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What do you think about food replacements like US Soylent or EU JimmyJoy? It looks to me like a big deal, but I don’t see much enthusiasm from other people and

What do you think about food replacements like US Soylent or EU JimmyJoy? It looks to me like a big deal, but I don’t see much enthusiasm from other people and these products have been around for a while.

7373737373 4y ago
Just test these for a week or two. I found the taste and texture intolerable after two days
- kulikalov 4y ago
  Been on it since 2018. Also watching my health closely with tons of lab tests. I’ve never been in a better shape. I’m 29. As for the taste - not sure about Soylent, but JimmyJoy is very tasty.
  - bambax 4y ago
    Really? I tried JimmyJoy and had to throw it all in the trash after the first three. I found it absolutely horrible. I would love a pill that would give me all the amino acids I need; but I couldn't swallow this.
    - kulikalov 4y ago
      They are continuously improving the taste, particularly after 2020
- Daneel_ 4y ago
  I think it's a matter of experimentation. I've been having Aussielent (Australian version of Soylent) for about 5 years for breakfast and still really enjoy it. I use the vanilla flavour, make it with hot water, and put a squirt of honey in it - it's like liquid porridge.
iostream25 4y ago
It would seem that animals evolved to eat plants and other animals are probably not going to switch to dead packaged food from a singular company en-masse. There are also cultural factors. Meals are one of the few social excuses for hanging out and wasting work time together.
- kulikalov 4y ago
  Agree with the cultural value of dinners. I do that too, just eating the dead packaged food 2 out of 3 meals. I don’t need to go grocery shopping every day, don’t need to count nutrients and so on.
- tarte-au-poire 4y ago
  Exactly. Being from a place where food is important: they are already starting to go back to the country side. Your regular accountant / dev / office employee is proud to grown eggs, potatoes, tomatoes, milk for fun. Some culture care way more about food than the US can imagine.
esel2k 4y ago
I personally did not look at them but also think it is a minority that will switch: first the price and I second I am not sure if labgrown is that appealing to most people. Agriculture revolution doesn’t only mean labgrown stuff. Crop rotations, resistant plants, derisking a good harvest etcetc. And the approaches are endless: Predictions, tools, robots, satellite imagery etcetc.
wyager 4y ago
We don't know enough about human biology to make a healthy food replacement in a factory. We do know enough about human biology to know that we currently can't. Everyone who eats these "food replacements" long enough and frequently enough looks weak and sickly; it's not a coincidence.
Strom 4y ago
I love the concept and really tried to get on the JimmyJoy train. However it causes severe nausea for me. I don't have any known allergies or intolerances and no other food ever has caused similar issues. So, I think they have some ways to go.

7373737373 4y ago

Just test these for a week or two. I found the taste and texture intolerable after two days

kulikalov 4y ago
Been on it since 2018. Also watching my health closely with tons of lab tests. I’ve never been in a better shape. I’m 29. As for the taste - not sure about Soylent, but JimmyJoy is very tasty.
- bambax 4y ago
  Really? I tried JimmyJoy and had to throw it all in the trash after the first three. I found it absolutely horrible. I would love a pill that would give me all the amino acids I need; but I couldn't swallow this.
  - kulikalov 4y ago
    They are continuously improving the taste, particularly after 2020
Daneel_ 4y ago
I think it's a matter of experimentation. I've been having Aussielent (Australian version of Soylent) for about 5 years for breakfast and still really enjoy it. I use the vanilla flavour, make it with hot water, and put a squirt of honey in it - it's like liquid porridge.

iostream25 4y ago

It would seem that animals evolved to eat plants and other animals are probably not going to switch to dead packaged food from a singular company en-masse. There are also cultural factors. Meals are one of the few social excuses for hanging out and wasting work time together.

kulikalov 4y ago
Agree with the cultural value of dinners. I do that too, just eating the dead packaged food 2 out of 3 meals. I don’t need to go grocery shopping every day, don’t need to count nutrients and so on.
tarte-au-poire 4y ago
Exactly. Being from a place where food is important: they are already starting to go back to the country side. Your regular accountant / dev / office employee is proud to grown eggs, potatoes, tomatoes, milk for fun. Some culture care way more about food than the US can imagine.

esel2k 4y ago

I personally did not look at them but also think it is a minority that will switch: first the price and I second I am not sure if labgrown is that appealing to most people. Agriculture revolution doesn’t only mean labgrown stuff. Crop rotations, resistant plants, derisking a good harvest etcetc. And the approaches are endless: Predictions, tools, robots, satellite imagery etcetc.

wyager 4y ago

We don't know enough about human biology to make a healthy food replacement in a factory. We do know enough about human biology to know that we currently can't. Everyone who eats these "food replacements" long enough and frequently enough looks weak and sickly; it's not a coincidence.

Strom 4y ago

I love the concept and really tried to get on the JimmyJoy train. However it causes severe nausea for me. I don't have any known allergies or intolerances and no other food ever has caused similar issues. So, I think they have some ways to go.