{"id":22721,"date":"2026-05-05T11:31:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T15:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tribu.la\/?p=22721"},"modified":"2026-05-05T11:31:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T15:31:21","slug":"us-army-issues-call-to-make-plant-based-meat-for-military-mres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tribu.la\/pt\/us-army-issues-call-to-make-plant-based-meat-for-military-mres\/","title":{"rendered":"US Army Issues Call to Make Plant-Based Meat for Military MREs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The US Army has announced a bid for companies and researchers to develop alternative proteins for military Meals, Ready-to-Eat (MREs). This initiative aims to enhance food supply chain resilience and provide tailored nutrition for soldiers in combat zones. The Army seeks partnerships to explore innovative technologies, particularly in plant-based and fermentation-derived proteins, ahead of introducing vegan options in 2027. This move could significantly impact the alternative protein market and military nutrition standards.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Original excerpt:<\/strong> The US Army has issued a bid to companies and researchers to develop technologies to manufacture alternative proteins for soldiers on the front lines&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenqueen.com.hk\/us-army-plant-based-meat-vegan-mre-meals-lab-grown-military\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Green Queen<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US Army is exploring the production of plant-based and fermentation-derived proteins to keep troops well-nourished in combat zones&#8230;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":22720,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1035],"tags":[300,298,561],"class_list":["post-22721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-global-innovation","tag-food-tech","tag-plant-based","tag-protein"],"acf":{"content_format":false},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/tribu.la\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/us-army-plant-based-meat-vegan-mre-meals-lab-grown-military-social-1024x536-1.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-14 02:36:31","action":"category","newStatus":"draft","terms":[337],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tribu.la\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tribu.la\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tribu.la\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tribu.la\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tribu.la\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22721"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tribu.la\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22721\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22728,"href":"https:\/\/tribu.la\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22721\/revisions\/22728"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tribu.la\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tribu.la\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tribu.la\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tribu.la\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}