Many of today’s unhealthy foods were brought to you by Big Tobacco

Re:Many of today’s unhealthy foods were brought to you by Bi... by pasc1878 on Sunday October 01, 2023 @05:03AM (#37724116)

I am English Huel is an extremely off putting name for food.

There is no way that you would say you are eating Huel.

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Re:Many of today’s unhealthy foods were brought to you by Bi... by go_prodev on Sunday October 01, 2023 @05:09AM (#37724146)

Does the word mean something different in England?

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Re:Many of today’s unhealthy foods were brought to you by Bi... by Tsiklon on Sunday October 01, 2023 @05:16AM (#37724181)

I think they may be correlating it with the similar sounding word “hurl”. Huel on the other hand is readily available in shops in pre-made form, and I’ve seen it in vending machines in Heathrow.

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Re:Many of today’s unhealthy foods were brought to you by Bi... by ricardobeat on Sunday October 01, 2023 @05:41AM (#37724311)

Maybe it's because it sounds like 'gruel', or the sound of vomiting.

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Re:Many of today’s unhealthy foods were brought to you by Bi... by naoru on Sunday October 01, 2023 @06:53AM (#37724683)

For a Russian Huel is even more off-putting, "ohuel" (охуел) is a swear word which roughly means "out of his mind", derived from "huy" (хуй), which means "dick".

I don't want no dick in my food, thank you very much.

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