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Common Pantry Items

This list includes food items that have a long shelf-life and are useful for households during emergencies and or loss of electricity.

(Ingredients for the 2024 Emergency Eats challenge are not limited to this list)

  • Baking powder and baking soda
  • Black beans *
  • Brown rice *
  • Canned chili or stew
  • Canned goods (beans, vegetables, fruits, soups)
  • Canned tomatoes and tomato sauce
  • Canned tuna *
  • Canned tuna, chicken, or other meats
  • Carrots *
  • Cereal
  • Coffee and tea
  • Cooking oils (olive oil, vegetable oil, coconut oil)
  • Cornmeal
  • Crackers
  • Dried beans and lentils
  • Dried fruits (raisins, apricots, cranberries)
  • Dried herbs and spices
  • Flour
  • Green beans *
  • Honey
  • Instant noodles
  • Maple syrup
  • Nuts and seeds
  • Oatmeal
  • Pasta
  • Pasta sauce *
  • Peaches *
  • Peanut butter or other nut butters
  • Pears *
  • Popcorn kernels
  • Ramen
  • Regular pasta *
  • Rice
  • Salt
  • Shelf-stable milk (evaporated, powdered, or UHT milk)
  • Soy sauce
  • Stock or broth (chicken, beef, vegetable)
  • Sugar (white, brown, powdered)
  • Vinegar (white, apple cider, balsamic)
  • Water *

*Items previously included in Emergency Food Blizzard Boxes