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He said Natick has internal goals, but that he was hesitant to commit at this time.  <br\/> <br\/>He noted that the lab-made pizza could withstand the life cycle, but that farming the production out to industry at a larger scale triggered the current dilemma and delay.\u00a0 <br\/> <br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For those bummed readers out there, here are three words to cheer you up: caffeinated beef sticks.\u00a0Yes, they&#8217;re truly on the agenda and coming soon to an MRE near you, Whitsitt said.\u00a0 <br\/> <br\/><\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-smg-jwplayer-video\"><atype-video-jwplayer nostick=\"true\" playlisturl=\"https:\/\/cdn.jwplayer.com\/v2\/playlists\/fCzRqMW8?tags=8ee9356a-9a1b-4b78-b772-f23dcff08983\" aspectratio=\"16 \/ 9\" mute autostart=\"false\"><\/atype-video-jwplayer><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Military Times talks to the one of the Army\u2019s top MRE bosses. 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