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Brand. Unlike the examples you mentioned, Soylent is not a "lose weight" brand. As an undergrad in college, Soylent is everywhere. Can't remember the last tim

• scott_s 9y ago
  Neither is Ensure a "lose weight" brand. But Ensure is an old-people brand. So Soylent (and Ample, which I learned about in this thread) are basically Ensure for young people.
  • covercash 9y ago
    Nutrition facts for those interested in comparing: Soylent - http://files.soylent.com/pdf/soylent-drink-nutrition-facts-en.pdf http://files.soylent.com/pdf/soylent-drink-nutrition-facts-e... Ensure - http://c4.q-assets.com/images/products/p/ab/ab-116_3z.jpg http://c4.q-assets.com/images/products/p/ab/ab-116_3z.jpg Ample - https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1096/7494/products/Ample_400_Nutrition_v2.png https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1096/7494/products/Ample_4... https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1096/7494/products/Ample_Ingredients_v2.png https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1096/7494/products/Ample_I... Edit: added Ample info.
    • nazgulnarsil 9y ago
      https://www.blendrunner.com/ https://www.blendrunner.com/ has a huge table.
    • lancewiggs 9y ago
      How bad does a food system have to be to get to the point where people deliberately choose to eat this? Filtered Water, Soy Protein Isolate, Maltodextrin, High Oleic Algal Oil, Isomaltulose, Canola Oil, Rice Starch, Oat Fiber, Isomaltooligosaccharide, Soy Lecithin, Potassium Chloride, Calcium Phosphate, Magnesium Phosphate, Natural & Artificial Flavors, Dipotassium Phosphate, Salt, Choline Chloride, Gellan Gum, Sodium Ascorbate, dl-alpha-Tocopheryl Acetate, Ferrous Gluconate, Zinc Sulfate, D-Calcium Pantothenate, Niacinamide, Sucralose, Thiamin Hydrochloride, Copper Gluconate, Manganese Sulfate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Vitamin A Palmitate, Riboflavin, Chromium Chloride, Biotin, Folic Acid, Sodium Molybdate, Sodium Selenite, Phytonadione, Potassium Iodide, Vitamin B12, Vitamin D. Contains: Soy
      • robbiemitchell 9y ago
        Is a list of ingredients intended to be a slur? I just see a list of ingredients. While you're at it, you might as well list the ingredients in fast food meals, pizza, and all sorts of other food people "deliberately choose to eat".
      • FaeR 9y ago
        Allow me to introduce to the ingredient list of an egg. Terrifying isn't it. https://jameskennedymonash.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/ingredients-of-an-all-natural-egg2.jpg https://jameskennedymonash.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/ingre...
  • cbr 9y ago
    Ensure, like Slimfast, has much more sugar than Soylent. Per 2000 calories, Ensure has 135g sugar to Soylent's 45g. https://ensure.com/nutrition-products/ensure-original#vanilla https://ensure.com/nutrition-products/ensure-original#vanill... http://files.soylent.com/pdf/soylent-drink-nutrition-facts-en.pdf http://files.soylent.com/pdf/soylent-drink-nutrition-facts-e...
    • kevin_thibedeau 9y ago
      So what.
      • doubleplusgood 9y ago
        Consuming 135g (a cup, give or take) of sugar daily is pretty crazy, nutritionally speaking.
  • greenshackle2 9y ago
    Ensure is a weight gain brand, which is also incidentally marketed as a meal replacement for everyone and their dog because why not - of course marketing will never tell anyone, "don't eat this, it's not for you". That's why it's an old people brand, it's for people who can't eat enough solid food to maintain their weight. Just compare the nutritional labels: Soylent (400 kcal) 21g fat 37g carbs (9g simple sugars, 3g fibers) 20g protein Ensure (400 kcal) 11g fat 60g carb (?g simple sugars, doesn't say, NO FIBERS) 16g protein I looked at every single brand of meal replacement shakes I could get my hands on around here at drugstores, I was looking for a cheaper alternative to Soylent and figured one of them would do. You would think someone would be making a meal replacement that's not sugar water garbage already. NOPE. Plus, most of them serve a different goal, either weight gain or weight loss, not just meal replacement. EDIT: arguably Soylent is sugar water garbage too, it's first ingredients are water and maltodextrin (a sugar), but it's not as bad as the others I've looked at.
    • chris_7 9y ago
      Quest Bars have better much macros (barely any net carbs, plenty of fiber and protons) than that, though you'd need to eat ~two to hit the same calorie count. Any reason it needs to be a drink?
      • antidaily 9y ago
        Are they any good? The erythritol worried me a bit.
        • xeromal 9y ago
          They are a bit hard, but filling. I microwave my chocolate chip ones to make a cookie.
        • aedron 9y ago
          I have been eating a Quest bar for lunch for a year now (to save time and leave work half an hour earlier). I'm happy with them. They are quite filling (I don't get hungry until dinner time), I like the taste of most variants (bit of an acquired taste, they do have the artificial tinge of all artificial sweeteners), and I have zero gastro issues from them.
• andygates 9y ago
  Is that product penetration or advertising?