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SECTION C

The Food Packet, Modular Operational Ration Enhancement (MORE) provides a special 

purpose enhancement packet for the Warfighter and complements both individual and group 

rations. This packet of performance enhancing and high carbohydrate foods will help the 

Warfighter maintain optimal performance levels in extreme operational environments and 

during high intensity missions.

C-1 ITEM DESCRIPTION

ACR-F-002C, FOOD PACKET, MODULAR OPERATIONAL RATION 

ENHANCEMENT (MORE), ASSEMBLY REQUIREMENTS

Types

Type I - High Altitude/Cold Weather

Type II - Hot Weather

C-2 ASSEMBLY REQUIREMENTS

 A. Components. The components are specified in table I.

TABLE I. Components

Component Reference

Beverage Powder, Carbohydrate

Fortified Ascorbic Acid and Enhanced Maltodextrin

Flat Interlocking Closure Pouch

 Grape

 Lemon-Lime

 Orange

 Tropical Punch

PCR-B-055

Formulation b

Design B

 Flavor 2

 Flavor 3

 Flavor 4

 Flavor 5

Beverage Powder, Carbohydrate Electrolyte

Flat Interlocking Closure Pouch

 Fruit Punch

 Grape

 Lemon-Lime

 Orange

PCR-B-013A

Design B

 Flavor I

 Flavor II

 Flavor III

 Flavor IV
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TABLE I. Components - Continued

Component Reference

Chewing Gum

Tablet, Large, With Caffeine, Regular

Peppermint

Cinnamon

Disk, Regular, With Caffeine, Regular

Peppermint

Cinnamon

A-A-20175E

Type I, Size C, Style (2), Class 1

Flavor a

Flavor c

Type VII, Size B, Style (2), Class 1

Flavor a

Flavor c

Chocolate Pudding

Chocolate Pudding With Caffeine

PCR-C-081A

Type I

Crackers, Fortified

Plain

PCR-C-037A

Type I

Energy Gel

Mixed Berry

Lemon Lime

Orange

PCR-E-018

Flavor I

Flavor II

Flavor III

First Strike Bars

Chocolate, Regular

Mocha, Mini

PCR-F-001A

Flavor I, Style A

Flavor V, Style B

Fruits, Infused, Dried

Cranberries, Sliced, Unflavored,

No Sulfiting Agents,

Sweetened With Nutritive Sweeteners,

Conventional

A-A-20299C

Type VII, Style B, Flavor 1,

Class (1),

Sweetening Option a,

Agricultural Practice (A)

Fruits, Wet Pack

Applesauce, Carbohydrate Enhanced, Sweetened,

Regular Style

Applesauce, Carbohydrate Enhanced, Sweetened,

Regular Style, Cinnamon

PCR-F-002D

Type VII

Type IX

Meat and Poultry Snacks, Cured

Beef, Fermented, Chopped and Formed,

Sticks, Teriyaki

A-A-20298C

Variety A, Type IV, Style a, 

 Class 2 Flavor (b)

Nut and Fruit Mix

Nuts and Raisins With Pan Coated Chocolate Disks 

PCR-N-003B

Type II

Nuts, Shelled, Roasted

Almonds (Unblanched), Flavored (Smoke)

A-A-20164E

Type VI, Style C
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TABLE I. Components - Continued

Component Reference

Snack Foods 

Pretzels, Filled Pretzels, Cheddar Cheese

Baked Snack Crackers, Cheddar Cheese

Toasted Corn Kernels, Barbecue

A-A-20195E

Type II, Style F, Flavor 1

Type V, Flavor 1

Type VI, Flavor 2

Spread Soup Mix

Cheddar Potato with Artificial Bacon Bits

PCR-S-023

Type II

Toaster Pastries

Regular, Frosted (Icing), Chocolate Chip,

Swirled and/or Drizzled Icing, Enriched Wheat Flour,

Not Fortified, Conventional, 

Single Serving Packet

A-A-20211C

Type I, Style B, Flavor 12,

Icing Option (c), Grain Composition (1),

Fortification b, Agricultural practice i ,

Servings (a)

B. Contents. The contents of each food packet type are specified in table II. Refer to table I 

for full citation and document number of components.

TABLE II. Contents

Type I - High Altitude/Cold Weather MORE

Pack 1

Chocolate Pudding, Caffeine

Nut and Fruit Mix, Type II

Toaster Pastry

Energy Gel, Mixed Berry

Snack, Filled Pretzels, Cheddar

Pack 2

First Strike Bar, Chocolate

Nut and Fruit Mix, Type II

Energy Gel, Lemon Lime

Snack, Corn Kernels, BBQ

Snack, Beef Stick, Teriyaki

Caffeinated Gum, Cinnamon

Beverage, Carb Fortified 1/

Pack 3

Crackers, Fortified, Plain

Spread Soup Mix

Applesauce, Carb, Sweetened

Snack, Baked Cracker, Cheddar

First Strike Bar, Mini Mocha

Beverage, Carb Fortified 1/

Type II – Hot Weather MORE

Pack 1

Chocolate Pudding, Caffeine

Dried Cranberries

Energy Gel, Mixed Berry

Snack, Filled Pretzels, Cheddar

Beverage, Carbo Electro (2) 1/

Pack 2

First Strike Bar, Chocolate

Nuts, Almonds, Smoke Flavored

Energy Gel, Lemon Lime

Applesauce, Carb, Sweetened

Caffeinated Gum, Peppermint

Beverage, Carbo Electro (2) 1/

Pack 3

Energy Gel, Orange

Snack, Corn Kernels, BBQ

Applesauce, Carb, Cinnamon

Nut and Fruit Mix, Type II

First Strike Bar, Mini Mocha

Beverage, Carbo Electro (2) 1/
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1/ Flavors shall be procured in equal quantities and assembled in a distribution which 

provides the greatest variation. When pack contains two beverages, they shall be different 

flavors.

SECTION D

D-1 PACKAGING

 A. Components.

(1) Time-temperature indicator (TTI) label. The TTI label shall be a 3/4 inch square, 

bull’s-eye type, pressure sensitive adhesive label. The TTI label shall have an activation 

energy (Ea) of 24–30 kcal/mole, be protected from ultraviolet radiation and have a shelf life 

of 1100 days at 80°F as pivot point.

(2) Assembly package. The assembly package shall be of sufficient thickness and 

strength to contain the pack components without tearing or spillage of meal contents 

throughout assembly, packing and distribution. Material will be suitably formulated for use 

with food packages.

 B. Assembly.

(1) Food packet, MORE assembly. Each applicable component for each MORE food 

packet as described in table II shall be inserted into the assembly package. The assembly 

package shall be shrink wrapped or heat-sealed (as applicable) with material suitably 

formulated for use with food. If closed by heat seal, the seal shall be not less than 1/8 inch 

wide, and vacuum sealing is permitted. The sealed assembly package shall not show any 

evidence of foreign odor. The size of the finished assembly packet shall allow for the packing 

of 24 food packets into the box.

D-2 LABELING

 

 A. Food packet, MORE. Each MORE food packet shall be correctly and legibly labeled on 

at least one face with permanent ink or other dark contrasting color. The label shall cite (as 

applicable):
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Modular Operational Ration Enhancement (MORE) 

(Note: shall be printed in BOLD font)

Type I: High Altitude/Cold Weather (Note: shall be printed in BOLD font)

Pack number (Note: shall be printed in BOLD font)

Specially designed for added nutrition during high altitude operations or at temperatures 

below 40°F

(May also be consumed at temperatures between 40-70°F) (Note: shall be printed in 

italicized font) 

Contents list

Name and address of assembler

OR

Modular Operational Ration Enhancement (MORE) 

(Note: shall be printed in BOLD font)

Type II: Hot Weather (Note: shall be printed in BOLD font)

Pack number (Note: shall be printed in BOLD font)

Specially designed for added nutrition during operations at temperatures above 70°F 

(May also be consumed at temperatures between 40-70°F) (Note: shall be printed in 

italicized font)

Contents list

Name and address of assembler

D-3 PACKING

 A. Packing. Twenty-four food packets, eight of each pack, shall be packed in a fiberboard 

box. The fiberboard box shall conform to RSC-L of ASTM D5118/D5118M, Standard 

Practice for Fabrication of Fiberboard Shipping Boxes, grade V2s of ASTM 

D4727/D4727M, Standard Specification for Corrugated and Solid Fiberboard Sheet Stock 
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(Container Grade) and Cut Shapes, except the requirements for dry burst strength shall be 

minimum 425 psi, the requirement for wet burst strength shall be minimum 250 psi and the 

laminated board thickness shall be 0.069 inches. [CCDC-Soldier Center found that solid 

fiberboard shipping container material consisting of two outer facings of 90 pound wet 

strength linerboard and an inner ply of 69 pound linerboard met the performance criteria of 

this specification.] The box liner shall be a full inside width box liner fabricated from grade 

W5c fiberboard in accordance with ASTM D5118/D5118M, except the terminal ends of the 

liner shall overlap a minimum of 2 inches and no fastening of the overlap is required. The 

box shall be closed in accordance with closure method 2A1 of ASTM D1974/D1974M, 

Standard Practice for Methods of Closing, Sealing, and Reinforcing Fiberboard Boxes;

except the gap between the outer flaps shall be not more the 3/4 inch wide. Each box shall be 

reinforced with two girthwise nonmetallic straps. The inside dimensions of the box shall be 

16-11/16 inches in length, 9-1/8 inches in width and 10-1/4 inches in depth.

D-4 UNITIZATION

 A. Unit loads. Forty-eight boxes shall be arranged in unit loads in accordance with type I, 

class C of DLA Troop Support Form 3507, Loads, Unit: Preparation of Semiperishable 

Subsistence Items. At least two boxes in each tier shall be oriented to display the TTI label.

D-5 MARKING

 A. Shipping containers. Shipping containers shall be marked in accordance with DLA 

Troop Support Form 3556, Marking Instructions for Boxes, Sacks, and Unit Loads of 

Perishable and Semiperishable Subsistence and as specified in the contract with the following 

exceptions:

(1) Identification markings normally placed on an end of the shipping container shall 

read from top to bottom, left to right, when the shipping container is rotated from its upright 

position onto its side for palletization. The major flaps of the shipping container closure 

immediately to the right of the marked end of the shipping container shall bear the following 

marking:

Contract data and other required markings

Date of pack

Lot number

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(2) The TTI label shall be centrally positioned on the panel. A minimum distance 

(quiet zone) of 1/4 inch from the nearest identification marking shall be maintained. 

(3) One side panel of the shipping container shall be marked “Food Packet, Modular 

Operational Ration Enhancement (MORE)” in letters not less than 1-1/4 inches high. The 

marked end panel for Type I shall read “Food Packet, MORE High Altitude/Cold Weather 

(for temperatures below 40°F)” or for Type II shall read “Food Packet, MORE Hot Weather 

(for temperatures above 70°F)” in addition to other required markings.

 B. Unit loads. Unit loads shall be marked in accordance with DLA Troop Support Form

3556.

SECTION E INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE

The following quality assurance criteria, utilizing ANSI/ASQ Z1.4, Sampling Procedures and 

Tables for Inspection by Attributes, are required. Unless otherwise specified, single sampling 

plans indicated in ANSI/ASQ Z1.4 will be utilized. When required, the manufacturer shall 

provide the Certificate(s) of Conformance to the appropriate inspection activity. 

Certificate(s) of Conformance not provided shall be cause for rejection of the lot.

 A. Definitions.

(1) Critical defect. A critical defect is a defect that judgment and experience indicate 

would result in hazardous or unsafe conditions for individuals using, maintaining, or 

depending on the item; or a defect that judgment and experience indicate is likely to prevent 

the performance of the major end item, i.e., the consumption of the ration.

(2) Major defect. A major defect is a defect, other than critical, that is likely to result 

in failure, or to reduce materially the usability of the unit of product for its intended purpose.

(3) Minor defect. A minor defect is a defect that is not likely to reduce materially the 

usability of the unit of product for its intended purpose, or is a departure from established 

standards having little bearing on the effective use or operation of the unit.

 B. Conformance inspection. Conformance inspection shall include the examinations/tests 

and the methods of inspection cited in this section.
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 C. Packaging examination.

(1) Assembled food packets examination. The filled and sealed food packets 

shall be inspected for the defects listed in table III. The lot size shall be expressed in packets. 

The sample unit shall be one packet. The inspection level shall be S-4 and the acceptable 

quality level (AQL), expressed in terms of defects per hundred units, shall be 2.5 for major 

defects and 4.0 for minor defects. A minimum of 50 samples shall be examined for critical 

defects. The finding of any critical defect shall be cause for rejection of the lot. The 

inspection sample shall contain a proportionate amount of packets.

TABLE III. Assembled food packet defects

Category Defect

Critical Major Minor

1 Tear or hole or open seal in spread soup mix or energy gel or 

pudding or applesauce.

2 Swollen spread soup mix or energy gel or pudding or 

applesauce.

101 Food packet not type or not pack as specified.

102 Component missing or incorrect pack for packet.

103 Packet not clean or outer packaging of contents not clean. 1/

104 Foreign odor.

105 Label missing or incorrect or illegible.

106 Tear or hole or open seal in component packages.

107 Crushed or broken component. 2/

201 Tear or hole or open seal in packet. 3/ 

1/ Outer packaging shall be free from foreign matter, which is unwholesome, has the 

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the clean appearance of the package. The following examples shall not be scored as defects 

for unclean:

a. Foreign matter which presents no health hazard or potential package damage and 

which can be readily removed by gently shaking the package or by gently brushing the 

package with a clean dry cloth.

b. Localized dried product which affects less than 1/8 of the total surface area of one 

pouch face, or an aggregate of scattered dried product which affects less than 1/4 of the total 

surface area of one pouch face.

2/ For definition of crushed or broken, refer to applicable ration component document.

3/ The holes provided in shrink wrap to allow venting of air to facilitate effective application 

of shrink wrap are permitted and shall not be scored as defects. 

 

 D. Packing.

(1) Shipping container and marking examination. The filled and sealed shipping 

containers shall be examined for the defects listed in table IV. The lot size shall be expressed 

in shipping containers. The sample unit shall be one shipping container fully packed. The 

inspection level shall be S-3 and the AQL, expressed in terms of defects per hundred units, 

shall be 4.0 for major defects and 10.0 for total defects.

TABLE IV. Shipping container and marking defects

Category Defect

Major Minor

101 Marking missing or incorrect or illegible.

102 Outer flaps do not completely meet, leaving an opening greater than 3/4 

inch between flap ends.

103 Inadequate workmanship. 1/

104 Missing food packet. 2/

105 Not eight of each pack specified.
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TABLE IV. Shipping container and marking defects - Continued

Category Defect

Major Minor

106 Not correct type food packet.

201 Twenty-four food packets do not fit in box.

202 Time-temperature indicator missing or not centrally located on panel.

203 Time-temperature indicator 1/4-inch quiet zone not maintained.

1/ Inadequate workmanship is defined as, but not limited to, incomplete closure of container 

flaps, loose strapping, inadequate stapling, improper taping, or bulged or distorted container.

2/ Each missing food packet is a defect.

(2) Flap closure testing. The lot size shall be expressed in shipping containers. The 

sample unit shall be one shipping container. The inspection level shall be S-2 and the AQL, 

expressed in terms of defects per hundred units, shall be 4.0. The closure of the four outer 

flaps of the container shall be tested separately. A 90 degree angular bar with each leg 

approximately 5 inches long by 3 inches wide by 1/8 inch thick shall be used to test the flap 

closures. Insert one leg of the angular bar full length under the center of one outer flap. 

Insertion shall be made through the open slot between the outer flaps. Lift the container 

vertically by the other leg of the bar until the container is suspended. The complete upper 

surface of the inserted leg shall be in contact with the inner surface of the flap during the 

lifting and suspension of the container. Complete separation of the adhesive bond of one or 

more of the outer flaps, showing no evidence of fiber tear, shall be scored a major defect.

 F. Unit load examination. The unit load shall be examined in accordance with DLA Troop 

Support Form 3507, Loads, Unit: Preparation of Semiperishable Subsistence Items. Any 

nonconformance shall be classified as a major defect.
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SECTION J REFERENCE DOCUMENTS

Unless otherwise specified, the applicable version of these documents is that which is active 

on the date of the solicitation or contract.

DLA Troop Support Forms

 Form 3507 Loads, Unit: Preparation of Semiperishable Subsistence Items

 Form 3556 Marking Instructions for Boxes, Sacks, and Unit Loads of 

Perishable and Semiperishable Subsistence

NON-GOVERNMENTAL STANDARDS

 AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR QUALITY (ASQ) www.asq.org

 ANSI/ASQ Z1.4 Sampling Procedures and Tables for Inspection by Attributes

 ASTM INTERNATIONAL www.astm.org

 D1974/D1974M

Standard Practice for Methods of Closing, Sealing, and 

Reinforcing Fiberboard Boxes

 D4727/D4727M Standard Specification for Corrugated and Solid Fiberboard 

Sheet Stock (Container Grade) and Cut Shapes

 D5118/D5118M Standard Practice for Fabrication of Fiberboard Shipping 

Boxes