Estimated Food Storage Needs

Estimated Food Storage Needs For One Year All numbers indicate pounds unless otherwise specified
Basic Food Storage
ITEM	1 Person			2 People			3 People			4 People			5 People			6 People
GRAINS:	Quantities tabulated below represent required 65% *whole grains.
Wheat*	135			270			405			540			675			810
Rolled Oats* (quick, regular)	30			60			90			120			150			180
Commeal*	30			60			90			120			150			180
PearledBarley*	3			6			9			12			15			18
Rice, white	60			120			180			240			300			360
Enriched White Flour	12			24			36			48			60			72
Pasta	30			60			90			120			150			180
TOTAL GRAINS:	300			600			900			1200			1500			1800

LEGUMES: For canned beans, store 2 1/2 times any part of dried bean quantities given below.	Two kinds of legumes are recorded per row.
Dry Beans: Kidney I Red or Pink	16			32			48			64			80			96
Pinto / White	16			32			48			64			80			96
Lima I Black	6			12			18			24			30			36
Lentils / Split Peas	4			8			12			16			20			24
Legume ABC Soup Mix	16			32			48			64			80			96
Peanut Butter — is ½ protein & ½ fat. Only the protein portion is calculated in legume total. (Total amount of peanut butter to store)	2 (4)			4 (8)			6 (12)			8 (16)			10 (20)			12 (24)
TOTAL LEGUMES:	60			120			180			240			300			360

FATS & OILS:	Quantities below are expressed in pounds for ease in calculating TOTAL FATS & OILS.
Vegetable Oil	8 or 1 gal.			16 or 2 gal.			24 or 3 gal.			32 or 4 gal.			40 or 5 gal.			48 or 6 gal.
Shortening—Regular or Butter Flavored (3 lb. can)	7.5 or2½cans			15 or5cans			22.5 or7½cans			30 orlOcans			37.5 orl2’/rcans.			45 orl5cans
. Mayonnaise	1.5 or l qt.			3 or 2 qts.			4.5 or 3qts.			6 or 4 qts.			7.5 or 5qts.			9 or 6 qts.
Salad Dressing (Mayonnaise Type)	1 or 1 qt.			2 or 2 qts.			3 or 3 qts.			4 or 4 qts.			5 or 5 qts.			6 or 6 qts.
Peanut Butter—Fat portion of peanut butter is added here. (For total amt. to store see LEGUMES)	2			4			6			8			10			12
TOTAL FATS & OIL	20			40			60			80			100			120

SUGARS:	Quantities below are expressed in pounds of sugar for ease in calculating Total Sugars
Granulated, white	28			56			84			112			140			168
Brown	5			10			15			20			25			30
Powdered Sugar	2			4			6			8			10			12
Honey	5			10			15			20			25			30
Corn Syrup	1.25 or l (16-oz.) jar			2.5 or 2 (16.oz.) jars			3.75 or 3 (16-oz.) jars			5 or 4 (16-oz.) jars			6.25 or 5 (16-oz.) jars			7.5 or 6 (16-oz.) jars
Molasses	.75 or 1 (12-oz.) jar			1.5 or 2 (12-or.) jars			2.25 or 3 (12-or.) jars			3 or 4 (12-or.) jars			3.75 or 5 (12-or.) jars			4.5 or 6 (12-or.) jars
Maple Syrup	2.25 or 1 (36-oz) jar			4.5 or 2 (36-oz.) jars			6.75 or 3 (36-or.) jars			9 or 4 (36-or.) jars			11.25 or 5 (36-or.) jars			13.5 or 6 (36-oz.) jars
Jams & Preserves	2 or 2 pints			4 or 4 pints			6 or 6 pints			8 or 8 pints			10 or 10 pints			12 or 12 pints
Fruit Drink, powdered	13 or 2 (#10) cans			26 or 4 (#10) cans			39 or 4 (#10) cans			52 or 8 (#10) cans			65 or lO (#10) cans			78 or l2 (#l0) cans
Flavored Gelatin	1.25 or 3 (6-or,)			2.5 or 6 (6-or.)			3.75 or 9 (6-oz.)			5 or 12 (6-oz.)			6.25 or 15 (6-oz.)			7.5 or 18 (6-or.)
TOTAL SUGARS:	60.5			121			181.5			242			302.5			363

MILK: (See ‘Tips in a Nutshell: Basic Food Storage”)	Quantity of powdered milk varies with mixing instructions, figures below are for 3 cups/day/person.
Nonfat, Dry Milk Quantities vary depending on type and brand. See pg. 25 for options.	50 to 104		100 to 208			150 to 312			200 to 416		250 to 520			300 to 624
Evaporated Milk (12 II. oz. can)	2 or 12 cans		4 or 24 cans			6 or 36 cans			8 or 48 cans		10 or 60 cans			12 or 72 cans
TOTAL MILK:	52 to 106		104 to 212			156 to 318			208 to 424		260 to 530			312 to 636
SALT: (Iodized)	8		16			24			32		40			48
MULTI-VITAMINS:	365 pills		730 pills			1095 pills			1460 pills		1825 pills			2190 pills
GARDEN SEEDS:	Quantities and Types Are Personal Preference
WATER: 2 week supply	14 gals		28			42			56		70			84
Expanded Basic Food Storage
Yeast, dry		1-2			2-4			3-6		4-8		5-10			6-12
BakingSoda		1			2			3		4		5			6
Baking Powder		2			4			6		8		10			12
. Dried Eggs		1 #10 can			1 #10 can			1-2 #10 cans		1-2 #10 cans		2-3 #10 cans			2-3 #10 cans
Vanilla		Quantities Are Personal Preference
Bouillon (beef, chicken, ham)
Powdered Shortening (Record ts Fats & Oils—See ‘Tips in a Nutshell: Expanded Basic Food Storage”)		1 #10 can =2Ibs. oll			1 #10 can =2Ibs. oll			1 #10 can =2Ibs. oll		1-2 #10 cans =2-4lbs. oil		1-2 #10 cans =2-4Ibs. oil			1-2 #10 cans =2-4lbs. oil
Powdered Butter (Recording Fats & Oils—See Tipsina Nutshell: Expanded Basic Food Storage”)		1 #l0can =2Ibs.oil			1 #10 can 2Ibs.oIl			1 #10 can =2Ibs.oil		1-2 #10 cans =2-4lbs. oil		1-2 #10 cans =2-4Ibs. oil			1-2 #10 cans =2-4lbs. oil

The charts above allow you to plan your basic food storage in 20 minutes. Amounts suggested in "Estimated Food Storage Needs for one Year" are based on recommendations in the booklet, "Essentials of Home Production and Storage," Church of Jesus Christ publication, 1978, p. 10. The few Expanded Basic Foods have been added to greatly increase the variety of recipes that can be prepared with the "basics".

Print a copy of both charts. On the estimated needs chart, find the column for the number of people in your family and copy, in pencil, the number of pounds listed for each food on to your "Basic Food Storage Plan". Now tailor your plan to the tastes of your family by moving desired number of pounds of a less favorite food to a preferred one.

To keep things SIMPLE, Leslie Probert and Lisa Harkness recommend planning for all members of the family, including children, as though they were adults. Oil and powdered milk have a shorter shelf life. Therefore, store only the amount of each that you will reasonably rotate through while children are young. As children reach teenage years, store full adult amounts.