Survival ration
A survival ration is food that is intended to ensure a person's survival in an emergency. They are characterized by a high calorie content with low weight and volume and generally have a very long shelf life . They are used in particular by the military and on sea rescue equipment or in the luggage of mountaineers and other athletes.
Survival rations in the German Bundeswehr
In the Bundeswehr , a distinction is made between the survival ration in the narrower sense (officially “food ration, survival”) and the emergency ration (“food package , survival”). The former consists of four bars of compressed carbohydrate of 50 g each. This corresponds to two daily rations, each intended to cover the minimum calorie requirement of a person for one day. Only a mixture of mono-, di-, oligo- and polysaccharides as well as up to 1.5% vegetable fat and a maximum of 6% water are permitted as ingredients . From this it becomes clear that a survival ration is intended exclusively for emergencies and for a short time - for survival. The survival ration is vacuum-sealed and packed in an orange cardboard box. It can be kept for at least ten years. The armed forces' emergency ration packaged in olive green (“food package , survival”) is intended for emergencies where there is access to water. With similar packaging, size and shelf life, the four bars also contain fats and proteins , and water disinfection tablets and two bags of tea extract are also part of the emergency ration .
Whenever possible, instead of the survival or emergency ration, the one-man pack is used for individual catering for the soldiers, and this only if communal catering is not possible or sensible.
literature
- Herbert Willhand: Prepper + : Krisenvorsorge & Selbstversorgung , 2017, ISBN 9783744808170 . ( Googlebooks online )