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Our efforts to meet the overwhelming demand for Soylent 1.0 have been paying off: last month, we increased our shipping rate over 500%, and have now shipped over 200,000 pouches of Soylent 1.0!Ramping up our shipping has been a long process and we couldn’t…

We’ve been working hard on shipping orders, and are pleased to share that over 100,000 pouches of Soylent 1.0 have been delivered to our backers!That’s 200,000,000 kcal (enough to feed a 150 lb. male for over 250 years!), and means that we are getting…

tl;dr- We recently put a brief hold on shipping, which has since resumed- Early recipients of Soylent 1.0 indicated they were quite happy with the taste, texture, and ease of Soylent, but some experienced side effects including flatulence and headaches-…

Follow @soylent on twitter and instagram for news and updates!**Orders placed before 5/6: Currently shipping orders for 1 month of Soylent.**Orders placed after 5/6: Shipping in 10-12 weeks from order date.**The shipping queue for orders is determined…

**Orders placed before 5/6: Currently shipping orders for 2 months of Soylent.**Orders placed after 5/6: Shipping in 10-12 weeks from order date.**If you ordered a total of more than 2 months of Soylent prior to 4/25, and have not received a shipment…

We have finished shipping all orders larger than 12 weeks, and are currently shipping 9-12 week orders.***We are working to increase our fulfillment rate, and every preorder (and new order, and re-order) will be shipped as soon as possible. Starter kit…

Our current fulfillment status:All 16+ week orders shipped.Shipping 12-15 week orders currentlyUpdates will be posted when we begin shipping each major pledge level (2 month, 1 month, 2 week, 1 week).  Inquiries about individual order ship dates will…

Fulfillment continued this week, and we will continue to scale up shipment volume over the rest of May. You will receive a shipment notification email when your starter kit ships, and another when your Soylent order does.We understand that these delays…

2 months of Soylent arriving at HQ

Now that Soylent 1.0 is shipping, we are excited to release the new http://soylent.me website!  The new site offers two different ways of acquiring Soylent 1.0: one time purchases and subscriptions.  Over the past year, many backers have asked for a subscription…

With most of the 1+ month vegan orders shipped, we are extremely happy to announce that general Soylent 1.0 orders will begin shipping this week.  Remaining vegan orders will be shipped with general orders.To ensure that we are able to manage our reorder…

tl;dr- starter kits began shipping this week- vegan orders shipping 4/25 due to logistics considerations- shipping rate will be slowly scaled up over next 1-2 weeks- all orders will be charged for add-ons and finalized for shipping at 12:00pm PST 4/25…

We’ve had a number of backers asking about how we will be managing our preorder fulfillment, and want to share some clarifications:We will be grouping orders based on their size (in weeks), and will ship larger orders first. This is necessary to ensure…

tl;drStarter kits shipping Monday 4/21Soylent orders shipping by 4/25The latest update from our manufacturer is that Soylent powder blending was completed on Monday, and pouching began yesterday.This puts us on track to begin shipping Soylent by 4/25,…

TLDR: Orders projected to begin shipping 4/21.Backerkit orders will be locked down 4/11.First batches of Soylent 1.0 will not be certified gluten free.Some Backerkit add-ons removed.It gives us great pleasure to share that the initial rice protein shipment…

We just got news today that the expedited initial shipment of rice protein cleared customs at LAX late last week, and is currently on its way to the production facility on Colorado. Once the protein arrives, it will subject to a number of quality control…

Thanks for everyone’s feedback on last week’s update, the quality of discussion is a testament to the our supporters.Here’s what’s new from this week:Thanks again to our supporters for their patience and enthusiasm!

In this update:* Rice protein shipment delay pushes back first shipping date to mid-April * Alternate protein sources for future formulas* SXSW coverageThis weekend we were in Austin for SXSW, where Rob moderated an awesome panel on Sunday (The Future…

We have no update to our projected shipping timeline. This week we spent finalizing our packaging, shipping box and included instructions. There are myriad requirements for food product labeling, and once we have approval from RFI’s legal team we will…

We had a conference call with our copacker this morning and have an update to share regarding the Soylent 1.0 manufacturing progress.At this time we are in the ingredients sourcing phase, where truckloads of different ingredients are arrive at the factory…

We received the final nutrition facts for Soylent 1.0 this morning, see below or click here for the PDF.  Questions?  Check out discourse.soylent.me!

Last week we released the final post in our ingredients update series, which summarized the applications ingredients in Soylent 1.0.  The update spurred a vigorous discussion on the Soylent Discourse, and if you have any remaining questions about our…

There is more to food than nutrition. Even a product as minimal as Soylent must concern itself with the “hedonic” aspects of eating. These include, but are not limited to: appearance, taste, texture, and flavor / odor. Many foods are designed only for…

First, thank you so much for your patience and continued support of Soylent as we spend all of our time making sure that Soylent is healthy, convenient and delicious.  At the time of our last update, RFI had placed orders for most of the ingredients required…