A demand from soldiers sparked development of a new pizza that won’t go bad any time soon.
To satisfy hungry US troops, a pizza with a shocking three year shelf life has been created.
While soldiers may claim to be fighting fit, it seems they just can’t do without a slice of the yummy savoury fast food.
Together with the demands of soldiers posted abroad who were apparently desperate for pizza, scientists at the Natick Combat Feeding Directorate got to work.
Although the task was challenging, they managed to come up with the ‘shelf stable pizza’, which is now in the final stage of taste testing.
This will soon be added to the American Army’s menu of MREs, which stands for ‘Meal, Ready to Eat.’
Jeremy Whitsitt, of the Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center in Massachusetts, told The Army Times, “Since the dawn of time, almost, pizza has been one of the most requested and sought-after components in an MRE.”
MREs are nutritional staples for combat troops on the battlefield and have received undesirable nicknames including “Meals Rejected by Everyone” and “Materials Resembling Edibles.”
But each MRE provides 1,300 calories of high fat and sodium nourishment targeted specifically for active combat duty.
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