High Energy Biscuits - Food For Emergencies

If you we’re once (though I hope you’re not) a victim of typhoon or maybe incident of flooding and other types of natural disaster, you probably have come across of High Energy Biscuits provided by the World Food Programme (WFP).

High Energy Biscuits are wheat biscuits containing high-protein cereals and vegetable fat. Procured by the World Food Programme (the food-aid branch for the United Nations) these no-cooking required biscuits provide immediate meal solution to natural disaster victims like we were once was.

As typhoon and flood victims, we’ve been receiving all sorts of assistance and supplies from different government agencies and private sectors the whole time, even until now. For a month we’ve collected over hundred packs of this strength booster biscuits. The kids love it and so are we, adults.

Its composition according to Wikipedia’s data reads:

Per 100 g, HEBs have a minimum of 450 kcal of energy, 4.5% maximum moisture, a minimum of 10-15 g of protein, a minimum of 15 g fat, and 10-15 g sugar at a maximum.

HEBs have the following micronutrients at a minimum per 100 g:
Calcium: 250 mg
Magnesium: 150 mg
Iron: 11 mg
Iodine: 75 mcg
Folic acid: 80 mcg
Pantothenic acid: 3 mg
Vitamin B1: 0.5 mg
Vitamin B2: 0.7 mg
Vitamin B6: 1.0 mg
Vitamin B12: 0.5 mcg
Niacin: 6 mg
Vitamin C: 20 mg
Vitamin A-retinol: 250 mcg
Vitamin D: 1.9 mcg
Vitamin E: 5.0 mg

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HEB has been provided to Georgia after the 2008 South Ossetia War; also airlifted to Kenya, distributed in aid in the 2010 Haiti Earthquake and recently afforded to the Tunisian border in response to the Libyan crisis.