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That's a great writeup. I can't wait to try mine once it arrives! I almost forgot about the project and basically just wrote it off as $65 down the drain when

That's a great writeup. I can't wait to try mine once it arrives! I almost forgot about the project and basically just wrote it off as $65 down the drain when they surprisingly emailed me earlier this week saying it had been shipped out. Funny how the $65 still ends up going down the drain one way or another when you spend it on edible products. I am curious about their project from a legal standpoint. I live in another country and basically just clicked through some acceptance forms and sent them the money what seems like over a year ago now. What happens to the soylent company if I die after ingesting it for a week or a month straight? Even if it wasn't what actually killed me? On another note... after having done some research into making my dog's food... isn't soylent basically just dog food for humans? They take all the right amounts of industrial grade vitamins, mix it together with a substrate, and bake it into kibble bits. Is soylent just kibble without the baking?

aianus 12y ago
What country do you live in? Are you using a reshipping service? I thought they weren't mailing out international orders until later in the year.
- sirdogealot 12y ago
  I live in Canada. But when I realized there was going to be a delay (and added cost) I had them ship it to a friend in the states whom I regularly visit. According to their facebook page, you are correct. There is a delay in shipping international orders.
headcanon 12y ago
isn't soylent basically just dog food for humans? Pretty much, but that doesn't turn me off to it - hopefully they make a spinoff breakfast cereal and call it Bachelor Chow.
- sirdogealot 12y ago
  It hasn't turned me off of the idea, either. It's just that all of the "high grade dog food" vendors call bloody-murder over the fact that we're feeding our dogs industrial chemicals and that doing so just couldn't possibly be healthy for the dogs. I'm actually curious to try out "dog food for humans" and if I feel as good or better... I'm stopping the extra time, money and work involved in making my own dog food and feeding her kibble with the occasional piece of meat now and then. What a relief that would be!
- plorg 12y ago
  Apparently that name is already used for a popular DIY variant of Soylent.[1][2] [1] http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2014/05/12/140512fa_fact_widdicombe?currentPage=all http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2014/05/12/140512fa_fact_... [2] http://diy.soylent.me/recipes/basic-complete-soylent-bachelor-chow http://diy.soylent.me/recipes/basic-complete-soylent-bachelo...
nemo 12y ago
It's more like a meal replacement shake than dog food. It's very much like Ensure or Jevity or whatever. All of those do the same basic thing of trying to cover basic nutritional requirements. The big difference is the marketing. Most of those products assumed you were either unable to eat or trying to lose weight. Soylent is roughly the same product but marketed to people who aren't interested in eating.
- sirdogealot 12y ago
  I realize that it's not literally dog food. By "dog food", I was referring to kibble and how it's made (and demonized in our culture because of it). Nothing more.
- techtalsky 12y ago
  I think there's a significant difference in that Ensure and Jevity aren't meant to be sustainable as a long term food source, and don't optimize for cost per meal.
  - 2muchcoffeeman 12y ago
    There must be some long term solution that exists already. Think about people in comas, people who have parts of their jaw removed due to various oral and throat cancers. If they can get the price down I'd probably try it too. Can't be worse than a protein shake as a post-workout supplement.
    - colechristensen 12y ago
      http://www.amazon.com/s/?&field-keywords=tube+feeding+formula http://www.amazon.com/s/?&field-keywords=tube+feeding+formul... It's not exactly expensive, not that I'd recommend trying it.
      - sirdogealot 12y ago
        Yea really, you want to live off of an IV drip and never move? Go for it, you will probably survive. Just not experiencing a very fulfilling life.
w1ntermute 12y ago
> What happens to the soylent company if I die after ingesting it for a week or a month straight? Even if it wasn't what actually killed me? What happens if you eat the same thing at the same restaurant for every meal and die after a week?
- serf 12y ago
  I'm not aware of any restaurant that claims to be a total replacement for other meals elsewhere. 1) It's a really silly claim, as a restaurant doesn't offer the convenience that people are willing to divide their flavor/food-enjoyment with that Soylent does if you must travel to it. 2) There is little benefit to making claims that can be used against an organization if the claims don't also offer a boost to some other aspect of that organization. "Eat here for every meal" offers little to a restaurant except for the chance to get sued by an unhappy/unhealthy patron.
vl 12y ago
Hmm, interesting, I ordered month supply (I guess their month consists of 28 days) later in the game and haven't got shipping notification. Mini-survey: if you ordered, have you got yours already?
- gnoway 12y ago
  I have not, and I ordered more. The vegans all got their orders first, so the gp could be vegan. Also, some people like Lee Hutchinson at Ars got their order more quickly because they are press and/or work for a business Rosa Labs (Soylent company) has or wants a relationship with. This is not supposition, but stated by their VP of Communication in their online forum.
ekianjo 12y ago
> That's a great writeup. Seriously ? This was more like one of the numerous rants from bloggers here and there trying solvent. I don't even know what this is doing on Ars, which has usually much better editorial work applied to their articles. This was poor in information and also felt like advertising.

aianus 12y ago

What country do you live in? Are you using a reshipping service? I thought they weren't mailing out international orders until later in the year.

sirdogealot 12y ago
I live in Canada. But when I realized there was going to be a delay (and added cost) I had them ship it to a friend in the states whom I regularly visit. According to their facebook page, you are correct. There is a delay in shipping international orders.

headcanon 12y ago

isn't soylent basically just dog food for humans? Pretty much, but that doesn't turn me off to it - hopefully they make a spinoff breakfast cereal and call it Bachelor Chow.

sirdogealot 12y ago
It hasn't turned me off of the idea, either. It's just that all of the "high grade dog food" vendors call bloody-murder over the fact that we're feeding our dogs industrial chemicals and that doing so just couldn't possibly be healthy for the dogs. I'm actually curious to try out "dog food for humans" and if I feel as good or better... I'm stopping the extra time, money and work involved in making my own dog food and feeding her kibble with the occasional piece of meat now and then. What a relief that would be!
plorg 12y ago
Apparently that name is already used for a popular DIY variant of Soylent.[1][2] [1] http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2014/05/12/140512fa_fact_widdicombe?currentPage=all http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2014/05/12/140512fa_fact_... [2] http://diy.soylent.me/recipes/basic-complete-soylent-bachelor-chow http://diy.soylent.me/recipes/basic-complete-soylent-bachelo...

nemo 12y ago

It's more like a meal replacement shake than dog food. It's very much like Ensure or Jevity or whatever. All of those do the same basic thing of trying to cover basic nutritional requirements. The big difference is the marketing. Most of those products assumed you were either unable to eat or trying to lose weight. Soylent is roughly the same product but marketed to people who aren't interested in eating.

sirdogealot 12y ago
I realize that it's not literally dog food. By "dog food", I was referring to kibble and how it's made (and demonized in our culture because of it). Nothing more.
techtalsky 12y ago
I think there's a significant difference in that Ensure and Jevity aren't meant to be sustainable as a long term food source, and don't optimize for cost per meal.
- 2muchcoffeeman 12y ago
  There must be some long term solution that exists already. Think about people in comas, people who have parts of their jaw removed due to various oral and throat cancers. If they can get the price down I'd probably try it too. Can't be worse than a protein shake as a post-workout supplement.
  - colechristensen 12y ago
    http://www.amazon.com/s/?&field-keywords=tube+feeding+formula http://www.amazon.com/s/?&field-keywords=tube+feeding+formul... It's not exactly expensive, not that I'd recommend trying it.
    - sirdogealot 12y ago
      Yea really, you want to live off of an IV drip and never move? Go for it, you will probably survive. Just not experiencing a very fulfilling life.

w1ntermute 12y ago

> What happens to the soylent company if I die after ingesting it for a week or a month straight? Even if it wasn't what actually killed me? What happens if you eat the same thing at the same restaurant for every meal and die after a week?

serf 12y ago
I'm not aware of any restaurant that claims to be a total replacement for other meals elsewhere. 1) It's a really silly claim, as a restaurant doesn't offer the convenience that people are willing to divide their flavor/food-enjoyment with that Soylent does if you must travel to it. 2) There is little benefit to making claims that can be used against an organization if the claims don't also offer a boost to some other aspect of that organization. "Eat here for every meal" offers little to a restaurant except for the chance to get sued by an unhappy/unhealthy patron.

vl 12y ago

Hmm, interesting, I ordered month supply (I guess their month consists of 28 days) later in the game and haven't got shipping notification. Mini-survey: if you ordered, have you got yours already?

gnoway 12y ago
I have not, and I ordered more. The vegans all got their orders first, so the gp could be vegan. Also, some people like Lee Hutchinson at Ars got their order more quickly because they are press and/or work for a business Rosa Labs (Soylent company) has or wants a relationship with. This is not supposition, but stated by their VP of Communication in their online forum.

ekianjo 12y ago

> That's a great writeup. Seriously ? This was more like one of the numerous rants from bloggers here and there trying solvent. I don't even know what this is doing on Ars, which has usually much better editorial work applied to their articles. This was poor in information and also felt like advertising.