Meal Kit Supply is a U.S. based company with a unique offering – their custom-designed MREs are assembled with an eye towards menu variety and meal diversity. Under the current menus, in a case of 12 MREs, they offer 5 different meat-based MREs, 3 different vegetarian-friendly MREs, and 4 breakfast MREs. Each meal averages around 1,200 calories. This kind of menu variety is usually missing in other civilian MRE brands that usually only offer 6 different menus and few, if any, breakfast items.

 

Meal Kit Supply is Canada Friendly

Meal Kit Supply is unique in the civilian MRE industry in that they have a dedicated online store for Canadian customers. The MREs sold there are CFIA (Canadian Food Inspection Agency) inspected and approved for distribution in Canada, which makes them the only civilian MREs that can be easily bought and sold in Canada without the buyer have to worry about shipping their US-purchased MREs through Canadian Customs and having to potentially pay import duties or even have the case of MREs seized. You can check out their Canadian storefront at Meal Kit Supply Canada.

 

MRE Price

There’s no getting around the issue of price with these Meal Kit Supply MREs. A case of 12 of these MREs currently sells for $129.95 but at least includes free shipping. When you compare this against a case of Sopakco Sure-Pak 12 MREs that you can find for $89, it seems like a steep price to pay. The question is…”are they worth it?”. With the Meal Kit Suply MREs, you get:

1. More average calories per meal (more food!)
2. More menu variety – 10 different menus vs. 6
3. Not just entree variety but a wide variety of sides, desserts, spreads, etc.
4. Breakfast items

For some shoppers, the amount of food and variety of menus – and especially the guarantee of breakfast items – will make the Meal Kit Supply MREs worth the extra premium.

For ordering information, please see their MRE store.

 

Contents

Each Meal Kit Supply MRE case contains 12 MREs that contain a variety of at least 10 different meals and a variety of different sides, desserts, and spreads.

 

2015 Meal Kit Supply MRE Menus

MENU 1	Calories	MENU 2	Calories	MENU 3 (Vegetarian)	Calories
Spaghetti W Meat and Sauce Potatoes, Au Gratin TFF Carrot Pound Cake MRE Cracker Cheese Spread Grape Electrolyte Beverage Hot Sauce	220 220 290 180 180 90 25	Chili With Beans Fried Rice TFF Lemon Poppy Seed Pound Cake MRE Cracker Strawberry Jam Lemon Lime Electrolyte Beverage	240 220 270 180 70 90	Vegetarian Ratatouille Potatoes, Au Gratin Chocolate Chip Cookie MRE Cracker Peanut Butter Lemon Lime Electrolyte Beverage BBQ Sauce	210 220 280 180 250 90 25
Total:	1205	Total:	1070	Total:	1255
MENU 4 (Vegetarian)	Calories	MENU 5	Calories	MENU 6	Calories
Cheese Tortelini Fried Rice Strawberry Toaster Pastry MRE Cracker Peanut Butter Grape Electrolyte Beverage	240 220 210 180 250 90	Beef Ravioli in Meat Sauce Black Beans in Sauce Chocolate Pudding MRE Cracker Cheese Spread Lemon Lime Electrolyte Beverage Cocoa Beverage	280 130 300 180 180 90 180	Beef Taco Black Beans in Sauce TFF Spice Pound Cake TFF Tortillas Orange Electrolyte Beverage Cocoa Beverage Hot Sauce	240 130 260 220 90 180 25
Total:	1190	Total:	1,340	Total:	1145
MENU 7	Calories	MENU 8 (Vegetarian)	Calories	MENU 9 (Breakfast)	Calories
Meatballs in Marinara Sauce Black Beans in Sauce Vanilla Pudding MRE Cracker Peanut Butter Lemon Lime Electrolyte Beverage BBQ Sauce	280 130 300 180 250 90 25	Vegetable Lasagna Zapplesauce TFF Fudge Brownie MRE Cracker Grape Jelly Orange Electrolyte Beverage	250 130 320 180 70 90	Hashbrown with Bacon, Peppers, and Onions Brown Sugar Toaster Pastry TFF Spice Pound Cake Wheat Snack Bread Peanut Butter Fruit Punch Electrolyte Beverage Cocoa Beverage	260 210 260 180 250 90 180
Total:	1255	Total:	1040	Total:	1430
MENU 10 (Breakfast)	Calories	MENU 11 (Breakfast)	Calories	MENU 12 (Breakfast)	Calories
Pork Sausage Patty Zapplesauce Strawberry Toaster Pastry Wheat Snack Bread Grape Jelly Orange Electrolyte Beverage Cocoa Beverage	240 130 210 180 70 90 180	Pork Sausage Patty Zapplesauce Chocolate Toaster Pastry Wheat Snack Bread Blackberry Jam Orange Electrolyte Beverage Cocoa Beverage	240 130 210 180 70 90 180	Hashbrown with Bacon, Peppers, and Onions Zapplesauce Brown Sugar Toaster Pastry MRE Cracker Peanut Butter Fruit Punch Electrolyte Beverage Cocoa Beverage	260 130 210 180 250 90 180
Total:	1100	Total:	1100	Total:	1203
				Avg. Calories per MRE: Total Calories per Case:	1,203 14,333

Accessory Pack in every meal contains: 6″ military MRE spoon, instant coffee sugar, non-dairy creamer, moist towelette, napkin, salt, pepper.

Cocoa Beverage Powder in 7 meals (menus 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)

Hot Sauce in 4 meals (menus 2, 3, 6 and 8).

Here’s a link to a PDF file with a complete listing of the 2015 Meal Kit Supply menus and nutritional information:

Previous menus:

2010 Supercase Menus and Nutritional Information (PDF)

2009 Supercase Menus and Nutritional Information (PDF)

2008 Supercase menus and nutritional information (PDF)

 

 

Meal Kit Supply Case

Here’s a closer look at a Meal Kit Supply case. Inside each case is a nice pamphlet list all of the nutritional information for each MRE.

Front of case

Sides of case

Bottom of case: notice the date code (3018) and the great explanation of how to read it (2nd picture)

 

MRE Review

Meal Kit Supply was kind enough to send us a case of their latest MREs so here’s a quick look at the contents of a Meal Kit Supply MRE from 2013:

MRE bag: very nice custom design and layout. I especially like all the nutritional information on the back of the MRE bag!

Contents and accessory pack of the “Chicken with Noodles” MRE

From last year’s menus, here’s a look inside the “Penne Pasta with Vegetable Sausage Crumbles in Spicy Tomato Sauce” entree:

Wheat Snack Bread and Grape Jelly

Caramel Apple Ranger Bar

Pears

 

Meal Kit Supply Flameless Ration Heater

One of the things that makes Meal Kit Supply MREs unique is their flameless ration heater. This FRH is specially produced for MKS. As you can see in the picture on the right, the MKS FRH is much bigger than the standard FRH. Not only is it bigger than the standard FRH, it also operates differently.

 

 

Unique FRH Operation

Instead of opening the top of the FRH and putting the entree inside to be heated, you’re supposed to wrap the FRH around the entree. This actually works a lot better for heating because as you can see in the picture below of an entree wrapped up in the FRH, both sides get heated at once as opposed to a standard FRH where just the bottom side of the entree pouch is heated. This FRH-wrapping feature also gives you room to be creative – you could place a second entree or side dish on top of the first, wrap them both together, and heat two entrees at once. Or you could even place a side item on top of the whole wrapped bundle and take advantage of some of the heat coming off the top of the FRH.

  

 

Meal Kit Supply 6-Pack (MRE-light)

In the United States, Meal Kit Supply also offers a smaller version of their full MRE case. This is a case of 6 MREs and the contents are intended to provider a lighter, more lunch-like meal that contains about half the calories of their full MRE product.

Here’s a look at the 6-Pack Menus for 2013:

 

Here’s a link to a PDF file with a complete listing of the 2015 Meal Kit Supply 6-Pack menus and nutritional information.

6-Pack case contents and sample meal:

 

Video Reviews of Meal Kit Supply MREs

 

Pork Sausage Patty

Chili with Beans