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You could, but what fun would that be? :) In seriousness though, much of OP's intent was to make Soylent as affordable as possible. To that end, a quick cost co

You could, but what fun would that be? :) In seriousness though, much of OP's intent was to make Soylent as affordable as possible. To that end, a quick cost comparison: You can buy 24 8-oz Ensure drinks on sale from Amazon for $42.50. Each drink contains 350 calories, so: (24 * 350) / $42.50 = 198 kcal/dollar. Rob claims to get 2629 calories a day from Soylent, and his monthly costs were $154.82, so: (30 * 2629) / $154.82 = 509 kcal/dollar. Soylent is 2.5x cheaper than Ensure (based on calories alone).

stan_rogers 14y ago
That's WAY overpriced. I live a good part of my life on the stuff (swallowing problems arising from Parkinsonism) and at local pharmacies it's regularly on sale for $9 for a six-pack (bottles, not cans—they're almost always more expensive in cans, and the cans and bottles are the same size), or $36 for 24. But that's if you buy the Abbot-branded stuff; most of the large pharmacy chains sell a house-brand version for a little less ($7/six-pack, or $28/24, in Toronto is not unusual for Shoppers' Life Brand, and there's a President's Choice version in the Loblaws chain as well). Note that there are three versions: regular (intended as a top-up supplement for people who are eating, just not well), "plus calories" (mostly more fat), and "plus protein", each of which is aimed at people with different requirements. And no, it's not an adequate diet replacement for the average case. If you really don't like food and consider it an inconvenience, maybe—but that ain't normal. And it's not just a matter of getting used to it (goodness knows I've had enough of the stuff); normal people actually enjoy the tastes and textures of good food.