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I have various items already but happened upon this website and was thinking i'd buy some of this as a taste test. Anyone here ever tasted this ? Marketed as Survival Fresh with a 5 yr shelf life up to possible 25 yr shelf life sold on a site called Survival Frog. It's a 6 can sample pack. Thanks in advance.
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It's freeze dried meat? My personal preference is for canned meat with all the natural juices and some fat in the can for flavor and satiety. Some people prefer freeze-dried cardboard with all the fat removed because it can last longer.

Check the number of ounces per can, calculate price per ounce, compare to the many other purveyors of freeze-dried meats in cans. Then try to find any information on whether this company's cans actually have less than 1% oxygen in them and hold up over time.

There are literally hundreds of repackagers of freeze-dried foods. Nobody has tried them all, and nobody ever will because many are fly-by-nights looking to grab the money and run before anyone actually tries to eat their food ten or fifteen years down the road.

CORRECTION: It appears to be 28 oz of canned meat canned in its own juices now I check. (A link would have been nice, not just a pic and company name.)

It's undoubtedly a relabel of one of the few major processors' canned meat (lots of those as well).

So 6 cans x 28 oz = 168 oz for $149.97 plus whatever they are going to hit you with for shipping if it isn't free/free above a certain amount (which I'm NOT going to check for you). Again, compare to prices elsewhere. The price here is an average of 89.3¢ per ounce or $14.28 per pound of meat for a mix of cheaper and more expensive meats even if shipping is free. Looks like profit margin for site selling it plus profit margin for Survival Fresh plus profit margin for company who canned it. Pretty sure you can beat that. :)
 

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I just looked at PleasantHillGrain prices for Keystone 28 oz cans by the case of 12. They are usually not the cheapest source, but shipping is free.

A full 12 cans of Keystone holding 28 oz each (double the Survival Frog quantity) ranges in price from $182 for beef chunks ($91 for 6 cans, $8.67/lb) to $156 for chicken ($78 for 6 cans, $7.42/lb).

Like I said, you can undoubtedly do better.
 

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Thanks everyone even the snarky guy who didn't read my post completely , I just asked if anyone had tasted or owned it. The picture was enough to answer that question. ;) But I digress the actual information given was even better so thank you all. It's just a sample pack for tasting if good i'll research some more. Guess I'lll grab the pack for a taste.
 

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Thanks everyone even the snarky guy who didn't read my post completely , I just asked if anyone had tasted or owned it. The picture was enough to answer that question. ;) But I digress the actual information given was even better so thank you all. It's just a sample pack for tasting if good i'll research some more. Guess I'lll grab the pack for a taste.
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There are only a few meat packing plants in the US. Lots of companies buy from them, and stick their own labels on the cans. Look up the EST # on the can, and go here to find out who made it:
If they're selling for less than the factory, you can wonder why. Did they get a significant discount on a bulk buy, and are passing on some of that savings? Or did they buy up some older stock, or poorly stored stuff from elsewhere?
 

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Thanks everyone even the snarky guy who didn't read my post completely , I just asked if anyone had tasted or owned it. The picture was enough to answer that question. ;) But I digress the actual information given was even better so thank you all. It's just a sample pack for tasting if good i'll research some more. Guess I'lll grab the pack for a taste.
You can find single cans of Keystone at most Walmart stores. In the Tuna, Canned chicken area. Try one of those.
Keystone has 2 ingredients. A small cube of Salt, and the Meat. That's it.
Good stuff.
I use the Ground Beef for quick sloppy joes, tacos, or spaghetti.
 
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