Strange case of MRE's

[Name_not_found]

Definitely try the coffee and let us know what it tastes like.

Coffee was great, finer grind than the standard one.

[fdsman]

This may sound like a conspiracy theory, but I'm wondering if the government might be pressuring these companies to make their packaging a bit less durable to prevent those evil militias and crazy survivalists from stocking up for the second civil war! I mean as crazy as it may sound, if you notice even some of the nutrition info is different on what is allegedly the same food items as in the military contract stuff. I'm not trying to sound crazy but I really don't see a point in these differences which others as well as myself have noticed.

I think if they wanted to cut off the preppers, they'd force Sopako and other companies to stop manufacturing civilian versions of the rations, and even then preppers don't usually stock up on MREs, it's mostly bulk food items and canned goods. From there you can easily make your own ration packs with a food saver.

[Treesuit]

I'd have to agree on fdsman on this one. If the govenment wanted to stop the sale of MRE's (civilian or military) they would have done so before the 1990's and restricted the distribution of military rations for active, national guard, and reserve folks. Even then you might have got some MRE's out there for sale but not on a large scale like we see now on craigslist and ebay. I'm still with the notion that this is a manufacturing slip up.

[rationtin440]

You guys are probably right, but I would not put much past some of our politicians.