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Canned food is heavy and bulky (mostly from the extra water, not the can itself). Normal canned vegetables aren't very calorie-dense either, which is one of the
by alexhutcheson 8y ago
Canned food is heavy and bulky (mostly from the extra water, not the can itself). Normal canned vegetables aren't very calorie-dense either, which is one of the criteria MREs are trying to hit.
- tomatotomato37 8y agoCanned food also isn't as resistant to damage as a flexible bag of odds and ends can be, and more importantly tends to harbor bioweapon-tier food poisoning when it does get damaged