Canned and Jarred Foods Emergency Food Checklist

🥫 Canned & Jarred Foods Emergency Food Checklist

Check off as you stock your emergency pantry! ✅ = Shelf-stable foods that can become meals, sides, sauces, and snacks when fresh food is limited.

🍅 Tomatoes & Sauces

[ ] Diced tomatoes
[ ] Crushed tomatoes
[ ] Whole peeled tomatoes
[ ] Tomato sauce
[ ] Tomato paste
[ ] Salsa
[ ] Pasta sauce

🫘 Beans & Legumes

[ ] Black beans
[ ] Pinto beans
[ ] Kidney beans
[ ] Chickpeas
[ ] Navy beans
[ ] Cannellini beans
[ ] Refried beans
[ ] Lentils

🥕 Canned Vegetables

[ ] Corn
[ ] Green beans
[ ] Peas
[ ] Carrots
[ ] Mixed vegetables
[ ] Pumpkin
[ ] Beets
[ ] Spinach
[ ] Sauerkraut

🥥 Cooking Staples

[ ] Coconut milk
[ ] Coconut cream
[ ] Vegetable broth
[ ] Chicken broth
[ ] Beef broth
[ ] Cooking stocks
[ ] Roasted peppers
[ ] Green chiles

🫒 Pickled & Briny Foods

[ ] Pickles
[ ] Olives
[ ] Pickled beets
[ ] Pickled peppers
[ ] Artichoke hearts
[ ] Relish
[ ] Capers

🐟 Canned Protein

[ ] Tuna
[ ] Salmon
[ ] Sardines
[ ] Chicken
[ ] Canned ham
[ ] Canned beans
[ ] Canned chili

🍑 Fruits

[ ] Peaches
[ ] Pears
[ ] Pineapple
[ ] Mandarin oranges
[ ] Fruit cocktail
[ ] Applesauce
[ ] Cherries
[ ] Mixed fruit

🍲 Emergency Meal Builders

[ ] Canned soups
[ ] Chili
[ ] Canned pasta
[ ] Canned curry
[ ] Jarred pasta sauce
[ ] Prepared gravy
[ ] Canned potatoes
[ ] Canned meals

💡 Don’t Forget:
Choose foods your household actually eats. A well-stocked emergency pantry should give you ingredients you can combine into several different meals, not a shelf full of mystery cans nobody wants. 😂

📦 Smart Pantry Tip

Keep a mix of ready-to-eat foods and meal ingredients. Rotate older cans toward the front and replace what you use so your emergency food supply stays useful.

Food safety note: Store commercially canned foods according to the manufacturer's instructions. Discard cans or jars that are bulging, leaking, badly damaged, spurting liquid, or otherwise suspicious. For home-canned foods, follow current tested food-safety guidelines.