vendredi 24 mai 2013

Shelf Stable Meals Have A Variety Of Uses

By Tisha Greer


There are a lot of people who may not be aware of exactly what shelf stable meals really are. One of the easiest comparisons is to say they are the same as an MRE or Meal Ready to Eat as used by troops in the military. Those were really some of the first production foods made in this way. Basically they are meals and food products prepared in a certain way so as to have a very long shelf life.

There is of course a bit more to it than just that. Sometimes the process can include removing the water or moisture from the foods or dehydrating it so it will last a bit longer. The packaging also has a lot to do with it too. Removing all of the air along with the water and sealing it tight will prevent moisture and air from getting to the food and allowing it to mold or spoil.

For scenarios such as those shelf stable meals can make all the difference in the world. These can last a very long time in an ambient temperature environment and are ready to eat upon opening. Nothing else can last as long or make getting to the food as easy as it is with these products. They are life savers.

The same reasons are why they are used at home when disaster strikes. A hurricane or a flood or even a big winter storm. Anything that shuts down power or shuts down transportation or blocks the streets can make it impossible for relief to get where it needs to be. If you have a stock of shelf stable meals at home you have nothing to worry about.

These food products can help by preventing our senior citizens from becoming malnourished or even starving in some cases. There are some services that can bring daily lunch and dinner to their homes to help with such issues. If they happen to live in a care center of some kind, these can still be used there as well.

So these ready to eat meals are a great help because they can just store them in crates or somewhere in their vehicle and then hand them out to anybody and they can eat right away. They do not have to prepare it in any way. Everything they need is included in the package and all of the food will be fresh.

If it was not for products such as these they would surely have a much more difficult time getting food of any type to some of these people. Especially when they have already lost their homes, their villages, and everything else. These meals are also used in large numbers for senior care here in the United States.

Shelf stable meals do a lot of good wherever they are used. They are easy to transport, easy to store, and they do not require any effort really to prepare and serve. For people who would otherwise have a difficult time getting some sort of sustenance things like this can be life savers.




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