Nov 24, 2011 · After a year of test marketing with soldiers, the IDF announced last week that “ground meat with tomato sauce” was selected among three varieties of kosher, ready-to-eat meals that will replace Loof.

Nov 20, 2011 · Thanks to a policy of mandatory conscription, the Jewish state in effect, had been force-feeding Loof — a colloquially corrupt short form of "meatloaf" — to its citizens since the nation’s...

Dec 22, 2011 · According to Gil Marks' Encyclopedia of Jewish Food, Loof has been around for nearly as long as the IDF itself. Inspired by Spam, a culinary mainstay of the U.S. Army during World War II, the IDF developed its own meat product in the late 1940s; the name apparently stems from a distorted pronunciation of "meatloaf."

In 2011, as a result of the manufacturer going bankrupt, the IDF phased out the can of corned beef (known as 'Loof'), which had been part of the battle ration since the nation's founding. It would be replaced by "ground meat with tomato sauce".

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF; Hebrew: צְבָא הַהֲגָנָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל Tsva ha-Hagana le-Yisra'el ⓘ, lit. ' Army for the Defense of Israel '), alternatively referred to by the Hebrew-language acronym Tzahal (צה״ל), is the national military of the State of Israel.

Nov 20, 2012 · The IDF's cardboard field ration box yields a surprising variety of options, top soldier-chefs say, for keeping the army marching on its stomach

Apr 5, 2007 · As part of the lessons learned from the Second Lebanon War, the IDF Technical and Logistics Corps purchased thousands of these glatt-kosher meals that it plans to equip all infantry troops with ahead of a future conflict against Hizbullah in Lebanon or with Syria.

Dec 1, 2010 · Loof is a kosher, poultry-based Spam variant created by the Israeli army. “ [N]o product has ever been hated with more affection,” says blogger Rachel Neiman in Israelity. Neiman says that the name is derived from the word “loaf,” as in tinned meat loaf, and is a terminological remnant of the British Mandate in Palestine.

Feb 16, 2018 · The first time I ate in IDF was in Bakum (where you go through the process) and the food was fine there. My brother is an NCO in Ir Habaadim and apparently the food isn't very edible there either. It really varies between each base..

Jan 14, 2005 · Looks like Loof is gone forever. According to the head of the IDF logistic service, old stocks of Loof ran out on November 14, 2011. The company that made Loof went out of business in 2009, as civilian demand vanished in favor of tastier and healthier alternatives.