Obviously, water is the most important beverage to store, so if you haven't gotten your 2-week supply yet, read THIS post and make it a priority.
Once your water storage is complete, you can think about store some other beverages.
So, let's talk about your 3-month supply of beverages!!!
How much?? About 20 quarts which is 10 bottles of 64 ounces per person.
Using this 3-month supply worksheet created by Prepared LDS Family, you can calculate how much fruit drink mix (or Tang), hot chocolate and apple juice you may want to store.
Fruit drink mix or Tang- This powder can be stored for at least 2 years, unopened. For one person, store about 1.5 lbs. You will need to plan on using about 5 quarts of water for each pound of powder. You may want to store extra if you have room.
Hot cocoa- Store about 1.5 lbs per person. Canned hot cocoa can also last at least 2 years. Again, you will need to store about 5 quarts of water for each pound of powder.
Apple juice (or other fruit juice)- Store 3-64oz. bottles per person.
There are lots of other beverages that you can store like: Sports drinks, tomato and other vegetable juices or individually packaged drinks such as Capri Sun. These beverages are good to have on hand to help you and your kids stay hydrated when you're sick.
Once your water storage is complete, you can think about store some other beverages.
So, let's talk about your 3-month supply of beverages!!!
How much?? About 20 quarts which is 10 bottles of 64 ounces per person.
Using this 3-month supply worksheet created by Prepared LDS Family, you can calculate how much fruit drink mix (or Tang), hot chocolate and apple juice you may want to store.
Fruit drink mix or Tang- This powder can be stored for at least 2 years, unopened. For one person, store about 1.5 lbs. You will need to plan on using about 5 quarts of water for each pound of powder. You may want to store extra if you have room.
Hot cocoa- Store about 1.5 lbs per person. Canned hot cocoa can also last at least 2 years. Again, you will need to store about 5 quarts of water for each pound of powder.
Apple juice (or other fruit juice)- Store 3-64oz. bottles per person.
There are lots of other beverages that you can store like: Sports drinks, tomato and other vegetable juices or individually packaged drinks such as Capri Sun. These beverages are good to have on hand to help you and your kids stay hydrated when you're sick.
You may want to store some frozen concentrated juices as well.
Here's some information on pricing:
Tomato juice- $.02/oz.
Apple juice- Less than $2.00 per 64oz bottle is good (that's about $.03.oz). A couple of years ago, there was a case lot where the bottles were $.99 per bottle (or $.02/oz).
Sports drink- $.54 for a 20 oz bottle ($.03/oz).
Fruit drink mix- Tang at Costco has been about $1.29 per lb ($.08/oz) and the cannery mix is $1.39 per lb.
Hot cocoa- The LDS cannery price, $1.71 per lb, is definitely the cheapest around. At regular stores, the lowest price is about $2.00 per lb ($.13/oz).
Capri Sun- $.17 per drink.
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