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Was quite cheap (compared to other rations on eBay, so I decided to order one for a review.

The box:


After opening:


Contents:


Mayonnaise trying to escape already (MHTD is 1.04.2012):


List of contents:

• 1x Chicken Creamy Pasta
  1x Breakfast-mix with fruits
  1x Cacao, Lemon and Raspberry drink
  4x Rye bread
  1x Grovkiks
  1x Mackerel in tomato sauce
  1x Raisins 42 grs
  1x Cheese spread with shrimps
  1x Fruit of the Forest Porridge
  2x Rabel proteinbar Orange/Toffee
  1x Honey
  2x Nut mix
  1x Brussels Paté
  2x Strawberry jam
  1x Mayonnaise
  1x Hot sauce
  3x wet wipes
  2 spoons
  4x toothpick
  3x2 chewing gum
  3x Pepper and salt
  3x Tea
  1x Fruit and Nut bar COCONUT
  3x Coffee
  1x Toothbrush
  3x sugar
  1x box of matches
  1x Flameless ration heater
  1x resealable bag

Will go more into detail once I actually eat the items.

Yes, the mayo has to be pulled from these packs. I bought a few of these and noticed after about 3-4 months the mayo would leak out everywhere. So if you do have these rations be sure you open each box and pull out the mayo.

I also noticed that the bread gets hard with age and loses its taste, also the cheese spread goes bad about the same time the bread goes out of date. It is wrapped in simple over the counter plastic, so again we are presented with the problem of inferior packaging.

Oh-oh...

I never check mine...

Opened the first few things.

Raspberry energy drink: A lot more taste than the MRE ones. Also a bit sweeter.

Breakfast mix with fruits: Tasted very good, like actual fruit with a bit of cinnamon. Even better than some of the non freezedried stuff here.

Mackerel with tomato sauce, Brussels Paté and coconut fruitbar were all fine and very yummy.

Cheese spread was spoiled as expected, bread still tasted like rye bread (which I don't like) but seemed to have more in common with a rock than with bread.

Some really didn't think these packs out...the chicken pasta mfg date is 30.05.2011, so less than a year of shelf life even tho most things have an expire date way beyond 3 years.

Unimproved wrote:Some really didn't think these packs out...the chicken pasta mfg date is 30.05.2011, so less than a year of shelf life even tho most things have an expire date way beyond 3 years.

Sounds like improper storage, Heat stress will reduce the effective shelf life exponentially.

That is usually the only way things go bad before their expire date.

Name_not_found wrote:

Unimproved wrote:Some really didn't think these packs out...the chicken pasta mfg date is 30.05.2011, so less than a year of shelf life even tho most things have an expire date way beyond 3 years.

Sounds like improper storage, Heat stress will reduce the effective shelf life exponentially.

That is usually the only way things go bad before their expire date.

No, the expire date on the outside box is 01.04.2012. Main course is made on 30.05.2011 and expires on 30.05.2014.

Because of the cheese (which had an expiry date of 08.2012) the entire ration has less than a year of shelf life. Everything else was still perfect.

ohh, sorry misunderstood.


That is pretty short shelf life

Name_not_found wrote:ohh, sorry misunderstood.


That is pretty short shelf life

Indeed, considering there are alternatives for the few items with a short shelf life (MRE cheese and jam, crackers instead of bread) and most of the rations lasts much longer.