Field Acceptability and Consumption of CR1M and Potential New Food Items during the Hot Weather Ration Trial

Abstract

The Combat Ration One Man (CR1M) is the combat ration pack (CRP) used predominately by the Australian Defence Force (ADF). Soldiers frequently discard a large number of items within this pack for various reasons. To enable continuous improvement of CRP, it is important that both acceptability and consumption of current and potential new items be regularly reviewed. This report details an analysis of the data collected during the trial of a prototype Hot Weather Ration (HWR). Poor acceptability and consumption rates were found for some products, whilst others were highly acceptable and well consumed. Recommendations are made for improvement or replacement of several items, which can be used to inform future CR1M versions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 2011
Accession Number
ADA554556

Entities

People

  • Charina J. Kullen
  • Julia E. Carins

Organizations

  • Defence Science and Technology Group

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Acceptability
  • Australia
  • Beverages
  • Chocolate
  • Food
  • Meals
  • Nutritional Sciences
  • Packaging
  • Plant Exudates
  • Prototypes
  • Questionnaires
  • Rate Of Consumption
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Training
  • Vegetables
  • Warfare

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  • Materials Science
  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).
  • Systems Analysis and Design