Emergency Preparedness / Recommendations: Food & Beverages

 Based on the official recommendations (see this Checklist) of German Ministry of Civil Protection.

 In the event of a disaster such as flood, power outage or storm the risk that food will become difficult to obtain. To care you therefore for a sufficient supply. Your goal must be to survive 10 days without shopping. The solution is your responsibility / Whether and how much you save is a personal decision.

The following overview shows an example of a 10-day basic supply for one person. This corresponds to approx. 2,200 kcal per day and usually covers the total energy requirement. Please consider in your planning of personal preferences, dietary requirements and allergies.

Beverages

2 liters per day and person

20 liters In the case of the suggested supply of drinks, the mere need was exceeded

an adult of at least 1.5 liters per person per day, a supplement of 0.5 liters is made to regardless of the

public drinking water supply also about water for the preparation of foods such as B. pasta, available rice or potatoes.

Food

Grain, grain products:

Bread, potatoes, pasta, rice

3.5 kg

Vegetables, legumes:

4.0 kg 

Remember that vegetables and legumes in jars or cans are already cooked and additional water is required for dried products.

Fruit, nuts:

2.5 kg 

Stock up on canned fruit or Jars and only use storable fruit as fresh fruit.

Milk, dairy products

2.6 kg

fish, meat, eggs, or whole egg powder

1.5 kg 

Please note that fresh eggs can only be stored for a limited time, whole egg powder, on the other hand, has a shelf life of several years durable.

Fats, oils:

0.357 kg

Others:

at will 

e.g. sugar, sweetener, honey, jam, chocolate, iodized salt, ready meals (e.g. ravioli, dried tortellini, instant soups), dried potato products (e.g. mashed potatoes), flour, instant broth, Cocoa powder, hard biscuits, pretzel sticks.

More detailed (German only):

https://www.ernaehrungsvorsorge.de/private-vorsorge/notvorrat/vorratstabelle/

Here you can find a calculator (German only) on how much food and beverage you need to stock for how many people and days.