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Re:Soylent recalls powder after dairy accidentally slips int... by DanBC on Tuesday April 25, 2017 @01:11PM (#14195728)
There are plenty of medical sole source of nutrition products available, catering to a range of different dietary needs.

That they don't advertise to the general public; or don't say "you can live off this and nothing else" says something about Soylent's unethical marketing.

The Ensure range is easiest to get hold of for the general public. (Ensure and Ensure Plus are sometimes used as sole source nutrition in forced NG tube feeding for hunger-striking prisoners or eating disordered patients.)

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Re:Soylent recalls powder after dairy accidentally slips int... by leggomylibro on Tuesday April 25, 2017 @01:22PM (#14195860)
"Ensure and Ensure Plus are sometimes used as sole source nutrition in forced NG tube feeding for hunger-striking prisoners..."

Now there's a good brand differentiator...hang on, I have a Wikipedia page to improve.

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Re:Soylent recalls powder after dairy accidentally slips int... by ambrice on Tuesday April 25, 2017 @02:47PM (#14196764)
"unethical marketing"? Please explain..
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Re:Soylent recalls powder after dairy accidentally slips int... by DanBC on Tuesday April 25, 2017 @02:54PM (#14196838)
During the kickstarter they made a number of bullshit claims: "puts you in perfect health"; "perfectly safe for anyone"; they claimed rigorous testing which appeared to be one person living off it for a few months; they advertise it as a sole source of nutrition without any real testing.
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Re:Soylent recalls powder after dairy accidentally slips int... by ambrice on Tuesday April 25, 2017 @03:29PM (#14197150)
This just seems to be a biased claim that Soylent hasn't done any "real testing". Do you have evidence of that? Soylent has been out for years and a lot of people have been drinking 100% Soylent for a long time now.
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Re:Soylent recalls powder after dairy accidentally slips int... by DanBC on Wednesday April 26, 2017 @04:28AM (#14201399)
They hadn't done any testing during the kickstarter, and even if they had saying it was fine for anyone to use (the original recipe contained known allergens) and that it puts you into perfect health are clearly bullshit.

(EDIT: I don't know why you're being downvoted. I upvoted you to try to correct that.)

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