In addition to missiles, mortars, bombs and machine guns, Italy is also sending thousands of packages of “K food" to the Ucrania, the daily meal for those fighting against Russia.
It is an ultra-compact package, each containing three modules: breakfast, lunch and dinner. That's around 4 calories, according to data from the Italian army.
K ration was introduced by the United States of America in 1942 during the Second World War.
The first combat food kit was studied by the physiologist Ancel Keys (hence the English name K-Ration), who selected biscuits, pork sausages, candies and chocolate bars to make up a heavy ration (870 grams) and capable of providing 3.200 calories.
New K rations do italian army they no longer provide for the use of a camp stove: the packages contain a solution that, after gentle pressure, causes a chemical reaction that heats the contents of the “breakfast, lunch and dinner” kit, weighing 500 grams. The doses and menus were designed to guarantee around 28% of total energy at breakfast, 50% at lunch and 22% at dinner, according to the Corriere della Sera.
At breakfast There is no shortage of bread or biscuits, two portions of fruit jam, a chocolate bar, a portion of biscuits and an energy bar.
At lunch There are first and second courses, bread sticks, desserts, energy drinks and energy bars. But there is also tortellini with meat sauce, pasta with beans, tuna and peas, sausage and turkey, as well as fruit salad. The kit also includes a fiber bar.
For dinner Something lighter is served. The kit contains the main dish, biscuits, toast, cereal and fruit bars, alternating according to the different menus. Also included are Minestrone canned (Italian soup), rice and chicken salad.
Other food products also include “ready cappuccino”, sugar-free chewing gum for oral hygiene and in some cases even toothbrushes, tablets to purify water and damp towels.
The K rations of NATO countries are all different from each other, but each with its own peculiarity, but the Italian version ended up being the most appreciated by soldiers in Afghanistanaccording to the The Guardian.
