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