What Specs were MREs Designed to Meet?
MRE pouches have been extensively tested by the U.S. Military and designed to a higher standard that normal store bought foods. Here are just some of the rigorous requirement they were made to meet: • 100% survival rate from a military cargo parachute drop • A survival rated of at least 75% in the event of a air cargo parachute failure • Survive under the harshest of weather conditions • Withstand extreme soldier field abuse • Handle outdoor storage anywhere in the world • Pass 7,000 individual pouch drops from 20 inches • Be able to withstand a static load of 200 pounds for three minutes. What do MRE’s Taste Like? Opinions very all over the board on this question. Just like store canned goods, you either like them or not. They taste very similar to canned foods. We have some customers that love eating MRE’s so much that they have them for lunch several times a week. Then again, I’ve heard military grunts say that MRE’s really stand for “Meals-Rejected-by-Ethiopians” (they probably mis
