Troops can expect at least three new varieties of MREs next year, including Cuban-style beef picadillo with veggies, buffalo chicken, and red curry chicken and rice.
will be replaced by new options. The Pentagon is also adding more snacks, such as a s’mores "recovery bar" and freeze-dried chocolate peanut butter bites.
Coffee packets will be replaced by energy chews and jells, caffeinated gum, and caffeinated jelly beans.
Those are among the new MREs expected to start coming out next year after food scientists at the Army’s feeding division in Natick, Massachusetts received feedback from troops on what flavors they wanted and didn’t want.
Author's summary: New MRE items are coming soon with improved flavors and snacks.