Wondering what the best emergency foods are for vegans? We’ve put together a comprehensive vegan emergency food shopping list including the best non-perishable food for emergencies.

These foods are shelf stable and perfect for creating your own homemade vegan emergency food kit.

This list contains survival food items that do not contain meat, eggs, diary, seafood or honey, and most items are oil-free, gluten-free and free from the top eight food allergens.

Healthy vegan emergency food

The items on this list are also easy to store, low-cost, and considered part of a healthy, whole food, plant-based diet as recommended by NutritionFacts.org. They recommend a low-fat, whole food, oil-free, plant-based diet known as the Daily Dozen which this list follows.

• Daily food checklist: Here’s what to eat every day
• Daily Meal Tracker: Track your Daily Dozen and plan your meals

How to use this vegan emergency food shopping list

Simply print this list (scroll towards the bottom of this post) and head to the grocery store to create your own emergency food kit. Stock up on bulk items which can be purchased at most local grocery stores.

Purchase in bulk through your local grocery store as well as online.

• 3 places to buy Misfits plant based protein bars online

Consider how many people you plan to feed during an emergency, and how many days you may need to feed these people. Also, plan ahead for potential spills and accidents if possible.

Vegan emergency survival food kits

Many emergency food kits are not vegan friendly and do not provide a variety of meals, especially ones that appeal to vegans and those on a plant-based diet. The good news is you can easily create your own survival food kit. This shopping list can be used to create:

• Emergency food kits
• Earthquake food kits
• Doomsday prepper food kits
• Survival food kits
• Long term survival food kits
• Blackout survival food kits
• Hurricane survival food kits

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Vegan emergency food shopping list

Here’s our complete list of ingredients to stock your pantry in preparation for an emergency. Print this list now: Print Recipe

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Legumes

Beans, lentils and peas are all part of a healthy vegan diet and are packed with plant-based protein and fiber. Make sure to have plenty on hand, especially cans that are easy to eat when you don’t have access to cooking. Additionally, chickpea flour is a great ingredient to have on hand because it can easily be used to make crepes, baked goods, flatbreads, etc.

• Canned beans
• Dried beans (for sprouting)
• Chickpea flour
• Canned bean soups
• Roasted chickpeas

Legume recipes:

• How to cook dried chickpeas
• How to make an oil-free vegan breakfast scramble
• Easy oil-free vegan hummus recipe
• Easy vegan white bean hummus recipe
• Oil-free vegan products at Trader Joe’s + budget-friendly recipes

Leafy Greens

Leafy greens are very important for maintaining health during an emergency, however fresh leafy greens may be hard to come by in an emergency. Having dried leafy greens in your emergency food kit is important. The easiest and cheapest leafy green to store in your kit is dried seaweed and dried leafy green powders.

• Dried seaweed sheets
• Dried seaweed snacks
• Spirulina powder/tablets
• Dried leafy green powders
• Kale chips

Vegetables

Vegetables are important for maintaining health on a vegan diet, especially in an emergency. Stock up on a variety of vegetables, including ones that you can enjoy immediately (out of a can) for when you are in a hurry or have limited access to cooking.

• Canned vegetables
• Freeze dried vegetables
• Canned tomatoes

Whole grains

There are many easy-to-prepare whole grain options for your emergency survival food kit, including pre-cooked grains, instant grains, flours, and pastas. Consider what cooking equipment you have available, as well as what other supplies and access you will have during an emergency (i.e. Will you have electricity to boil water for pasta? Will you have enough fuel to cook rice?).

One whole grain that we highly recommend is rolled oats and oat flour because oats can be used in a variety of ways and most people can eat them. Oats can be enjoyed raw, toasted, as a cereal, blended with water to make a plant milk, ground into a flour to use in making flatbreads, pancakes and baked goods.

• Pre-cooked grains
• Instant grains
• Rolled oats
• Dry cereal
• Pasta
• Oat flour
• Wheat flour
• Corn flour
• Cous cous

Recipe: Oil-free vegan macaroni and cheese recipe

Tip: How to stock your allergy-friendly baking pantry + shopping list!

Fruits

Fruit is part of a healthy vegan diet and it’s important to get fruit into your diet on a daily basis. Fruit can be enjoyed as a snack, as a topping, in a smoothie, and made into snack bars when mixed with nuts or seeds.

• Canned fruit
• Dried fruit
• Freeze dried fruit
• Fresh fruit
• Applesauce
• Dates
• Fruit leathers
• Fruit squeezers

Recipe: Quick fat-free dessert bowl recipe

Nuts

Nuts are recommended as part of a healthy vegan diet and are excellent for long term vegan survival food storage. Nuts can be enjoyed whole, ground, made into milks, and nut butters can be used in baking, as a spread, and more.

• Walnuts
• Cashews
• Almonds
• Brazil nuts
• Peanuts
• Peanut butter

Recipe: Here’s 4 vegan oil-free butter substitutes for baking

Seeds

Seeds are recommended as part of healthy diet. They also are great for making plant milks, toppings, snacks, baked goods, and enjoying as is.

• Chia seeds
• Flax seeds
• Hemp seeds
• Pumpkin seeds
• Sunflower seeds
• Sesame seeds
• Tahini (sesame seed butter)

Berries

Berries are recommended as part of a healthy diet and they are also part of the Daily Dozen recommendations. Make sure to stock up on berries in your emergency food kit to ensure you’re getting the nutrients you need during an emergency:

• Freeze dried berries
• Dried berries
• Berry powders
• Fresh berries

Herbs & Seasonings

Salt and pepper, as well as the other following ingredients are very important for flavoring your food during an emergency. Some also provide nutrients we need on a regular basis (such as iodine, B-12, protein, etc).

• Iodized salt
• Black pepper
• Nutritional yeast
• Garlic powder
• Dried herbs
• Cinnamon
• Turmeric powder

Sauces & Condiments

Sauces and condiments make life better. Stock up on your favorite sauces and condiments to add flavor to emergency meals. Many of these can be stored at room temperature if necessary and pack a lot of flavor. They are also relatively inexpensive and easy to store as well.

• Ketsup
• Sauces
• Hot sauce
• Vinegar
• Mustard
• Salsa
• Jam/Jelly

Recipes: Here’s 3 basic oil-free vegan salad dressing recipes

Snacks & Quick meals

During an emergency there will most likely be a time when you just need something to eat and don’t have the time, energy or capability to cook a meal. The following snacks and ingredients are perfect for making quick meals during an emergency:

• Canned/boxed soups
• Energy Bars
• Crackers
• Chips
• Peanut butter and crackers
• Plant milk and cereal
• Vegan packaged noodle bowls
• Vegan protein powder
• Rice cakes
• Vegan cookies

Tip: 9 grocery store foods that are packed with oil

Vitamins

Vitamins are easy to store and essential to maintaining health everyday and in an emergency. Learn more about vegan supplements that are recommended (hint, it’s not as many as you think).

• B-12 supplement
• D-3 supplement

Baking

You can make some very delicious meals with the following ingredients that are ideal for baking. Flour can be made into tortillas and flatbreads, as well as pancakes and other stovetop creations. Sweeteners can be use to make simple desserts. Plant milk can be used for baking, and also for drinking and adding to cereals.

• Whole Wheat and/or Gluten-free Flour
• Sugar
• Baking Soda
• Maple syrup
• Cinnamon
• Boxed plant milk
• Powdered plant milk

Equipment

• Containers for storing food
• Ziplock bags

Water

Make sure to stock water in your emergency food kit. Pack enough water for drinking and for cooking. Then, pack more just in case. Water filters are also great to have on hand.

• Bottled water
• Water filter
• Filter straw/bottles

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