Small Beverage Base Drink

bl00k · Post by **bl00k** » Sat Feb 09, 2008 3:58 pm

I opened a 2007 menu today. When i opened it i was surprised to see such a small beverage pouch in there compared to the older ones. Never would've guessed that such a small amount of powder can make such a large amount of water taste exactly the same as the old beverage base which had sugar in it.

Does anybody know when these smaller pouches were introduced and what kind of stuff that powder is made off?

Post by **kman** » Sat Feb 09, 2008 4:07 pm

Is that one of the sugar-free drink mixes? If so, those are smaller because they don't need all the extra volume that sugar takes up.

Post by **German_EPA** » Sat Feb 09, 2008 6:00 pm

i cant imagine what bag you mean

- do you have a photo?

bl00k · Post by **bl00k** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 7:58 am

Yes it was the sugar free kind.

I can't make a foto i already threw it out.

But it is as big as one of those small long bags in the upper left corner:
http://www.mreinfo.com/images/dutch/mat ... lands1.jpg

Post by **German_EPA** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 10:10 am

you are talking about the electrolyth drinking powder...

thats the same: (made in germany - i am official dealer of it)

only 30 g for 1 liter

Post by **kman** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 10:29 am

Here's a pic of one of the MRE sugar-free beverage bases:

Post by **German_EPA** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 10:32 am

exactly that i meant! but i only saw the electrolyth ones

bl00k · Post by **bl00k** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 10:41 am

Yep thats the one kman!

norge · Post by **norge** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 11:56 am

cool,just like the dutch arctic ration drink mixes

i have only old stock mres so i have never seen those
my newest mres are from 2001

cheers norge

BigMark · Post by **BigMark** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 8:06 pm

Heh, crystal lite and other diet drink mixes make those now. You can get all sorts of flavors in the little packets, they're made for 16.9 or 20oz bottles. When they first came out I bought a box, I think it probably had 20 of them in there and cost around $2, now you get 10 to a box and they cost like $2-3 IIRC, pretty funny, I guess demand was higher than they anticipated. I see everyone with those things.