title: Canned rice products as Philippine military food ration.
abstract: Canned prototypes of rice (CR) and rice meal with pork sausage (CRM) were developed as military food ration models for evaluation by personnel in the Bonifacio Naval Station, Fort Bonifacio, Makati, Philippines. The prototypes were produced based on the assumption that a serving size equivalent to 400 g cooked rice and a meat-based viand using a 1:4 (wt/wt) viand to rice ratio was adequate as a single-serve meal for a typical Philippine military personnel. The CR and CRM prototypes were low acid products with pH values of 4.9 and 5.5, respectively. The processed rice portions of the prototypes showed about 200% volume and weight increases, moderate clumpiness and low percentage breakage. More than 90% of the respondents agreed that CR and CRM were suitable military food rations. Majority of the panelists indicated preference for meat-based and poultry-based viands. Bulk and weight portativity problems, however, were raised with the 400 g serving size of cooked products in cans.
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Science and Nutrition, College of Home Economics, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City. ma_patricia.azanza@up.edu.ph
authors.forename: Maria Patricia V
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Azanza
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005511:Food Handling; D005518:Food Preferences; D005519:Food Preservation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008460:Meat; D008875:Middle Aged; D008889:Military Personnel; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D012275:Oryza; D010679:Philippines