[Someone1234]

Being created by a nutritional advisor and a professor of medicine is legitimately credible.

I just want to add that this:

> is approved as a food by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

Is utterly meaningless. All that means is that everything that goes into the product is "food grade" and that it was prepared in basically sanitary conditions. Nothing more. I highly doubt the FDA has examined their health claims (namely that you could live exclusively off of it). And likely won't unless there is public or political pressure to do so.

As an aside, I wonder if they could get a military or relief effort contract? Seems like the type of product perfect for both, as you "just add water!"

[tbrake]

> As an aside, I wonder if they could get a military or relief effort contract? Seems like the type of product perfect for both, as you "just add water!"

A lack of readily available clean water may be a challenge for use in relief efforts. There are also already products out there e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plumpy%27nut

[Someone1234]

The relief will have to bring in water regardless (so people don't die). If they add it to the product that isn't "wasted" water as your body just re-extracts the water and uses it like normal.

[DanBC]

It's very much more expensive than existing products.

WFP needs a variety of different foods. Sometimes they just need calories. Sometimes they just need micronutrient. Sometimes they need a specific micronutrient.

http://documents.wfp.org/stellent/groups/public/documents/re...

http://wfp.org/nutrition/special-nutritional-products

http://documents.wfp.org/stellent/groups/public/documents/co...

[lucb1e]

> as you "just add water!"

(Which might be highly ironic to people in some places of the world.)

[collyw]

Are these guys the idiots that ban haggis from the US?

(You guys don't know what you are missing).

[Someone1234]

Haggis isn't banned. Importing it from Scotland is banned. You can produce Haggis within the US and sell it.

[collyw]

OK, my friend from Chicago misinformed me.