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I agree with the sentiments of many posters in this thread that if you are looking for organic natural foods this is not the product for you.

That is a fair point. Still, I can't help but feel like people are putting inappropriate expectations on this product. Most people are treating the release of this as if it were a gadget. This isn't the sort of thing that can be firmware patched if…

Yes, absolutely -- reorders ship in 1-2 weeks. We identify reorders by email address, so make sure you use the same one for future orders. Thanks!

Thanks. Another question I have is in regards to shipping times now. I imagine if I like week 1, I'll want to continue, how long will I need to wait for another shipment? Do reorders take a priority?

Thank you for your help @livingparadox.

Whoops! We'll get one sent out tomorrow. Apologies for the inconvenience!

@JulioMiles @ana I did not receive my oil package in my shipment. How do I go about getting this?

To be fair, a good chunk of the orders were pre-orders, not backer orders.

It is painfully obvious that many of the people here have never backed a kickstarter before. Oh well op, more soylent for you and me.

The oil should be in the box... usually in its own sub-box. If its not in there, tag JulioMiles or ana to let them know.

Now, when we know how to integrate foods according to the FDA 2000 Calorie standard, why not take it further? What about meeting specific needs for individuals? We can cure we can prevent... What should be first?

I received my shipment today. It had my one week supply of powder, and a pitcher and measuring cup. I've not opened up any of the powder yet, but I was wondering, where is the oil to add into the mix?

I quietly waited 8 months. I didn't even make a forum account until after receiving my shipping confirmation. But had I come into the forums in June and saw that people had ordered in February were still waiting on their orders, I probably would have…

Was waiting for the self promotion...there it is!

Yessir, I got my Official Soylent 1.0 a few days ago and have been attempting to integrate it into my diet ever since. The attempts have had some mixed results with some definite positive changes found at a 33% Soylent diet. But of course, as with 1.0-anything,…

Can't add from USDA database? This used to work.

IF you eat your soylent for a day or more 50-100% and give it a rest for a day or two and then return to Soylent 70-100% again. do that for some days so you will give your gut some time too readapt for the new drastic food change.

Much better. I hope the list continues to grow.

I find myself consistently gravitating towards sweets at least once a day. A few cookies, maybe a York Peppermint Patty. Going 100% is a little too boring for me at this point. While I've been playing with textures and flavors, I haven't hit that magic…

Maybe I'm missing the point. A Soylent pipeline just wouldn't be practical for a number of reasons. Here in Southern California we are frequently having 100ish year old water mains rupture spewing hundreds if not thousands of gallons of water. Imagine…

Thanks for clarification, now when the question got deeper, let's have a look at @FNFollies link and try to answer your second question - can we prevent them at the current cost of Soylent? (more-less) discourse.powderedfoods.com …

Spaceman: In this light, what disease would you like to prevent with proper nutrition? I won't answer this question, because I think its the wrong question to ask. My reasons for that are above. As I said, instead of asking "what disease you want…

Good correction @livingparadox - we'd better use "Prevent" instead of "Cure".And I agree that: Nothing is a panacea. But in some cases prevention works well.In this light, what disease would you like to prevent with proper nutrition?

Forget the Soylent - I'll take the beer first, please. considers moving to Belgium

I think you're approaching this from the wrong direction if you're looking to "cure" diseases with food. All proper nutrition does is give your body what it needs to fix things on its own. Not every disease/illness is the result of nutritional deficiencies,…

I made it a Google Spreadsheet so it can easily be edited by anyone and exported as CSV. With the CSV you can import it to whatever system you like

Eleven: unless I dip into a fresh bag. But I don't think I want to go that route, as it'll mess up the math of bags/day. I know your pain... I keep almost doing it, but the imbalance bothers me too much to actually try it. Eleven:

My gas started after a few days, I think. But not everyone has experienced the gas, so hopefully you're one of the lucky ones who don't.

Will the database eventually migrate to a more traditional database system? Or will it be staying as google spreadsheet for the time being?

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I periodically come back to eggs, Jalapeños and other peppers, or pumpkin seeds.

I have been on liquid cake since sometime in May. I'd say it makes up about 80-85% of my food consumption. I cycle through four flavours to keep some variety, often I find all of them but chocolate too sweet but just deal with it. I have dropped 15lbs…

@brando56894This is what they call in the Soylent Biz, 'falling through the cracks.' Its a common occurrence and generally is rectified pretty quickly. I'm on day 3 of waiting to hear back from @JulioMiles. Hopefully you receive some information sooner…

We should represent ranges in the database, yes. I'd also like to record recommended nutrient ratios too.

What I mean is for the USDA DRIs for instance there is a range of values given for the carbs and fat not a single hard number. Also it appears the recommended minimum for potassium has been upped to 4.7 grams. There are a few other differences but I can't…

I'm going to be heading to the Dreamforce conference in just over 2 weeks. Is anybody else that's doing official or DIY going too? I'm really looking forward (not) to seeing what the TSA says about it. I'll be there for a full 7 days so I'm going to pack…

Forgot to post earlier, but I got my shipping notification on the 25th, order should be here by the 2nd. Ordered a week in March of 2014. happy dance

I'd like it to be a 'current' database which contains whatever the latest recommendations are from every government that provides them. There's no reason not to include other official bodies too, such as the Council for Responsible Nutrition

Hey wms, I just started on my Soylent too. One meal yesterday, one today. No bad effects yet either. My two female housemates both had small glasses yesterday and today, and we all have the exact same complaint as you: The artificial sweetener.…

You should expect problems if you start marketing your foods as curing or preventing disease. First, you can be screwing with people's heads who have medical conditions that need medical attention, not something they perceive as a "miracle diet." People…

Will this include updates to the existing government DRIs?

Rosa lab, stand your ground and fight fake science with science.

it's sad with al the "people" trying to drag silence name in the mud and scare away people with pseudoscience. It can be the attraction of other people to try and that are attracted to the idea of a complete, easy and cheap food source. But then scared…

I think there would be little or no marketing benefit for Soylent if they took a no-GMO stance. Soylent is not a product that appeals to a "healthy, natural, whole-food, non-artificial" mindset. It's a product nothing like a natural food, built by trying…

Salted pistachios ..... maybe we need more salt

I saw this a while ago. LOVE Dr. Tyson! Even if he did demote Pluto.

Belgian brewery plans beer pipeline. the pipeline, will move 6,000 liters of beer per hour How long before Soylent is piped into your house? @rob

I like to get my choline from sunflower lecithin. Lecithin is 13% choline by weight so my 10g dose of lecithin should give me around 1.3g of choline.

That's right on target, @inod3. If they made an option for every ingredient that someone is upset about or wants to swap, we'd have 32 or 64 variants they have to make. Orders would get crossed or errors made. It would cost more and take longer for each…

I've been on Soylent 1.0 for about two months now, I fluctuate between 40% and 90% Soylent. On the days of lower consumption, I'm still gravitating toward healthier things and smaller portions than I did pre-Soylent, which is good. I've been tracking…

I've used both liquid smoke and avocado as savory flavorings in Soylent. They both work quiet well. I've heard someone added siracha.

I think I'd prefer to not have to flavor or sweeten Soylent. Just dump it in a pitcher and mix it up. The less thought I have to give the better. If they start removing ingredients in favor of people adding their own it gets more complex. I don't want…

Well, whatever the case, it would be preferable if people had a choice as to what sweetener gets used. I know I'd be pissed if Stevia, for instance, were used as the default because I've had it before and I didn't like it at all. And plain sugar is not…

Oh great and wise DIY mixmaster @axcho... Do you offer a gluten-free DIY (Done In Ye olde Axcho's labs) for folks like @OmegaJeff?

This vide has enough information with sources to end the GMO discussions

I just use an empty Muscle Milk container and a kitchen scale (a large mixing bowl works fine until you have gone through your first container of Muscle Milk). Using a liquid measuring cup works well. Just place the cup on the kitchen scale and zero…

true, that the sweetening is only bad if consumed in excessive quantities(same with anything)and whats in Soylent is not the best, as there is better(to my own opinion) but whats in it is in such a smal quantity that it truly is not significant. i bet…

When did the gas start for you folks? I had my first glass of Official Soylent yesterday around 2pm. (approx 550 calories) I drank it slowly, and I was very hungry. It's almost noon now the next day and I'm drinking another glass of about the same amount.…

I had my first Soylent meal today. It was for breakfast, and I had approx 16 oz. That was around 6:30~6:45. I wasn't hungry at 9:30, but by 9:45 I was hungry. Like a switch had been thrown. I drank some water, and was good until 10:30. As I'm a big guy…

Did you switch over from 100% food to 100% soylent overnight? If so you might want to try slowly integrating it into your diet instead, slowly work it up to 100% over the course of a week.

I've been thinking about ways the Nutrient Profiles section of the DIY Soylent site can be improved. Right now there are lots of custom profiles, but I think a complete database of 'official' (government) recommendations which users can pick and choose…

Wow tinfoil hat much? Artificial sweeteners have not been proven to cause significant health problems. This entire discussion is speculation. The sweeteners being used in soylent are fine. Really, this is the same kind of silly the gluten free people…

A utilitarian bottle that costs less and is more reliable than an "artsy" bottle. Glad to see they fired the Jony Ive wannabe.

The Sodium/Potassium Metabisulfite drive all the oxygen out of the soylent preventing bacteria from getting established and Potassium Sorberate prevents them from reproducing. Star San is a good non-toxic no rinse sanitizer for whatever your going to…

and suger alcohols are considered far healthier and beter then normal sucrose ore any other artificial sugars. only downside is it's tendency to have a laxative effect if you consume to much of it.

that does not equate to all sugar alcohols, as xylitol is one good that can be more considered as a sweet tasting fiber. and your not suposed to eat only sugar alcohol, your not even suposed to eat sugars in the first place. we only eat it for it's sweet…

Thanks for trying it out! Sorry I haven't been on the site in a while to answer your questions. I typically leave the product as a dry power and use 2/3 of a cup (I just use the muscle milk scoop) in a blender bottle. The powder tends to clump, so…

After backing Soylent right from the start, I finally got my order last week and started it on Saturday morning. Saturday morning: Wow, drinking a full "meal" is a lot of liquid. But it tasted great! My only complaint is the nasty chemical-ish aftertaste.…

Thanks. An anti-spoilage preservative is something I too have wondered about, for the unmixed powder as well as mixed. Clearly some folks are anti-preservative so this is NOT something RL should add. However for those of us whose lives have a a lot…

I'm on day four at about 70-80% official Soylent. I mix up a pitcher and pour myself an 8 ounce glass whenever I feel the urge, probably every couple hours. I work at home, which helps with this. If I were to consume the whole pitcher in a day, I'd…

I backed Soylent back in November (got a one week supply), I got the notification on 9/5 to verify my address, which I had to change since I moved. Still haven't gotten the pitcher or any tracking number yet....any idea when I can expect it?

It's not "one customer". It's "all customers". The reactions they have been having are due to Maltitol, a sugar alcohol. In general, sugar alcohols are bad because they don't digest well and ferment in your gut, causing massive intestinal discomfort…

what about this one:http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature13793.html and these comments:http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature13752.html

It's usually hard to hit all the ratios you might want, still get everything you need, avoid the excesses where it matters, and use the ingredients you have, all at once...

Please PM me your email address @safet33 -- thanks.

what does a companies sugar free gummy bears(with Zeus knows what in them) and one customer have to do with the fact that sugar alcohols are one of the best sweet tasting substances(AS LONG AS NOT TO MUCH) you can ingest

Nothing but personal opinion here but flat and "digital" are in. Fonts are clean and transfer from digital to physical mediums well and offer flexibility in placement and sizing. It can be harder to keep consistency in your marketing and materials when…

The purpose of a "serving size" is not to tell you how much to consume... It's to tell you how much they're talking about when they tell you how many calories it contains. You need to do a little bit of math, but the bag + oil make 2000 calories a day…

I've updated my recipe. The omega 6 to 3 ratio isn't nearly as good as before but at least the level of omega 3 isn't above what is generally considered as safe.

Might be better to weigh your meals worth of Soylent. Takes the whole packing thing completely out of the equation. You just need to tare your scale with an empty bag then weigh the full bag and see what it says. Then divide by however many meals your…

number1pete: Splenda alters gut microflora and increases intestinal p-glycoprotein and cytochrome p-450 in male rats. Please don't use 6-year old studies that are known to be bad studies as evidence of anything. That doesn't mean you won't find such…

I vote for type 2 diabetes.

Where are you storing you mix and what is the average tempurature? Are you mixing oil or any other liquid in with it while it is stored? How long has the rancid ones been there maximum? a week? The dry powder should last quite a while, i imagine with…

Now, when we know how to integrate foods according to the FDA 2000 Calorie standard, why not take it further? What about meeting specific needs for individuals? We can cure we can prevent...What should be first? UPD: According to suggestion by @livingparadox…

I have seriously craved flavors since the first time I had my DIY. I've made it taste like chocolate, cinnamon, vanilla, and caramel but I can't stop myself from wanting FLAVOR. I ate a bowl of cherry tomatoes, an entire can of almonds, and a large pack…

I enjoy the recipe. Flavor is not as good as soylent brand itself, however adding some coco powder and a tad of sugar(would recommend looking into 100% pure stevia) really makes it a whole lot better. I also add a drop of vanilla extract once i've mixed…

Has anyone had issues with their powder going rancid? I do not eat PC 3.0.1 for every meal of the day, however i do use it for lunch and breakfast. I've noticed mixing batches for a week, and storing them in ziplock bags for the day seems to make it…

Ok I skipped last week since I was busy and forgot to post but now that just means I have 2 weeks to report on. 2 Weeks ago or week 3 of the diet I bumped up exercise to 3 runs of 1.67 miles per run (its a made up route starting from my house that goes…

Did we ever get a consensus on liquid based serving size? The cup I have been using is 16oz. So is it 8oz, 12oz or 16oz for a "meal"?Or is it drink as much as you want

http://www.cookingfor20.com/2013/06/18/hacker-school-soylent-recipe/ I have had this for breakfast for the last 365 days. Got my soylent 2 days ago and was bothered by the aftertaste so i looked up the ingredients and realized they put sucralose in…

You are correct, I apologise and I'll edit my post to correctly reflect that.

I had the same experience. Adding a little psyllium husk completely corrected your issue and I even stopped needing it after a month or so. Psyllium husk does not improve gas, unfortunately. You could try seeing if beano helps; it took nearly double…