In the Genesis flood account, Noah was told to put food on the Ark for the animals and his family.
Genesis 6:21 instructs Noah to take every kind of food that is eaten and store it as provisions. The purpose is explicit: the stored food is to serve as nourishment for Noah, his family, and the animals during their time aboard the Ark.
This detail is sometimes overlooked because popular retellings focus on the animals entering in pairs. Genesis presents the Ark as both a refuge and a provisioned vessel. The text also distinguishes between animals generally brought aboard and the larger number of some animals described as clean in Genesis 7.
The passage does not list specific crops, quantities, containers, or menus. It therefore supports the general answer “food,” not a named grain or particular ration. Claims about an exact diet or storage system are later reconstructions rather than details supplied by the biblical narrative.