Wornick Sopacko, Ameriqual MRE Meals Ready to Eat Inspection dates 2026 or Better , Emergency Food Supply, Survival Camping Outdoor (INSPECTION DATE IS NOT EXPIRATION DATE) 12 Pack(A & B Case Bundle, 2, Count)

I bought these for my annual hiking trip with my boys. We have only ever taken freeze dried meals before. Those are very tasty but are becoming very expensive so I thought I’d try these. Not being sure how they would be we took half freeze dried, half MRE’s. The positives: The meals had a huge variety of choices and all kind of snacks, drinks and yummy treats. It was nice that we didn’t need to boil water but sometimes my boys had a hard time getting the heat pad to properly work. I never had an issue. I bought 24 meals and it works out to about $4/meal. That’s a huge savings over the $12ish/meal for the freeze dried hiking meals. The cons: They are much heavier than freeze dried meals and larger, but granted they contain more food. Each packet is around 2lbs I believe. We ate them first on our hike so we could lighten our packs. They have a staggering amount of packaging and thereby a staggering amount of trash that you have to continue carrying while hiking. We learned from a former army guy on our hike that it’s best to “field strip” the meals at home and eliminate some of the packaging. That’s a great idea! I think bringing a 2 gallon ziplock bag would be good to store the trash so you can flatten it and remove the air. My boys didn’t necessarily love all the food that were in the MRE’s, I thought everything was pretty good. A few meals were eaten cold-ish due to the heat pad not working well but I honestly think that was operator error. I never had an issue getting my food hot. So I’m not sure if we’ll bring them on our hike again next year or not. The price and variety is great but the weight and trash don’t make them ideal for long multi-day hikes.

These are the true, genuine US Military MREs that are generally the top tier ones you're after but usually impossible to buy legally. I've been looking for some for a while and was very surprised these were on Amazon but figure since they're 2022 menu ones, the government is selling older lots in bulk as surplus rather than check and reuse them on the inspection dates. Pictures show the contents of what was in each A/B case I got, and a photo from the Skittles from one of the menu bags showing these were 2022 items. To anyone concerned about past expiration dates on name brand candy, it means nothing as these are stored in air tight bags in temperature/humidity controlled environments. As long as stored ideally, you'll get at least 10 years out of these with very little degradation. That said, they appear to have been stored exceptionally well. The TTI stickers indicate they've been stored in ideal conditions, and I've been eating menus to test them out before committing to buying more cases. The key indicator for how well a meal has been stored are the squeeze cheese packets, as they're the first to go bad visually if you squeeze them out. In these, they look and taste as new as they likely were when packaged, so huge win there. All around, great value for what you're getting in the condition they're in. My only item of discontent is in the B menu box, there was no Menu 21, and it was substituted for another 19. I've seen other's reviews saying the same, so it appears there may have been a lot where the menu 21 items were bad, or they were just packed that way. In either case, that's not on the seller as these are sealed from where they came from and they have no control over that. Definitely will be buying a few more cases for if and when pooh hits the spinning airmoving blades!

A bit pricey but well worth it. Keep very well, very nostalgic for my ex military husband. Great for power outages and camping as well as many other reasons. Definitely will invest in much more.

I ordered these about 6 weeks ago and have gone through an entire A and B case. They were all fresh and sealed well. Contents were all in good shape. I have not had many MREs before other than a few given to me by friends in the service when I was younger. So getting to eat through the whole menu was fun. The entrees are all mostly like 5/10 but the snacks and desserts are all REALLY GOOD !! I was shocked at the quality of the snacks. The pound cake is so good and those choc chip cookies have me jonesing for more. The cheese and crackers was probably my favorite - I remember getting crackers from an MRE when i was a kid in the 80s and they tasted just like I remember. I initially bought 4 cases (2 A, 2B) and will be buying more to keep around for emergencies or road trips. I would keep them in a cooler if storing them in a car in the summer. Condiments/TP I'm no connoisseur but the coffee wasn't terrible - I don't use creamer so idk about that. There is sometimes even a tiny Tabasco bottle or a dehydrated hot sauce pack in there too! The TP is functional but you will want to stack and alternate sheets at 90 degree angles to make it usable. I wish I had access to these when I was in the Scouts. would have been way better to take with me on hiking and camping trips. At the current price (about $40/case) this works out to $3.33/MRE which is an insanely good price/calorie. The only thing to watch out for is the amount of sugar in the drinks. As a rather stagnant middle-aged guy I don't need a zillion empty calories like the young people who are out in the field burning a zillion cals a day in the sun. The chocolate "protein" drink is only 14g protein and 35g sugar. it's great and tastes like hot chocolate but you'll get the beetus if you OD on these.

Look, we have bought the range of packaged meals. Some tout freshness- they are. Some tout cuisine- fair enough. Some tout convenience- no argument here. What none of those meal services do is tout economy. There is a reason for that. This is a simple math problem. 12 meals per box x 2 boxes per case= 24 meals per case. $78.96 per case. (The price has gone up over time but gee, qu'elle surprise.) That equates to $3.29 per meal. I don't eat them daily. Maybe one or two per week. My mate and the occasional grandkid might down another three or four in total over a week. Let's say you live in NH like I'm, and you get a Bic Mac meal. With NH meals tax you have driven and waited in line for a Big Mac, medium fries and medium soda pop and you are out about 10 bucks. I ate beef stew, a PBJ sandwich, an orange energy drink, crackers and cheese and applesauce for $3.29. This ain't rocket scientry. I keep two closed cases on hand because of the world we live in. I order a replacement case each time I empty a third case. I think shelf life at our house is maybe a year per case and I can't tell year old from right off the truck. I don't like every meal but I'm cheap so none go to waste. On a scale of 1 to 10 tastewise, I guess the average is about 6, some a little bit better, some a little bit worse. I would be hard-pressed to give a Big Mac meal a 6 except when you get lucky and the fries are hot out of the oil and have that perfect golden crust. Do what you want. It's your belly and your wallet.

In the military, years ago, I get my first MRE in Basic Training, on the day we ran the big obstacle course. That was a fun day, and I was starving by the time we got lunch, so I rather liked it. Later, in the 90's, I got all 12 meals, and eventually got through all of them. Not bad, but not especially delicious. When I saw the whole set was slightly more than $3 each, I decided I'd try them out again. Now with 24 different meals, there is a lot more variety. Wornick is the company that makes these, so you're getting them direct for the source. Also, over the past 50 years, there have been many, many opportunities for improvement to provide a nutritious, edible, shelf-stable meal. Not many companies have nutrition and stability as their primary goals. But they do make the selection better every year. The ingredients are high-quality, for shelf-stable. The meals are well-sized by careful science and constant improvement. Each one come with a chemical heater, so each of these can be a hot meal, even in a disaster area. To my surprise, these are also high fiber, which is something I've been looking for. I'll likely skip out the sugary drink, which I'm sure is fine, because I don't need those calories. But I'll likely have everything else. I'm surprised it's not a vitamin drink. And if I don't eat them quickly, that's fine, that's be a good emergency supply.

Very nice variety of meals that actually taste good! Easy to store and transport as well. This brand offers nice quality MREs that fix up as expected and come in higher quantities that are essential for long trips away from the creature comforts of home. I am repeat buyer for this brand, and highly recommend the product!

I bought these 24 for $85 after buying 12 for $70 from a website. The entres are mostly all pretty good. There was a chicken in sauce that didn't do so well but spaghetti, stroganoff, and chili were all pretty good. Some of the extras are poor, some are ok, some are better. Some of them have the makings for PBJ: to peices of bread, and jelly and Peanut butter, as an extra. There's a "chocolate pudding" that taste's like chocolate fudge. Overall quality compared to C-rats, is much improved. These make excellent camping/hiking meals. They come with heaters that I have never tried. Oh and chiclets in very meal.