Foods, Sopakco, Valley Foods, Werling Meats, and Wornick. More than 60,000 UGRs are produced yearly. UGRs are supplied by the DLA's Operational Rations Division. UGRs, like other rations, cannot be sold to individuals, and are only supplied or sold to the U.S. military, the DoD, the federal government, government employee commissaries, government contractors (if their contract specifically permits such purchases), foreign governments with authorized contractual relationships, and civilians as humanitarian aid. Reception American service members generally find UGRs to taste better than MREs. The UGR-E in particular was positively received, with the holiday menu singled out as "a morale booster" for soldiers otherwise unable to have proper Thanksgiving or Christmas dinners on deployment. However, some items—namely egg dishes, as reported by Stars and Stripes in 2005—are widely disliked due to poor taste. Some soldiers have also cautioned against mixing or switching between UGRs and MREs, which is said to cause constipation. See also K-ration – older multiple-course field ration 5-in-1 ration – older group ration for five soldiers 10-in-1 food parcel – older group ration for ten soldiers References Food packaging Military food of the United States Military food