:3/n3) 9%

Histidine 234%

Isoleucine 491%

Leucine 615%

Lysine 610%

Methionine+Cystine 396%

Phenylalanine+Tyrosine 630%

Threonine 563%

Tryptophan 503%

Valine 488%

 

Probably the biggest problem is the low vitamin C. However, in a pinch, a person could live a long time off these bars alone. They are also a bit short in the calorie department, but are excellent in protein, over half of the B vitamins, and excellent in the minerals category. These bars, no doubt, nutritionally beat many of the expensive bars you can purchase from the different companies, and properly sealed would probably last as long.