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F.O.O.D. is a line of emergency rations produced by the A.C.R.E. Corporation. It is designed to be nutritionally complete and to last forever.

F.O.O.D. ration containers are rated to survive exposure to toxic or corrosive compounds, aggressive biological agents, pressures between 0 and 500 atmospheres, and temperatures from 0 to 3000 Kelvin (at which point the container may spontaneously sublimate). It is not uncommon for fringe elements such as pirates or smugglers to find a decades-old wrecked ACRE Hulk Freighter, containers exposed to the vacuum of space and interstellar radiation, with the F.O.O.D Packages just as edible and fresh as the day they were made. As it is extremely cheap to manufacture, F.O.O.D. is also a staple of the most destitute.

F.O.O.D. rations are available in three sizes: Standard, Family, and Community. Standard size rations are packaged in a can with a pull top, Family size rations in a larger box of about a forearm's width, and Community size rations in a vat made to couple to the back of a truck or van. F.O.O.D. containers of all sizes are trapezoidal and metallic. When unsealed, they automatically heat their contents and display a holo-advertisement.

To bring the cost to consumers to the lowest possible level, F.O.O.D. is made from undyed, unscented, unflavored mycoprotein. As a result, most F.O.O.D. products have a brown mottled color, a musty scent, and a faint taste which is somewhere between cream and turkey. Occasionally, reject batches of flavoring from other products will be added to F.O.O.D. as a form of waste disposal, producing so-called "Director's Delight" which may be more or less valuable than the normal product, but which is impossible to identify without tasting. A.C.R.E. officially denies the existence of Director's Delight and does not label F.O.O.D. to which castoff flavoring has been added.

Although F.O.O.D. is typically unflavored, it is distributed in several "flavor" options:

"Flavor" Description
Liquid Texture of congee
Flaky Texture of canned tuna
Moist Texture of raw meat
Dry Texture of fruit leather
Saline A.C.R.E.'s IV nutrient offering

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