Peanut butter, ravioli, freeze-dried curry... and bubblegum: Combat rations of 20 armies around the world revealed
The portraits from Italian industrial designer Giulio Iacchetti's exhibition
K-RATION Meals for Soldiers in Action illustrates 20 military field rations
On display until 22 February at 2015 Expo Milano at La Triennale di Milano
ByAnucyia Victor for MailOnline
Published: 11:39 GMT, 9 February 2015 | Updated: 14:52 GMT, 9 February 2015
Cans of minestrone and ravioli, sticks of bubblegum and freeze-dried packets of chicken rogan josh are just some of the essential foods eaten by soldiers in the field around the globe.
Italian industrial designer, Giulio Iacchetti has displayed the contents of army ration packs for an exhibition, providing a glimpse into the difference between the daily diets of the world's military.
The stark portraits form the basis of new exhibit K-RATION: Meals for Soldiers in Action which is on display until 22 February at the 2015 Expo Milano in Milan, Italy.
The exhibition is named after the individual daily combat food ration introduced by the US Army during the Second World War.
It was originally intended as an individually packaged daily ration for issue to airborne troops, tank corps, motorcycle couriers, and other mobile forces and included three meals: breakfast, lunch and dinner.
For the K-Ration exhibition, exhibited at La Triennale di Milano, Milan, Italy, the designer laid out the ration packs of the 20 different countries - which contain enough food to feed a soldier for 24 hours - before getting photographer Fabrizia Parisi to document his work.
The countries he focused on include the UK, the US; Denmark; France; Spain; Sweden; Tanzania; Thailand; Ukraine; Estonia; Holland; Israel; Italy; Slovenia; Lithuania; New Zealand; Germany; Poland and Russia.
Designer Mr Iacchetti wrote in his show notes: 'This sample illustrates the variety of menus and the different quantities of calories, but also the difference in the accessories that come with rations, such as folding openers, camp stoves, bags for waste, airtight containers for matches of different lengths, and so on.
He told Fast Co. Design that he, 'is fascinated by the extreme functionality of anonymously designed items like field rations.'
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