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Thursday 15 August 2013

The Advantages Of Halal Rations

By Cara Torres


Halal rations are made to feed various Muslim military service officers who need to observe a certain diet that abides the Islamic laws. These meals are packed in obedience to some religious rules or standards. These are filled and packed with servings that are enough to suffice the nutritional requirements of every person.

Halal simply means permissible and lawful. This is a label that is give to some objects and items that are allowed by the Islamic law. For the foods, there is no rule that mandates the way of packing and preparing it. Its primary concern is to avoid meat or animal tissues. Haram is the opposite of halal that would mean prohibited or forbidden. This is seen most often in various products which include pork and alcohol.

Each meal pack contains a certain serving of qualified entrees and other complementary items that are approved by various religious groups. Every pack should be filled in a specific way and usually comes in two average boxes. The first one is often filled with a dozen entrees and the second one has certain components such as seasonings or condiments that are allowed and approved.

The duration period of these rations for it to stay fresh would be up to ten months from the delivery date. Its minimum shelf life is only good for three months. In several countries, purchasing of such items are only limited to the military. Also, those agencies that are supported and authorized by the government may as well get their own rations. However, these cannot be bought individually in some private sectors.

A typical rice meal would include beef stew, noodles and chicken. It may also have brown rice together with a chicken and a sauce. Other meals are pasta with some garden vegetables. There is also lasagna, chicken and black beans, chicken Mediterranean, lamb and barley stew and vegetarian stew.

Some of the complementary components and extra items which are present in every pack are pepper, salt, tissues, pepper, spoon and moist towelettes. It could also have other items that are best for beverages like sugar, coffee, creamer and cocoa. The typical snacks would be granola bars, raisins, peanuts, cereals, bagel chips and snack mixes.

Every meal is properly cooked and can be heated in the microwave for as less as two minutes. It can always be heated again or even eaten without some preparations. Some of these do not even require adding of water.

It is no surprise to know that these meals comes with nutritional benefits. This is due to proper packaging that does not require the addition of preservatives. These contains about 1200 calories that could suffice the nutritional requirements even for the following meal. Although these are packaged with due respect to various religious standards, you are not forced to be a Muslim just to eat one.

These halal rations are not limited to various food choices that will suit your daily lifestyle. It could also be present in different items like cosmetic and pharmaceuticals. It will not permit some products that contain animal substances that all Muslims should not consume or even apply to the body.




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