MREs

Military MREs (Meal Ready to Eat) are a must in your emergency food storage. The U.S.Military relies on MREs to give them the nutrition and energy they need to survive in the mostextreme conditions. Our fresh, first-run MREs are great for use during any disaster and areexcellent for a “grab and go” emergency. I recommend that you stock up and make sure youhave a fresh supply on hand.I get a lot of questions about MREs. Here is a quick review. We will call it MRE 101 (because itmakes me feel smart!).

• Do we sell military MREs? Yes. They are made by Department of Defense contractors,made to military specifications at the same time the military MREs are made. The onlydifference is they come in civilian packaging.

• How long will they store? About 5-7 years if stored at 75 degrees or less. The coolerthe temperature, the longer they will store.

• How do I know if my MREs have expired? There is no expiration date stamped on anMRE. Unless the seal is broken on the packaging, MREs can last a very long time.MREs will lose taste and nutritional value after long periods of time. Use the sniff test tosee if the food has gone rancid.

• How do I read the manufacture date on my MREs? Each MRE will be date stampedwith a 4 digit code to tell you the date of manufacture. For example, it will looksomething like this 8145. The first number is the year and the next three numbers are theday within that year that the food was manufactured. So, 8145 means that MRE wasmade on 145th day of 2008 (May 24th).

• What is the difference between a “Full Meal MRE” and an MRE entrée? A FullMeal MRE comes with the entrée plus, side dish, snack, dessert, beverage mix, coffee,napkin, spoon and accessory pack. An MRE entrée is just the main dish entrée by itself.If all you want is the entrée, don’t buy the Full Meal.

I hope this info helps.