Food Storage

Tips to remember about food storage:

• Choose food your family will eat
• Keep food in the driest, coolest, and darkest place in the house
• Transfer opened packages into screw-top jars or airtight containers to prevent insects and rodents problems
• Don't forget food for your pets
• Eat perishable foods first

Shelf life:

Use within six months:

• Evaporated milk
• Dried fruit in metal containers
• Dry crisp crackers in metal containers
• Gum

Use within one year:

• Nonfat dry or whole milk
• Canned meat (poultery, fish)
• Canned condensed soups
• Dehydrated soups
• Canned fruits and fruit juices
• Cereal (ready to eat or uncooked) in metal containers
• Hydrogenated fats, vegitable oils
• Sweets and canned nuts
• Instant pudding
• Miscellaneous:
• - Cocoa (instant)
• - Dry cream products
• - Flavored beverage products including soda
• - Baking powder

May be stored indefinitely:

• Sugar
• Salt
• Honey (may get hard)

Remeber: If your elecrticity is off...

First: Use perishable food and foods from your refrigerator.

Second: Use foods from your freezer (keep a list of freezer contents on the outside to minimize opening the door. Freezers usually keep food cold for at least three days after the power is off.

Third: Begin to use non-perishable foods and staples.

Helpful Links

Provident Living
LDS Food Storage Online Store
All Is Safely Gathered In
Long-term Food Storage
Food Storage for One Year