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===Field rations===
[[Field ration]]s, called ''manot krav'', usually consist of canned [[tuna]], [[sardines]], [[beans]], [[sarma (food)|stuffed vine leaves]], [[maize]] and [[fruit cocktail]] and bars of [[halva]].  Packets of fruit-flavoured drink powder are provided along with condiments like [[ketchup]], [[Mustard (condiment)|mustard]], chocolate spread and jam. Around 2010, the IDF announced that certain freeze-dried [[MRE]]s served in water-activated disposable heaters like [[goulash]], turkey [[schwarma]] and [[meatballs]] would be introduced as field rations.<ref>{{cite web| last = Steinberg| first = Jessica| title = The rationale behind the rations| website = [[The Times of Israel]]| access-date = 2018-09-20| url = http://www.timesofisrael.com/the-rationale-behind-the-rations/| archive-date = 19 August 2014| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140819102909/http://www.timesofisrael.com/the-rationale-behind-the-rations/| url-status = live}}</ref>

One staple of these rations was ''[[Spam (food)#Israel|loof]]'', a type of Kosher [[Spam (food)|spam]] made from chicken or beef that was phased out around 2008.<ref>{{cite web| title = 6 things you never knew about Spam| work = The Daily Meal| format = Text.Article| access-date = 2018-09-20| date = 2016-09-28| url = https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/6-things-you-never-knew-about-spam/| archive-date = 20 September 2018| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180920122557/http://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/2016/09/28/6-things-never-knew-about-spam.html| url-status = live}}</ref> Food historian Gil Marks has written that: "Many Israeli soldiers insist that Loof uses all the parts of the cow that the hot dog manufacturers will not accept, but no one outside of the manufacturer and the kosher supervisors know what is inside."<ref>{{cite web| title = Kosher Spam: a Breef history| work = Jewish Telegraphic Agency| access-date = 2018-09-20| date = 2011-11-20| url = https://www.jta.org/2011/11/20/the-archive-blog/kosher-spam-a-breef-history| archive-date = 5 July 2018| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180705063334/https://www.jta.org/2011/11/20/the-archive-blog/kosher-spam-a-breef-history| url-status = live}}</ref>