ISSUE 9 | SEPTEMBER 2018
EVERSAFE MRES
TIPS ON STORING MRES AND ADVICE ON FREEZING THEM
BEST TIPS ON STORING YOUR MRES
and the US military was
AND ADVICE ON FREEZING THEM
determined to make positive
MREs, or meals ready to eat, were
changes to keep their servicemen
initially made for the US
and women happy. Now, the meals
military in order to feed their
are tasty enough that the
troops that were stationed away
civilian population is using them
from their camps for days or
for camping, hiking, hunting,
weeks while in combat. There were
emergency survival food, and
other field rations that came
other things. Here are some MRE
before the MREs that were widely
storage and usage tips to help
criticized by those who ate them,
you maintain your supply in the
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best condition until used.
with aluminum embedded in it that can really take some punishment.
How Long Do MREs Last?
That being said, for the food you’re keeping for the next
The plastic pouches that these
disaster, you really don’t want
meals come in are super tough,
it mistreated at all.
made to take into combat in a backpack while a soldier is
The food inside the packages is
hiking, climbing, fighting, and
all precooked and can be eaten
various other activities for
right out of the package without
days. It’s a multilayered plastic
heating. However, the military
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packages all come with a chemical
The length of time that the meals
heater that can heat the main
are safe to eat after the
dish up to a tasty level of
manufacture date will vary based
warmth for the best flavor. Some
on the temperature that they are
aftermarket meals don’t have the
stored at. This is a
heater, and you either have to
consideration of importance if
eat them cold or warm them up in
you’re buying used, or
a pan. They are cheaper to buy
predeployed, MREs from the
that way, so you’ll have to
internet since they may have been
decide how valuable the heater is
stored in a desert location
for your desired use.
warehouse for months where the
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temperature rises above 125 F or
cut to a mere 30 months. You
more. New MREs aren’t a problem,
really don’t want to store your
however, but still should be
meals at any higher of
stored at a lower temperature to
temperature than that.
maintain freshness and preserve quality. There are full charts
There are people online that have
online, but typically, meals
kept meals for up to 120 months
stored at 55-65 F will last for
and then opened them and ate
84 months. Meals stored at 65-75
them. They weren’t infected with
F will only last about 66 months
microbes, but after a while, the
and from 75 -85 F the lifetime is
ingredients begin to separate,
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and they don’t taste as good.
temperatures, but shouldn’t be
But, you don’t need to store
kept in a freezer. This is
yours that long, and, eating a
because the plastic storage
science experiment isn’t what you
pouches can turn brittle, crack,
really have in mind when you buy
and then break if frozen. That
these meals.
can expose the food to outside air, bacteria, or mold and ruin
Can You Freeze Your MREs?
the contents. That doesn’t mean that meals that
The meals are excellent all the
you’re carrying in the wilderness
way down to freezing
at low temperatures are going to
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be ruined in just one day, but
supply, be sure and read the
long-term storage at freezing
online comments before you buy.
temperatures should be avoided
That’s the best way to determine
because of the risk of the
the quality of the product before
package cracking. You can squeeze
you receive it. There are lots of
a package gently anytime and know
suppliers and just as many
right away if the air is leaking
opinions on the best
out, it’s quick and easy test.
manufacturers, but if you do your research, you’ll be more than
If you’re looking for MREs for your camping or emergency food
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“IN THE PRESENCE OF NATURE, A WILD DELIGHT RUNS THROUGH THE MAN, IN SPITE OF REAL SORROWS.” ~RALPH WALDO EMERSON