Pack PlannerStoreSurvive · Live OK · Thrive
Tell us who’s in the den and for how long. Three plans use official energy requirements, then a shopping list from the Wolf Den store.
Wolf Den’s own advice: start with 72 hours of food and water, then two weeks, then longer. Free shipping starts at $75 with code FREESHIP75.
Daily calories are Estimated Energy Requirements from the 2023 Dietary Reference Intakes for Energy (National Academies; the report was supported by the FDA, NIH, USDA, and Health Canada). Survive is the inactive category. Live OK is low active. Thrive is active, or very active if you choose that. The 2,000 calories printed on a Nutrition Facts label is a Daily Value reference, not a personal target. This is a storage planner, not medical advice.
Inactive 2,713 kcal/day · Survive 2,713 · Live 2,932 · Thrive 3,120
Estimated Energy Requirement from the 2023 Dietary Reference Intakes for Energy (National Academies; the report was supported by FDA, NIH, USDA, and Health Canada). Adult equation. Thrive uses the active equation. Survive stays inactive and Live OK stays low-active.
Inactive 2,068 kcal/day · Survive 2,068 · Live 2,233 · Thrive 2,370
Estimated Energy Requirement from the 2023 Dietary Reference Intakes for Energy (National Academies; the report was supported by FDA, NIH, USDA, and Health Canada). Adult equation. Thrive uses the active equation. Survive stays inactive and Live OK stays low-active.
Survive is the official inactive requirement. Live OK is low active. Thrive is active, or very active when someone is marked that way. Pick one — the list below follows it.
The official low-active requirement: ordinary home life plus some walking. Most families should store this level.
People
2
Days
14
Water
28 gal
To buy
$1,479.75
Store at least 1 gallon of water per person per day for drinking and sanitation — 28 gallons for this plan (Ready.gov and CDC). About three-quarters of a gallon of that is drinking fluid. In very hot weather the need can double, which would be 56 gallons. This plan does not double it for you. Do not ration drinking water. Meals need more water to prepare; follow the pouch. Wolf Den does not sell water.
Meal pouches in this plan deliver 72,767 kcal against a 72,310 kcal target (101%). We round up to whole pouches — about 457 extra calories for seconds or the next breakfast. Each hot meal is planned at about 617 kcal (5,550 ÷ 9 = 616.7). That average is published by Wolf Den on the 72-hour pack. It is not an FDA measurement, and individual pouches do not publish their own calorie counts.
About 54.9 lb of meals, plus pantry pouches that don’t publish a weight. Store sealed, cool, and dry. An Arizona garage in summer is too hot.
Extras add powdered eggs, milk, beans, potatoes, and a bag of bananas so you can cook, not just boil a pouch.
Add the whole list to your cart on wolfdenfoods.com, then pay there. 0 of 10 marked added.
$1,479.75
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The Breakfast Essentials Pack ($64.99) is powdered eggs, powdered milk, and three Eggs & Sausage meals. This plan uses it when that bundle is cheaper than the same items apart. See it on the store.
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72 Hour Meal Pack (2 people)
$1,259.94
Same 18 meals as buying pouches one by one, for less.
Plan wants 6 · $209.99 each
72 Hour Meal Pack (1 person)
$109.99
Same 9 meals as the singles, packed for one person for 3 days.
Plan wants 1 · $109.99 each
Wolf Den Chili Mac
$12.99
Hot meal. Add water, stir, wait.
Plan wants 1 · $12.99 each
Freeze-Dried Smashed Pinto Beans
$19.95
Side dish. Calories are not published, so they are not part of the meal target.
Plan wants 1 · $19.95 each
Freeze-Dried Smashed Black Beans
$19.95
Side dish. Calories are not published, so they are not part of the meal target.
Plan wants 1 · $19.95 each
Freeze-Dried Mashed Potatoes
$9.95
Side dish. Calories are not published, so they are not part of the meal target.
Plan wants 1 · $9.95 each
Powdered Whole Eggs
$17.99
Raw powdered eggs for real breakfasts. Cook them. Estimated calories are extra, not required to hit the target.
Plan wants 1 · $17.99 each
Powdered Milk
$12.99
Cooking and drinking milk. Not counted in the calorie target.
Plan wants 1 · $12.99 each
Freeze-Dried Banana Slices
$8.00
Real fruit, nothing added. Calories are not published, so this is a snack, not part of the meal target.
Plan wants 1 · $8.00 each
Freeze-Dried Whole Blueberries
$8.00
Real fruit, nothing added. Calories are not published, so this is a snack, not part of the meal target.
Plan wants 1 · $8.00 each
About $52.85 per person per day. Prices are the store’s published prices and can change. Powdered eggs are raw whole eggs. The FDA says cook eggs until the yolks are firm; do not eat the powder dry. A Wolf Den 8 oz bag is about 19–24 large eggs. USDA lists 72 kcal per large egg (50 g), so a bag is about 1,368–1,728 kcal. Those calories are extra and are not counted toward the meal target.
Live OK
$1,479.75
Sources: 2023 DRI for Energy (doi.org/10.17226/26818; FDA, NIH, USDA, Health Canada); Health Canada EER tables; FDA 21 CFR 101.9; Ready.gov; CDC; USDA FDC 171287; FDA egg safety; Wolf Den Foods. Full list at the end.
Our den · Live OK · 14 days ·
The official low-active requirement: ordinary home life plus some walking. Most families should store this level.
| Name | Age | Inactive | This plan / day |
|---|---|---|---|
| Person 1 | 35 | 2,713 | 2,932 |
| Person 2 | 33 | 2,068 | 2,233 |
Household target 72,310 kcal · meals planned 72,767 kcal · water 28 gallons at 1 gallon per person per day. Hot weather can double the water need (Ready.gov); this sheet does not double it. Each hot meal is planned at 616.7 kcal (5,550 ÷ 9), from the Wolf Den 72-hour pack, not from the FDA.
| Got it | Qty | Item | Line |
|---|---|---|---|
| ☐ | 6 | 72 Hour Meal Pack (2 people) 6 Chili Mac, 6 Teriyaki, 6 Eggs & Sausage. | $1,259.94 |
| ☐ | 1 | 72 Hour Meal Pack (1 person) 3 Chili Mac, 3 Teriyaki, 3 Eggs & Sausage. | $109.99 |
| ☐ | 1 | Wolf Den Chili Mac 7 oz entrée. Add hot water. | $12.99 |
| ☐ | 1 | Freeze-Dried Smashed Pinto Beans 16 oz. Fully cooked, then freeze-dried. Add hot water. | $19.95 |
| ☐ | 1 | Freeze-Dried Smashed Black Beans 16 oz. Fully cooked, then freeze-dried. Add hot water. | $19.95 |
| ☐ | 1 | Freeze-Dried Mashed Potatoes 8 oz. Add hot water for a side. | $9.95 |
| ☐ | 1 | Powdered Whole Eggs 8 oz. About 19–24 large eggs. Rehydrate, then cook. | $17.99 |
| ☐ | 1 | Powdered Milk For drinking, cooking, and cereal once you add it. | $12.99 |
| ☐ | 1 | Freeze-Dried Banana Slices 2 oz. Just bananas. Eat dry or add to cereal. | $8.00 |
| ☐ | 1 | Freeze-Dried Whole Blueberries 2 oz. Whole berries, nothing added. | $8.00 |
Total $1,479.75
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Not medical advice. Inactive, low-active, active, and very-active calories are 2023 Estimated Energy Requirements, not a resting metabolic rate and not the 2,000-calorie Nutrition Facts reference. Week 20 and week 34 are this planner’s defaults when a trimester is chosen and no week is typed. People listed: 2.
Every calorie, water, egg, and product figure above comes from one of these. Government and National Academies sources are separate from Wolf Den’s own product pages. Week 20 (second trimester) and week 34 (third trimester) are this planner’s defaults, not a federal number.