Lot of military activity and training near me so it was inevitable it would happen one day. I was forced to eat some old ones during a school field trip. Got stuck in bothy once with PrivateParts because of the winds and rain prevented a ferry from getting us back to main land. We were running out of food and military left some MRE's in a cupboard after an exercise. I choose no food over that stuff. Thats the most effective review I can give.