Saturday, October 29, 2016

A Basic Primer On Halal MRE

By Carolyn Brooks


Everywhere in the world the Islamic culture is infecting everyone and everything, including new words and phrases. Two such phrases that are becoming more salient in the Western World is halal and haram, basically meaning allowed and forbidden respectively. You may have seen halal MRE in stores or even online, or if you are in the military, may have seen some of your mates eating it. After seeing what it is, you are probably wondering what it is.

Food that is prescribed in a certain way of preparation by the Koran and overseen by a Muslim cleric or imam is food that is considered blessed or loosely termed as halal. In getting this food it is more than just putting a label on the bottle or package, for true Muslims will know its authenticity, as labels attesting to this kind of food will include sources of ingredients as well as modes of preparation until the final product.

The lack of pork and MSG is a general characteristic of this kind of food, and also the general lack of preservatives per se. It will not include blood or alcohol in its content and animal based gelatin I never used. Halal ingredients will always include the freshest of ingredients such as grains and cereals, fruits and vegetables, dairy products and select spices and herbs.

The food of today, including even fast foods and popular mainstream Western fare like pizza are now being prepared the this way to jump on the seeming bandwagon effect of people liking this food more as more convert to Islam as a way of life. It has also become a lucrative business of selling this kind of prepared food. Most will say however, that with the move towards this kind of preparation, it will make food more expensive.

As this trend has affected mainstream food it has also affected other items for commercial use such as cosmetics and even clothing. In addition it has also affected such activities such as tourism even, where the distinction is seen in hotels not serving alcohol or forbidden foods, separate facilities for men and women and so on and so forth.

This trend has also affected the way the United States military operates, especially in the way that it prepares Meal Ready to Eat packs prepared in this method. Theoretically in the end, you will be getting to eat something that is healthier, but likewise something that also costs a bit more, due to increased time to prepare amongst other things.

According to those who eat MRE that is halal, they say that it is much more healthier when compared to the standard MRE. This is because this MRE does that contain MSG, asparteme, trans fats, sucralose and other ingredients which have a high sugar content. A soldier that eats this healthier MRE will in theory be less fatigued and jumpy in combat situations due to the exclusion of the prohibited and unhealthy ingredients.

In the end you will really decide if this product is for you or not. Whether you like it or not, or you find it healthier or not, just remember that this product will be a bit more expensive, being 10 to 30 percent more expensive than the regular ordinary MRE.




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