At a focus group at the end of evaluation, Soldiers were saying that the entree was too big. I'd never heard that before.

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We're trying to get some variety and take-out products that are not doing well. We really didn't know the current relative acceptability of the menu items except for some of the components used in other rations.

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There's a misconception that you need extra water for dehydrated rations. You need a given amount of water per day depending on activity and temperature. Whether some of that comes in the food or is consumed separately, the water requirement is the same.

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