High energy biscuit

{{Short description|Wheat biscuits containing high-protein cereals and vegetable fat}}

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High energy biscuits (HEB) are food ration bars containing high-protein cereals and vegetable fat. Because of their high energy-to-mass ratio they are procured by the World Food Programme, the food aid branch of the United Nations, for feeding disaster victims worldwide.{{cite web |url=http://www.em5aid.com/heb.php |title=Em5 Aid-High Energy Biscuits |publisher=Em5aid.com |accessdate=2015-02-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150215065840/http://em5aid.com/heb.php |archive-date=2015-02-15 |url-status=dead }}

HEBs have been provided to a variety of geographical locations. For example, HEBs were delivered to Georgia after the 2008 South Ossetia war.{{cite web |url=http://www.wfp.org/english/?ModuleID=137&Key=2907 |title=WFP continues relief efforts in the Caucasus | WFP - Latest news - News - in Depth |accessdate=2008-08-22 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080823203656/http://www.wfp.org/english/?ModuleID=137&Key=2907 |archivedate=2008-08-23 }} HEBs were also airlifted to Kenya,{{cite web|url=http://www.wfp.org/english/?ModuleID=137&Key=2294 |accessdate=August 22, 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080813184431/http://www.wfp.org/english/?ModuleID=137&Key=2294 |archivedate=August 13, 2008|title=High energy biscuits airlifted to Kenya to feed 200,000 flood victims }} and more recently distributed in aid in the 2010 Haiti earthquake,[http://www.star-telegram.com/190/story/1894280.html] {{dead link|date=September 2013}} and 80 tonnes of high energy biscuits were delivered to the Tunisian border in response to the Libyan crisis.[http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v5/newsindex.php?id=567469] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110301103759/http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v5/newsindex.php?id=567469|date=March 1, 2011}}

HEBs are usually packaged in cardboard boxes weighing 10 kg each.{{cite web|url=https://wfpen.ernsystems.com/publicfiles/HighEnergyBiscuits.pdf |accessdate=August 22, 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090327005543/https://wfpen.ernsystems.com/publicfiles/HighEnergyBiscuits.pdf |archivedate=March 27, 2009 |title=High Energy Biscuits }}