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With the plethora of well known and well researched meal replacement solutions out there, why is Soylent getting so much attention?
by Reventon 13y ago
With the plethora of well known and well researched meal replacement solutions out there, why is Soylent getting so much attention?
- juskrey 13y agoIt is not getting much attention. It is you reading too much hacker news.
- KingdomSprite 13y agoSoylent is affordable. Many other complete food supplements which are primarily used by hospitals and other care facilities, will cost significantly more. Other than that, it's a "fun" experiment as it has not been clinically proven to be either healthful or harmful, though the ingredients are FDA approved.
- curuinor 13y agoSoylent is $65 for 21 meals Jevity is $40 for a case of 24 cans http://www.amazon.com/Jevity-1-2-Cal-8-oz-case/dp/B002HQMBZM/ref=sr_1_22?s=hpc&ie=UTF8&qid=1377058675&sr=1-22&keywords=jevity http://www.amazon.com/Jevity-1-2-Cal-8-oz-case/dp/B002HQMBZM...
- hcarvalhoalves 13y agoTo be fair, I believe you wouldn't have an entire diet based only on Jevity, while that's their goal for Soylent.
- pbreit 13y agoCan you name 2 or 3 (1?) that are marketed for 15-20 meals per week? Ensure Complete (but not any other versions of Ensure) is sorta close but marketed as a supplement.
- hcarvalhoalves 13y agoNone are marketed for 15-20 meals because the manufacturers know it's not feasible. It's quite different with fundraising, where you can claim whatever you want since it's all still fantasy.
- pbreit 13y agoOP wrote "plethora of well known and well researched meal replacement solutions out there" I'm just wondering if OP can name even one such solution.
- dangero 13y agoThe Soylent founder is a former YCombinator founder.