Why Food Storage?
For years government and church organizations have urged their people to prepare themselves by storing extra food and water. In light of recent natural disasters such as the Asian tsunami and numerous hurricanes, it is easy to see the importance of doing so. Hundreds of thousands of people were rendered helpless. Normal food supply chains were disrupted. Many were left without the basic necessities we all take for granted.
Without warning, each of us may face an unexpected storm in our own life such as a loss of job, disability, economic downturn, or natural disaster. While we cannot control when these things may happen, we can prepare ourselves to weather the storm.
At Daily Bread, our objective is to help families prepare.
Families tell us the reasons why they fail to adequately prepare themselves. These can be summarized into three general concerns:
Food Storage Items Need to Be Rotated Constantly.
Most food storage items require constant rotation because of limited shelf-life averages of 3-5 years. Frustration comes from having to throw expired items away and start over.
We Aren't Used to Cooking With Food Storage Items.
Most people are not used to having to soak beans or grind wheat or cook in ways their food storage would require. Having to adjust to new cooking methods would take considerable time. Also, having to use ingredients that their family is not used to ingesting such as powdered eggs and milk, and other items may require a certain period of adjustment. These are great supplements for food storage, but having to rely on them exclusively is unsettling to most.
Will Our Family Actually Eat Our Food Storage?
Most people agree that if their family is hungry enough they will eat just about anything. In most cases that may be true but it would be a great comfort to know their family will actually enjoy what they have!
Daily Bread Makes Food Storage Easy
With Daily Bread, food storage is made easy! We provide delicious meals such as Chicken and Rice, Lasagna, and Beef Stew along with many others that can be ready in minutes by only adding water. When stored at normal room temperature, we guarantee all of our foods for 25+ years because of our unique freeze-dry and packaging processes.
Freeze-drying has several advantages over other food preservation methods.
Frozen foods retain fresh flavor and nutritional value, but require uniform, low temperature storage conditions. Dehydrated and canned foods are shelf-stable, but high-temperature processing can degrade flavor, texture and nutritional content. Freeze-drying combines the best of these processing methods. It preserves freshness, color, and aroma similar to frozen food, while providing the shelf-stable convenience of canned or dehydrated food. Freeze-dried foods:
Taste fresh. Freeze-dried foods, like frozen, retain virtually all their fresh-food taste and nutritional content. Freeze-drying removes the water, not the flavor.
Look fresh. Freeze-dried foods maintain their original shape and texture, unlike dehydrated foods, which shrink and shrivel due to high-temperature processing. Freeze-drying removes water under low temperatures (typically a maximum of 100 to 130 degrees Fahrenheit), which keeps intact the moisture channels and food fibers. Just add water, and in minutes every fresh food detail returns.
Weigh less than fresh. Freeze-dried foods have 98% of their water removed. This reduces the food's weight by approximately 90%, making it easier to handle and less costly to ship. For example, twenty-five pounds of celery weigh only one pound after freeze-drying.
Stay fresh. Freeze-dried foods can be stored at room temperature, without deterioration or spoilage. This is because freeze-drying removes both water and oxygen - the two primary causes of food spoilage.
Almost any food, from apples to zucchini, can be freeze-dried. So can entire meals, such as omelettes, hamburgers, or Chicken a la King.
If you have any questions or would like to learn more about this product you can contact me at
mr_justin_boyer@yahoo.com
www.dailybreadus.com
