mugs, that orange box was from mpi outdoors - www.mpioutdoors.com is on the back of it - but
yes the tablets are chinese made. Ditto the flashpan ones - (they list www.flashpan.ca as as web site).

given the ingredients list I suspect they're the same.. It certainly seemed to behave exactly like the few times I've used (US bought) esbits. note my 2/3 tablet boil was bloody cold water in a driving thunderstorm on an exposed table <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />