ASIA UPDATE: PHILIPPINES: "No-cook, highly nutritious “compressed food bar” recommended to be served at evacuation centers in times of disasters. Food scientists and technologists from the DOST’s Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI) noted the lack of electricity and kitchen utensils to cook food during calamities. The scientists have also come up with a technology for the mass production of the food concoction. The cereal-legume is said to be highly nutritious because of the mixture of milk, vegetable fat, and sugar "

Instant meals for disasters developed | Headlines, News, The Philippine Star | philstar.com: "The DOST-FNRI has already pilot-tested the preparation of the compressed food concoction with help from the DOST’s Metals Industry Research and Development Center (MIRDC) which created a machine for the food’s mass production." CLICK LINK TO READ MORE

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