Hi everyone,
Today I received an MRE from 1986. Everything is in great shape!
The fruitcake that came with it had the ingredients blacked out. Anyone know why this was done? Thanks.
- JT1991
Ingredients blacked out? 1986 MRE fruitcake.
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Re: Ingredients blacked out? 1986 MRE fruitcake.
You know it was maybe something dumb, like someone just did, for no reason. I don't know why anybody would hide it.JT1991 wrote:Hi everyone,
Today I received an MRE from 1986. Everything is in great shape!
The fruitcake that came with it had the ingredients blacked out. Anyone know why this was done? Thanks.
- JT1991
Killed by rancid pound-cake. I know that will be on my tomb stone.
Re: Ingredients blacked out? 1986 MRE fruitcake.
Perhaps they had left over boxes from a previous batch for a different type of fruitcake. Instead of throwing them away, they reused them by covering the ingredients?
Re: Ingredients blacked out? 1986 MRE fruitcake.
It's interesting that's for sure.Simon2002mre wrote:You know it was maybe something dumb, like someone just did, for no reason. I don't know why anybody would hide it.JT1991 wrote:Hi everyone,
Today I received an MRE from 1986. Everything is in great shape!
The fruitcake that came with it had the ingredients blacked out. Anyone know why this was done? Thanks.
- JT1991
"RCI. Taste History"
Re: Ingredients blacked out? 1986 MRE fruitcake.
That makes sense. You're probably right. I took a closer look at the box and there seems to be a bit more glue than usual on the seal. Like it was resealed.SNiiP3R wrote:Perhaps they had left over boxes from a previous batch for a different type of fruitcake. Instead of throwing them away, they reused them by covering the ingredients?
"RCI. Taste History"
Re: Ingredients blacked out? 1986 MRE fruitcake.
I work in a food and beverage wholesale place and we get similar things, if an ingredient or description changed but a supplier has thousands of now obsolete packs left for something, sometimes they just stick a sticker over it or blank it out/ replace with the new information