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Wintermute-Exclusive content.
This content only appears in Wintermute.
Hardy stuff in an emergency, but not a fancy meal.
In-game Description
Water, energy bars, purification tablets. Breakfast of champions.
Mackenzie's Description

The Emergency Food is an item found at the beginning of Episode 1: Do Not Go Gentle in the mission Memories. It is found inside the Jackrabbit Remote Transport, and is one of 3 extra items that can be placed inside Mackenzie's Floatplane (along with Astrid's Hardcase and Astrid's Backpack) before takeoff.

If the player chooses to put the Emergency Food lockbox in the plane's hatch, it will break open once the plane crashes and the following items can be recovered for use:

Arguably the most useful choice of supplies overall, especially on Hardened Survivor. Less useful on Green Survivor due to the slowed depletion rate of Hunger and Thirst and abundance of available food.