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A comment on Ask HN: How do you improve Soylent's flavor/texture?.

Re:Ask HN: How do you improve Soylent's flavor/texture? by frabrunelle on Sunday October 05, 2014 @11:23PM (#8414187)
I've tried eating Soylent 1.0 almost exclusively for two weeks and I really enjoyed it. I wish I could have access to more Soylent, but I live in Canada and Soylent is very rare. I used a blender to mix the Soylent and I added frozen strawberries and sometimes mangos, peaches or bananas. I also sometimes added soy milk. I am also open to try adding other ingredients to Soylent, but I would need more Soylent.

Frankly, I would easily eat it for 90%-100% of my meals. They said in a recent email that they are going to ship to Canada in March 2015...

What I like the most about it is that it's easy to prepare and when I prepare one pouch, I have enough to drink/eat for almost two days. Also, I think it tastes really good. And I love the vision of the company.

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Re:Ask HN: How do you improve Soylent's flavor/texture? by reportingsjr on Sunday October 05, 2014 @11:55PM (#8414241)
I'm curious to see how this plays out when more people eat soylent for longer periods of time. I could see it as a great supplement to most meals to make sure you are getting most of the nutrients that you need while still eating a variety of foods.
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Re:Ask HN: How do you improve Soylent's flavor/texture? by bjourne on Monday October 06, 2014 @07:38AM (#8415316)
Why don't you brew your own then? http://diy.soylent.me/
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Re:Ask HN: How do you improve Soylent's flavor/texture? by frabrunelle on Tuesday October 07, 2014 @12:15AM (#8419639)
Yes, I'm definitely considering it. But I'd rather just wait a few more months (March 2015) and finally get the official Soylent shipped.

As much as I like the taste, for me the main selling point of Soylent is that for example, I could buy 28 bags of Soylent at once and automatically get more every month. Not have to worry about buying and preparing food.

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Re:Ask HN: How do you improve Soylent's flavor/texture? by mrfusion on Monday October 06, 2014 @08:04AM (#8415408)
Was it filling enough? That would be my main concern with a liquid diet.
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Re:Ask HN: How do you improve Soylent's flavor/texture? by frabrunelle on Tuesday October 07, 2014 @12:05AM (#8419617)
Yes, I didn't feel the need to eat anything else. Just drinking one glass of Soylent would satisfy me for a few hours. I ended up drinking 3 or 4 glasses per day.
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Re:Ask HN: How do you improve Soylent's flavor/texture? by mrfusion on Monday October 06, 2014 @08:04AM (#8415409)
Could you by it on eBay? I haven't checked, just curious.
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Re:Ask HN: How do you improve Soylent's flavor/texture? by frabrunelle on Tuesday October 07, 2014 @12:03AM (#8419613)
Yes, it was on eBay that I bought it. But I haven't found a listing in Canada for a while now.
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