This is a great 99PI podcast about the US Army Natick center, which develops military rations. https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/war-and-pizza/ https://99

This is a great 99PI podcast about the US Army Natick center, which develops military rations. https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/war-and-pizza/ https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/war-and-pizza/ Part of the mission is to develop the technology and then commercialize it. Now you have a number of factories that are capable of switching into ration production if the need arises. Things like powdered cheese, condiment packets, and retort packaging came out of this research.