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Commercial products in MRE's
Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 9:57 am
by bl00k
I was thinking what kind of commercial products there can be found in MRE's (Besides Tabasco & Taster's Choice)
So far i've only found these:
-M&M Peanut Butter (2007 Menu)
-Tootsie Rolls (2004)
-Skittles (2007 i believe)
And i remember some kind of hard candy of many colors, can't remember the name.
Anyone have any additions?

Re: Commercial products in MRE's
Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 10:04 am
by Mkim340518
bl00k wrote:I was thinking what kind of commercial products there can be found in MRE's (Besides Tabasco & Taster's Choice)
So far i've only found these:
-M&M Peanut Butter (2007 Menu)
-Tootsie Rolls (2004)
-Skittles (2007 i believe)
And i remember some kind of hard candy of many colors, can't remember the name.
Anyone have any additions?

I'm eating a pack of those candies now and they are called CHARMS!!!

Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 12:45 pm
by norge
mars hard chocolate,in the menu 5 Spaghetti w/ Meat Sauce
from the time period 1993.
cheers norge

Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 12:49 pm
by bishopmarine
the toffee with walnut candies cant remember the maker or the menu but they are good.
Re: Commercial products in MRE's
Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 3:28 pm
by German_EPA
bl00k wrote:
And i remember some kind of hard candy of many colors, can't remember the name.
Anyone have any additions?

maybe you mean REESES - they are like peanut butter M&M
and then: "chickelts" in the older versions
and then the coffee...
Re: Commercial products in MRE's
Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 6:23 pm
by MR.EMAN
German_EPA wrote:bl00k wrote:
And i remember some kind of hard candy of many colors, can't remember the name.
Anyone have any additions?

maybe you mean REESES - they are like peanut butter M&M
and then: "chickelts" in the older versions
and then the coffee...
MKIM hit it already, the hard candies were charms.
I remember in the earlier ones, there were also a pack of Caramels, of who made them, the name escapes me
Re: Commercial products in MRE's
Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 8:13 pm
by MCIera
The granola bars are another item that are often repackaged commercial products (Nature Valley?) as are the fruit bars (Fig Newtons.) Actually, I think most of the other components are also commercially available products that have been packaged in the MRE packaging from bulk (including some of the entrees,) though some are retail products that are just overwrapped. Items that I can think of right off the top of my head that are the Natick developed entrees, the fortified peanut butter, fortified cheese, fortified applesauce, Dairy Shakes, and snack bread, that are formulated specifically for the MREs. Oh yeah, and the spoon
bl00k wrote:I was thinking what kind of commercial products there can be found in MRE's (Besides Tabasco & Taster's Choice)
Re: Commercial products in MRE's
Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 10:33 pm
by donaldjcheek
MR.EMAN wrote:[quote
I remember in the earlier ones, there were also a pack of Caramels, of who made them, the name escapes me
The 1990s era MREs had Dairy Maid caramels. Kind of hard & chewy, but not too bad if you were hungry enough.
Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 7:03 am
by SpikNik
From 2004 menus I had....
MandMs.
Skittles
Tootsie rolls
Ocean Spray cranberries.
I've also in the same year had just the brown bag with loose cranberries in it, no other packaging, but one of them was a commercial Ocean Spray (I think) brand inside the brown bag.
Also some type of nutrigrain sports bar thingy, but I can't remember it.
Re: Commercial products in MRE's
Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 7:52 am
by bl00k
Mkim340518 wrote:
I'm eating a pack of those candies now and they are called CHARMS!!!

Ah yes, charms.
Btw, i also remember a "Kippered Beef Snack" which seemed like a commercial product (found it in a 2004 menu).