COMPRESSED FOOD
Emergency Ration For Airmen (6 p.m.) MELBOURNE, Jan. 26. Dietetic research officers attached to the Royal Australian Air Force have been experimenting with the production of compressed emergency rations for issue to all R.A.A.F. crews. As a basis for comparison, these officers have analysed the Japanese naval emergency rations. The enemy samples, wrapped in edible rice paper, came from the Navy stores at Yokohama. The ration Is highly .compressed, being about a quarter the size of the present Australian services’ emergency ration, which is packed in a 100-cigarette tin. This Japanese ration comprises five compressed cubes containing glucose, butter, dried milk, peanuts, and some small seeds. The taste is described as “vaguely Oriental." Supplying t . many calories as lhe much-iiiore-bulkv Australian emergency ration, this i designed to enable a man to "live oil his tat." at the same lime supplying .sufficient heal units to keep his eiicruy high. Other Japanese ration issues have bee'n found to contain a high proportion of kelp seaweed with valuable nutritive qualities, as well as a healthful iodine content.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CLIII, Issue 22490, 27 January 1943, Page 5
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176COMPRESSED FOOD Timaru Herald, Volume CLIII, Issue 22490, 27 January 1943, Page 5
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