SOLDIERS’ NEW IRON RATION
The weight of the iron ration which British soldiers carry ilniler field service conditions is to be reduced by 1 Mb. The present ration is made up in dark-looking slabs containing 60 per cent, of chocolate. It is not as palatable as it could be. for it is mixed witli ingredients to discourage the soldier from eating it except when he is really in need of food. The new ration is in the experimental
stage. being built upon a scientific basis to satisfy the demands of the body, while weighing as little as possible. The Army Medical College has tested it for food values, and the soldiers were to test it under service conditions during the (mining season. As constituted at present the ration has- foods in the following percentage. —l’ci flour 29 cocoa butter 2a. sugat 25 cocoa powder 10, beef powder 10. and oil of lemon 1. The new ration weighs t lb., as compared with 21b. for the old one.
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Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 35, 4 November 1933, Page 5
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167SOLDIERS’ NEW IRON RATION Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 35, 4 November 1933, Page 5
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