[Forrest Mosby]

Saw an ad for the individual Mixed Fruit side dishes at a good price...Im an old C Ration guy...Dont know a lot about the new menus...Is the Mixed Fruit wet pack Fruit Cocktail or some other mixture?

 

[Oaty]

MRE eater

IMHO. Old brown package mres had the freeze dried mixed fruit. (dbl yub) the newer light brown/tan mres have the wet mixed fruit. I could have missed something, but have eaten my tonage of mres at work and on the trail. I prefer the British 24hr packs. When humpping I like Mountain House freeze dried.

Oaty

 

[Simple-Jack]

IMHO. Old brown package mres had the freeze dried mixed fruit. (dbl yub) the newer light brown/tan mres have the wet mixed fruit. I could have missed something, but have eaten my tonage of mres at work and on the trail. I prefer the British 24hr packs. When humpping I like Mountain House freeze dried.

Oaty

Correct. Old = freeze dried. New - wet.

 

[MikeK]

Saw an ad for the individual Mixed Fruit side dishes at a good price...Im an old C Ration guy...Dont know a lot about the new menus...Is the Mixed Fruit wet pack Fruit Cocktail or some other mixture?

It's fruit cocktail very similar to the canned version.

 

[topsurvivor1]

fruit

While i personally have not tasted it i just red the reviews and most folks say its quite tasty.

 

[Oaty]

MRE

Im still eating MRE's leftover from Katrina. None have gone bad. I keep them in the house. So they are not exposed to rapid and prolonged heat/cold. However, I have gutted the old dark brown mres for the goodies that I could store. Even the matches had issues. Matches would not light. kept the spoons, toliet paper etc. Note: Heater packs have changed design over the years, some are worthless while others are mini nuke power plants.

 

[Forrest Mosby]

It's fruit cocktail very similar to the canned version.

Thank You...That's what I wanted to know :thumb:

 

[Forrest Mosby]

If I can get a decent price I sometimes purchase the individual main entrees by bulk, usually a case of 72 and throw them in the freezer...they stay stable until the power goes off for the final time then the clock starts again..I have stuff been frozen 20 years..waiting...

 

[enemy mind]

"It's fruit cocktail very similar to the canned version."

Yes, real good, but enough sugar and corn syrup to gag a goat.

Serving Size 1 pouch (128 g)
Servings Per Container 1
Calories 100
Calories From Fat 0
Total Fat 0 g 0%
Saturated Fat 0 g 0%
Cholesterol 0 mg 0%
Sodium 25 mg 1%
Total Carbohydrate 24 g 8%
Dietary Fiber 2 g 8%
Sugars 16 g
Protein 0 g
Vitamin A 2%
Vitamin C 45%
Calcium 0%
Iron 0%

Ingredients: Fruit Cocktail in Light Syrup [Diced Peaches, Diced Pears, Water, Grapes, Corn Syrup, Pineapple Segments, Halved Cherries Artificially Colored Red, Sugar], Sugar, Contains 2% or less of the following: Sodium Citrate Dihydrate, Vitamin C [Ascorbic Acid]