[Nutrition of crews of long-term missions on the International Space Station]. / Pitanie ékipazhei dlitel'nykh ékspeditsii na Mezhdunarodnoi kosmicheskoi stantsii.

The integrated Russian-US rations consumed by seven crews of the ISS long-term missions were subjected to hygienic and sufficiency evaluation. The rations were found to contain the necessary quantities of all nutrients. As concluded from the analysis of anthropometrical, physiological and biochemical investigations performed in flight, they supported crew energy and plasticity needs and were a contributing factor in the high level of performance.

[Development of special food products for cosmonaut's nutrition during extravehicular activities]. / Razrabotka spetsial'nykh naborov productov dlia pitaniia kosmonavtov pri vnekorabel'noi deiatel'nosti.

On the analysis of the factual energy expenditure by cosmonauts during extravehicular activities two choices of special rations (SR) were developed. Hygienic testing showed that all nutritional components in these SRs were present in optimal quantities. Consumption of the SR foods during any basic meal will not misbalance the latter but satisfy the body demand of the main indispensable nutritional factors.

[Prophylactic food products for the nutrition of cosmonauts]. / Produkty profilakticheskoi napravlennosti dlia pitaniia kosmonavtov.

To supplement the daily cosmonauts' ration with biologically active substances able to increase adaptability and resistance to the adverse spaceflight factors, an assortment of prophylactic food products to be consumed at specific phases of mission has been developed. Principles of creating dietary compositions, i.e. selection of biologically adequate staples and appropriate use of alimentary supplements with anti-stress, adaptation assisting and antiradiation properties, and search for cooking technologies that will maximally preserve the original qualities of ingredients have been established. Some of these products were tested as components of the MIR rations in 1997-1998.

[Nutritive value of preserved products in tubes for the feeding of pilots and cosmonauts]. / Pishchevaia tsennost' konservirovannykh produktov v tubakh dlia pitaniia letchikov i kosmonavtov.

The nutritional value of new canned liquid and purée-like foodstuffs in aluminum tubes for aircraft and spacecraft pilots has been determined. The recipes and chemical composition of the food items are described. Particular attention is given to the content of amino acids, fatty acids and minerals. It is shown that canned foodstuffs are inhomogeneous in their chemical composition which is to be taken into consideration when they are used as menu items.