MRE Star with flameless heaters

The title is misleading. While these are meals and are "ready to eat", the term "MRE" normally refers to a specific type of government-issue ration. These are somewhat good, but significantly inferior to "real" MREs. (It's been several years since I had "real" MREs; from what I understand, they are continuously improved upon. My last MREs dated from around 2002.)The meals I received consisted of a main course (some type of stew or pasta in sauce), dried fruit, mixed nuts, 4 lemon cookies, and drink mix. Also included was a heater pouch and a small accessory pack with spoon, napkin, salt, pepper, coffee, and sugar. They might have a wider selection of main dishes, but everything I received was stew or pasta.Give this to anyone who has eaten a real MRE, and they will immediately ask: "Where's the peanut butter?" - it's not here. Neither is the actual side dish present in most MREs, nor are the crackers.While food choices are going to be limited in any type of ration, these offer a particularly narrow selection. Every meal is stew, fruit, nuts, cookies. I've eaten "real" MREs for a week straight without a major reason to complain; I would tire of these after three in a row.With "real" MREs, the type of main dish varies and isn't limited to stews and pastas. The side dish/dessert varies, and there is even some variation in the rest: plain crackers, vegetable crackers, bread; peanut butter, cheese, jalapeño cheese; various types of jams jelly. I've heard some new ones include a milkshake!While you probably won't find real, government-issue MREs on Amazon, you can find very similar products.  9218 SURE PAK COMPLETE MEALS WITH HEATER This page has a lot more information on this product: mreinfo com

This items description was posted as "...Features: 12 MRE Full Case. 8 oz Entree (6 varieties, 2 of each in every case, total 12 MRE kits per case). ..." I received only 11 "MRE"'s and they were very small ratios in comparison to the gov. issued MRE, Also the description says you would receive two of each of the six, i received 3 of one kind and a few that i only got one of... this MRE package doesn't include any heater for your coarse like an MRE should and in the description it tells you that with your meal you will receive "Side Dish or Dry Fruit. 2 oz Raisins & Mix Nuts. 2 oz Cookies. Drink Mix (orange flavor). Accessory Pack (spoon, coffee, sugar, creamer, salt, pepper, napkin, moist towel)." I did not receive any Dry fruit, Raisins & mixed nuts, or Drink mix and the accessory pack didnt contain any creamer or a napkin. The description of this product is missleading in every way...I would NOT recommend this product to anyone due to the missleading nature of the discription!

Purchased as a gift for my son and he loves them. They are kind of bland in my opinion and they do need to be heated up. These DO NOT include the heater.

These MREs are great when the world falls apart in our time,or just to go camping in the wild out doors.

It's food and I was hungry....Perfect for camping, hiking, hunting, end of the world, etc... Me, I've eaten them while I was in the service and have always liked them...so I was hungry and ate till I was full...LOL

Bought for bugout kit. Haven't used yet. Sampled kit & tasted great. Cannot see why it wouldn't work. It's a simple filter. For me, it's cheap insurance.

I was disappointed to learn how dated (old) the package only after I received it. Next time post the age of the product when selling the product.

Tastes better than a standard MRE