Anyone tried soylent?

grizzly_beer

Id like to try soylent.
https://www.soylent.com/
But its only available in the US. There are a bunch of copies of it available in Europe eg...
https://queal.eu/
https://purelent.eu/
https://www.joylent.eu/

I kinda had my heart set on the original soylent though as its been in release for a while, has a big user base and has been under media scrutiny for a while.

Anyone know if there is a European/ Irish reseller?
Or have any of ye tried one of the euro-available alternatives and how did that go? Would ye recommend any one in particular?

endacl

Holding out for Green.

The Hill Billy

The posters in N&D may be better able to advise you on this. Moved from F&D.

tHB

Carlos Orange

I tried Queal and it works fine for me. Just received my 3rd order of 30 meals.
I drink it 2 days a week. Tried it for 5 days in a row to see how things went but I kinda missed food. It was also strange not generating so much rubbish at home from food packaging or spending money on food but I could get used to that. I have seen some people describe Queal as gritty but I wouldn't. There definitely are some particles in it but that isn't a problem for me.

I haven't tried anything else.

I think Soylent is unflavoured. Having tried Queal unflavoured I much prefer having Queal with flavours. They seem pretty slow getting into Europe so I wouldn't wait around until they get here.

A Joylent employee posted a negative review of Queal without disclosing they were an employee. That put me off them as a company.

Trent Houseboat

Listened to the Oh No Ross and Carrie (http://ohnopodcast.com/) at the weekend where they tried it.

Didn't sound all that great.

Zombienosh

Is it just me or are these things extremely vague when it comes to ingredients and macros....they just imply they are great, buy them, don't ask questions.

Carlos Orange

Zombienosh wrote: »

Is it just me or are these things extremely vague when it comes to ingredients and macros....they just imply they are great, buy them, don't ask questions.

What information do you think is missing?

https://diy.soylent.com/recipes/queal-20-httpquealeu

Zombienosh

Is that some DIY one? on the websites above it's very hard to find out what's actually in it. surely that should one of the first things available to view.

Carlos Orange

It is linked to from the what is queal made of section of their faq.

https://queal.eu/faq/

El_Dangeroso

I would love something like this as I find cooking during the working week time consuming, and it would be handy to just make up a shake. I can then foody it up on the weekends.

Having said that, I just don't think whey and powdered oats with some supplemental (and probably synthetic) vitamins really comprise a balanced diet long term.

I was trying to figure out a nutritionally complete diet from the fewest possible foods recently and basically orange juice, milk, few eggs, liver twice per week and some raw carrot sticks had you covered, no doubt you'd get really bored of that fast though. But it would be cheaper than soylent and probably healthier.

Mellor

El_Dangeroso wrote: »

Having said that, I just don't think whey and powdered oats with some supplemental (and probably synthetic) vitamins really comprise a balanced diet long term.

You could provide a more balance diet than oats and whey with a blend of proteins and carbs.
Surviving on shakes doesn't appeal to me in the slightest though.

NinetyForNone

Mellor wrote: »

You could provide a more balance diet than oats and whey with a blend of proteins and carbs.
Surviving on shakes doesn't appeal to me in the slightest though.

I thought a certain El_D established a diet of potatoes,milk and butter was nearly nutritionally balanced

Zymurgist

the queal 2100 calorie option appeals to me, purely from a convenience point of view, guaranteed 2100 cals a day minimum fuss a few different flavours to stave off the boredom...

Mellor

NinetyForNone wrote: »

I thought a certain El_D established a diet of potatoes,milk and butter was nearly nutritionally balanced

Protein would be a bit low for me. And not any different to whey or milk protein.
A single starch could be had from a bag just as easy.But it's lacking in certain vitamens and minerals.
Essentially its about as appealing as oats and whey.