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I also am consistently disappointed by their reliance on wheat and soy proteins, I'm allergic (IgE) to both and struggle horribly to find typical office-lunch t

I also am consistently disappointed by their reliance on wheat and soy proteins, I'm allergic (IgE) to both and struggle horribly to find typical office-lunch type food I can eat. Also being in the EU it's very difficult and expensive to procure Soylent anyway, even the alt. recipes as all of the Amazon shopping lists link to the US stores. Particularly the typical 3lb bag of flour, a couple of bucks in the US store is being sold for €200 on the German amazon store, presumably by someone trying to game people who've clicked a pre-filled-basket link on an Amazon shopping list.

gnoway 11y ago
This is actually a large departure from all prior formulas, which used brown rice protein exclusively. Their product has never had any wheat in it and the only soy was the soy lecithin emulsifier. This change from rice -> soy and from powdered to bottle - the wording makes it sound like you need 5 bottles per day - is making me think it's time to cancel.
- weston 11y ago
  I believe they're keeping the powdered option.
EarthLaunch 11y ago
Ouch, that lack of distribution must be frustrating there. I think you're right a drink could really cash in on (and help) people who can't eat normally.
dave84 11y ago
Take a look at http://www.joylent.eu/ http://www.joylent.eu/ I can't get the nutritional info to load, but they have free shipping to Germany/Benelux.
saghul 11y ago
If you are in Europe you may want to check https://www.joylent.eu/ https://www.joylent.eu/ not sure if it also uses wheat and soy proteins. I'm not affiliated with them nor I have tried it.
will_work4tears 11y ago
It's not liquid, but Quest bars taste pretty good, and are gluten free and free of soy proteins. It's not quite the same as soylent, of course, there's no real added vitamins and minerals, but it makes a decent lunch (I eat 1 or 2 every day for lunch - two a day during the week, one a day on the weekend).

gnoway 11y ago

This is actually a large departure from all prior formulas, which used brown rice protein exclusively. Their product has never had any wheat in it and the only soy was the soy lecithin emulsifier. This change from rice -> soy and from powdered to bottle - the wording makes it sound like you need 5 bottles per day - is making me think it's time to cancel.

weston 11y ago
I believe they're keeping the powdered option.

EarthLaunch 11y ago

Ouch, that lack of distribution must be frustrating there. I think you're right a drink could really cash in on (and help) people who can't eat normally.

dave84 11y ago

Take a look at http://www.joylent.eu/ http://www.joylent.eu/ I can't get the nutritional info to load, but they have free shipping to Germany/Benelux.

saghul 11y ago

If you are in Europe you may want to check https://www.joylent.eu/ https://www.joylent.eu/ not sure if it also uses wheat and soy proteins. I'm not affiliated with them nor I have tried it.

will_work4tears 11y ago

It's not liquid, but Quest bars taste pretty good, and are gluten free and free of soy proteins. It's not quite the same as soylent, of course, there's no real added vitamins and minerals, but it makes a decent lunch (I eat 1 or 2 every day for lunch - two a day during the week, one a day on the weekend).