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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/new-rations-for-afghanistan-troops.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Private Ryan Salmon (left) and Private Shaun Stranack eat the new 12-hour ration packs issued to British soldiers in Afghanistan" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/min-new-rations-for-afghanistan-troops.jpg" alt="Private Ryan Salmon (left) and Private Shaun Stranack eat the new 12-hour ration packs issued to British soldiers in Afghanistan"/></a></p>
<p>British troops on the front line in Afghanistan are tucking into improved ration packs.</p>
<p>They include new lightweight packs for patrols lasting 12 hours or less, which contain a sandwich and a main meal like chicken curry or steak and vegetables that can be heated up with a chemical water heater.</p>
<p>The updated menus &#8211; among them Hindu, Sikh, halal and vegetarian options &#8211; are designed to meet troops&#8217; nutritional needs in different environments and supply the 4,000 or more calories a day they burn up while on active service.</p>
<p>They were developed under a £140 million contract with Purple Foodservice Solutions, based in Petersfield, Hampshire, which is expected to save the Ministry of Defence £1.6 million a year.</p>
<p>Private Ryan Salmon, from 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment, welcomed the new menus.</p>
<p>He said: &#8220;The new 12-hour ration packs are a great change from the normal rations. It contains beef jerky and a sandwich which are great for a quick meal. The chemical water heater and main meal are good when you are on short ops. You can get a quick warm scoff and not worry about messing around with a cooker.&#8221;</p>
<p>A typical menu for the new lightweight 12-hour ration packs would be: Barbecue beef sandwich; meatballs and pasta or pasta bolognese; beef jerky; fruity oatie biscuit; menthol chewing gum; golden oat bar; fruit and nut mix; mixed fruit sweets.</p>
<p>Troops would also typically get a lemon energy drink, a cherry isotonic drink and two raspberry-flavoured water drinks.</p>
<p>All the packs also contain a heating pouch, water sterilisation tablets, a reusable bag, tissues, a spoon and wet wipes.</p>
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