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.
Anyone with a short-term, high-intensity mission where weight is critical or anyone who has a cold weather mission can order these for their use.
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.
At a focus group at the end of evaluation, Soldiers were saying that the entree was too big. I'd never heard that before.