That is a fairly standard “box lunch” type deal the Federal Government uses for all kinds of stuff. It’s far cheaper than MREs.

this unacceptable practice (especially as it relates to assisting with long term nutritional needs that we are seeing in Puerto Rico).

http://www.mreinfo.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2808

They vary in content depending on the contract and other aspects. The one in that link is one of the better ones because it looks to have bread in it, those were only issued direct from controlled storage on a base for same-day use Sotheby’s bread would go bad from heat in transport or storage. The one in the first post is more typical of ones issued to be consumed days or weeks after leaving controlled storage with more shelf stable components.

You mean to tell me the Government does not have warehouses full of MRE's?

Even ones with close use-by dates would be better than that garbage.

This reminds me of the abundance of fat-laden fast-food joints that one sees in the poorer areas and inner cities, that and cigarette and liquor ads.

Kill the poor and destitute with sugar fiilled hollow calories and fat, oh and take their hard earned cash while you are at it!

A national disgrace.

That is death to anyone who is diabetic.

The only thing that makes sense is cans of spam. If that is spam. But crackers would have been a nice touch.

to smear on your cheezits

The Baby Ruth is the dessert.

Therefore, the Airheads (sour sugary taffy) must qualify as fruit.

I suspect this is private business taking advantage of poorly written specifications to deliver "meals" that meet the letter of the specs but not the intent.

It is disgraceful that FEMA would put this out there.

Assuming of course it is real.

That these aren't intended to be used long-term (or that they resemble the typical self-imposed diets for many kids ... and not-so-kids) doesn't matter. So carbs, protein, and salt. No B12? Oh, well, you can get that in a couple of weeks.

Go-ogle tells me that a typical MRE costs (or costed) $7.25, and that's probably not airlifting and distribution costs. That cost might be inflated a bit, but I'm not going to cite "remaindered" or knock-off prices just because they're lower.

I'm assuming this is real. On the other hand, you should see what they tell people to put in their hurricane survival kits. The high-priced things are items like individually wrapped jerky; low-price ones include Vienna sausages and pop-tarts because they are so self-stable and because in addition to "self-stable" they're also "edible even when retrieved from a box that's been underwater for a week."

And people are always free not to accept them. If they just say, "No, thanks," then they're no worse off than they were before.

There are literally NO nutrients other than a little protein, some fat, and a shit ton of the simplest carbohydrates in that garbage.

You would start dying of malnutrition almost instantly eating that shit. It would only take a few weeks to develop full-blown scurvy.

Spikerz and goldfish crackers, individual servings of SPAM, pop tarts, and twizzlers.

That looks like 2 weeks worth of lunch to me. How can I qualify to receive some of those?

https://www.snopes.com/2017/10/16/hurricane-maria-skittle-meals/

Interesting thing is,each item in the Ziploc,is filled with Salt. Where in hell is the Water? Brownie,your doing a heck of a job.