How We Spent $500 on Tech to Ship $2.6M of Soylent

Re:How We Spent $500 on Tech to Ship $2.6M of Soylent by reamworks on Thursday June 04, 2015 @09:36AM (#9659111)

I get that you don't like this product, but why do you have to lie? There's no soy in it.

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Re:How We Spent $500 on Tech to Ship $2.6M of Soylent by virmundi on Thursday June 04, 2015 @09:55AM (#9659237)

Then why do they say there's soy in it? https://faq.soylent.com/hc/en-us/articles/201274745-Vegan-Or...

I can see that there might be soy from the processing plant, but I can't find that information easily on their site.

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Re:How We Spent $500 on Tech to Ship $2.6M of Soylent by dangrossman on Thursday June 04, 2015 @10:07AM (#9659312)

Here's the ingredients label: http://files.soylent.com/pdf/soylent-nutrition-facts.pdf

Soy or soybeans are not an ingredient in Soylent. It has the "Contains: Soy" allergen label because it contains a small amount of soy lecithin, which is derived from soybean oil. Soylent contains lots of oils/fats, and you mix it with water to drink it. Oil and water don't normally mix well. Soy lecithin is an emulsifier that lets them mix without clumping.

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Re:How We Spent $500 on Tech to Ship $2.6M of Soylent by virmundi on Thursday June 04, 2015 @10:29AM (#9659471)

Thank you. I actually wanted to know.

My wife is into clean eating. So we limit soy as part of this trend. However, I'm really lazy about eating (1 meal a day when left alone). So Soylent looked promising in that regard.

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