US ARMY DESIGNING MEAT ALTERNATIVES FOR FIELD RATIONS
September 1st, 2012
BY MJ DESCHAMPS
A TASTIER, healthier and cheaper meat alternative is being designed for American soldiers to eat in combat, its developers claim. Three parties - the US Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center, the Department of Defense's Combat Feeding Directorate (CFD) and US integrated food processor FPL Food - are collaborating on the jerky-type product.
It is manufactured in a "continuous osmotic dehydration" process, using ground meat that is dehydrated - or cured.
The military currently uses conventional beef jerky ...
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