Food Types

You should be careful when you are planning your food storage that you include all of the four food groups. The following is a list of the four food groups and foods that you can store for each group to ensure you have a healthy storage.

Dairy

The first group is Dairy. Probably the best dairy items to store are instant non-fat milk and dry eggs.

Grains

The next group is grains. There is a much larger selection of foods in this group. Store flour either white or wheat, oatmeal, cracked wheat, granola, macaroni and spaghetti.

Fruits and Vegetables

The fruit and vegetable group is a fun one. You can store gallon containers that are cheaper to buy and cover them with plastic lids after they are opened. Most all fruits are either canned or dried. Peaches, pears, pineapple, applesauce, fruit cocktail, and mandarin oranges are good selections that are canned. Bananas, apples, peaches, pineapple, berries, and raisins are good selections that are dried. Different types of beans are a good canned vegetable because they have a lot of protein. Peas, corn, carrots and potato flakes are also good choices.

Meat

The next group we will consider is meat. You can purchase several different meats in cans such as chicken, beef chunks, tuna and turkey. Dried meats are also good to store. Some people dry venison and elk meat besides the usual beef jerky.

Miscellaneous

Then there is a miscellaneous group of foods that you should store along with the essentials. Some of these foods are puddings, jams, honey and syrup, which are high calorie foods. You will also need baking items such as baking powder and soda, salt, sugar, shortening and oil. Don’t forget vitamins and minerals.

• Store foods from all groups.
• Store foods your family likes from each group.
• Remember to store foods with essential vitamins.