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Re:Soylent Closes $50M Series B Round Led by GV by Animats on Thursday May 04, 2017 @01:39PM (#14266927)
There's Calorie Mate Balanced Food Block from Otsuka Pharmaceutical Company in Tokyo.[1] It's like Soylent, but in solid form, without the pretension. Popular with Japanese salarymen who eat lunch at their desks. It's such a cliche in Japan that it appears in Metal Gear Solid. Nijiya Markets, the California chain, stocks it.

[1] https://www.amazon.com/Calorie-Mate-Balanced-Chocolate-Ounce...

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Re:Soylent Closes $50M Series B Round Led by GV by sbierwagen on Thursday May 04, 2017 @02:08PM (#14267224)
The bay area version is called Mealsquares: http://www.mealsquares.com/

Whole foods, in bar form. Pretty good when warmed up (think banana bread, but slightly gritty, from all the fiber) but not exactly recreational when cold. Short shelf life.

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