when i was down in lae i bought some of my favourtie foods - these packet meals are amazing. you don't have to do much at all: put a silver pouch in boiling water for 5mins, that's it. and what's inside the pouch actually comes out looking exactly like what's on the cover! veg and all. and yet there are no artificialities whatsoever. how do they do it? i don't know. this time i actually read the back: the food "technology" is developed by the Defence Food Research Lab in the Ministry of Defence in India. i've had space food before, but not defence food. impressed.