Meal 4: Potato Bakon and Soup Markup

With a name like Potato Bakon, how could it not be anything but wonderful? Surprisingly this meal was quite good. My friend Nick even tasted some and commented that he wouldn't have known it was an emergency ration based simply on taste. I'd put the soup on par with Bear Creek Potato soup which makes me wonder what kind of tremendous markup some of those instant soups must have. In fact, I looked up the nutritional facts for Bear Creek Potato soup and found that it's actually less healthy and more expensive.

Bear Creek 50 cents a serving:

Nutrition Facts Serving Size: About 1 Cup Serving Per Container: About 8
Amount per Serving
Calories	150
Calories from Fat	35
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 4g	6%
Saturated Fat 1g	5%
Trans Fat 2g
Cholesterol 0mg	0%
Sodium 900mg	37%
Total Carb. 27g	9%
Dietary Fiber 1g	4%
Sugars 4g
Protein 2g

Emergency ration 30 cents a serving:



I'm somewhat inclined to write a letter to Bear Creek asking what's so great about their unhealthy and expensive soup? You'll notice that the emergency rations have less sodium and fat. My own potato soup is of course far superior but it takes a heck of a long time to make.