For all the naysayers... I eat it, I love it, I'll never give it up. Soylent is awesome and I'm stoked to see v1.4 waiting on my doorstep.<p>Please, don't knock it till you try it OR at least do a little bit of research. Soylentarians are bombarded daily by the uninformed opinions of FoodBarbies and the like. At least do some research before you decide to tear down the idea.
>Due to U.S. food regulations, the exact makeup of the artificial flavors used in Soylent versions 1.0 - 1.3 were proprietary and not made available for our examination.<p>I understand proprietary formulas wouldn't be made public, but they start off stating "Due to U.S. food regulations..." What food regulations would prevent ingredients being shared?
Speaking as someone who has done contest prep diets for bodybuilders and regular folk.... there is huge individual variation in metabolic rate, and the existing calculators out there are all garbage at judging metabolic expenditure.<p>the only accurate way to determine your caloric maintenance would be to track your food intake while you remain weight stable, and then substitute that with an isocaloric amount of soylent.<p>They seem to gloss over this and blanket recommend 2000 cals per day
It will be nice to get rid of the oil bottle. (Although my kids love the empties for various play activities so I better stock up on them before I use up my current supply.)<p>I also think the serving size fits into how I use the product. I usually go a couple days consuming only Soylent, and then have dinner one night and then back to only Soylent for a couple more days, and repeat. But either way, I usually only have a pint for each meal. So even if I have nothing but Soylent one day, I still only use 3/4 of a package. I never was able to drink an entire pouch in a day.
I've tried soylent for a week's worth. Unfortunately, my budget simply can't handle the load that this would cost me - even at a bulk order for one month. At half the current price, I'd be able to seriously consider it. Until then...
> Sodium and chloride levels have been increased slightly, to 1,640 mg and 2,300 mg, respectively. In the past, Soylent has not fully met the Institute of Medicine’s recommended sodium intake levels, due to the challenges of providing recommended daily sodium values without creating an unpleasantly salty flavor.
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> Thanks to the addition of isomaltulose, Soylent 1.4 can now meet the IOM’s recommended levels for sodium and chloride while maintaining a balanced flavor profile.<p>I should point out, here, that the IOM's recommendation is controversial, and that many would consider 1.64g sodium per day to still be inadequate. (Luckily, getting sodium elsewhere is easy.)
I simply don't understand why someone would willingly give up one of life's great pleasures for consuming something resembling thinset.<p>I'm glad Julia Child isn't alive to see this product.
Possibly stupid question: is the serving size meaningful? I thought the procedure was to make a day's worth all at once, and consume it throughout the day at whatever schedule you choose.<p>Three servings of 670 vs. four servings of 500-- I don't see exactly what this changes.