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Re:Soylent Closes $50M Series B Round Led by GV by yegle on Thursday May 04, 2017 @11:26AM (#14265517)
Pro GMO: they are not hiding that they used a lot of GMO product, instead of selling you something organic with a huge premium.

Glycemic Index/Glycemic Load: a quick search doesn't give me SlimFast's GI/GL info, while Soylent does post the number.

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Re:Soylent Closes $50M Series B Round Led by GV by ceejayoz on Thursday May 04, 2017 @11:31AM (#14265555)
> Glycemic Index/Glycemic Load: a quick search doesn't give me SlimFast's GI/GL info, while Soylent does post the number.

It's available. Seems weird to decide based on the availability of the number versus the number.

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Re:Soylent Closes $50M Series B Round Led by GV by yegle on Thursday May 04, 2017 @01:16PM (#14266707)
GI/GL is important for diabetes/prediabetes. The number is of course reasonable (mid-low GI/GL).

I don't see result by searching "glycemic site:slimfast.com". There are some numbers posted on other websites (e.g. http://www.glycemicindex.com/foodSearch.php?num=1469&ak=deta... which looks credible), but compare to Soylent's disclosure (https://faq.soylent.com/hc/en-us/articles/212769503-Glycemic...) I'm more confident to choose Soylent instead of SlimFast.

Out of curiosity, I also searched GI/GL info on amplemeal.com and found nothing.

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Re:Soylent Closes $50M Series B Round Led by GV by Dangeranger on Thursday May 04, 2017 @11:38AM (#14265631)
A very quick look at the Slimfast page for their high protein product links the nutritional information. It shows that the mix has ~1g of sugars per serving, but is mixed with milk, so you'll need to account for that in your calculations depending on the type of milk you use for mixing.

http://slimfast.com/advanced-nutrition/

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Re:Soylent Closes $50M Series B Round Led by GV by yegle on Thursday May 04, 2017 @01:21PM (#14266750)
GI/GL is not directly related to the carbohydrate number on nutrition fact table. The number must be tested in a controlled environment.

E.g. regular coke has a GI of 63 (source http://www.health.harvard.edu/diseases-and-conditions/glycem...), and is considered medium GI, but of course it contains a lot of sugar.

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