| Amount | Volume | Ingredient | $ / day | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 230 | g | Wheat flour, whole-grain | $0.96 | Honeyville | ||
| 100 | g | Wheat protein concentrate 75% (vital gluten) | $0.71 | Bulk Foods | ||
| 83 | ml | 0.37 | cup | Canola Oil | $0.27 | Walmart |
| 46 | g | Sugar or sugar+sucralose (see notes) | $0.12 | Walmart | ||
| 1 | g | Cinnamon | $0.02 | Walmart | ||
| 3.1 | g | Salt | $0.00 | Walmart | ||
| 1 | pill | Kirkland Signature Daily Multi | $0.05 | Amazon | ||
| 5.2 | g | Potassium chloride | $0.12 | Amazon | ||
| 1.2 | g | Choline Bitartrate | $0.05 | Amazon | ||
| 1.1 | pill | Calcium and vitamin D | $0.06 | Amazon | ||
| 0.18 | pill | Vitamin K | $0.02 | Amazon | ||
| 2.4 | g | Lysine | $0.03 | Amazon | ||
| 0.9 | g | ⅜ | tsp | Xanthan gum (see notes on amount) | $0.02 | Amazon |
Amounts for: Total Daily Cost: | $2.45 | Add Ingredients to Amazon Cart | ||||
This lightly cinnamon flavored soylent features whole wheat flour and wheat protein concentrate and has 117 % of the daily complete protein recommended for the average adult man. The cinnamon is essential to the rounding out the wheat flavor. You can add chocolate.
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See all my recipes: Oat-Rice, Oat-Whey, Oat-Wheat, Corn-Oat-Wheat, and High Protein Wheat. They each taste very different and offer complete protein. Samples are available for some. I also developed a simple solid soylent for activities like backpacking and cycling tours.
Background
In 2014 my family used official Soylent (now Complete Foods) versions 1.1 through 1.4 for about 5 months, about 2 meals a day. As an incurable do-it-yourselfer and a scientist, I couldn't help researching nutrition and experimenting with my own recipes which I knew I could make much cheaper than commercial meal replacements. I matched the official Soylent nutrition, and found sources to buy ingredients at low cost by buying in bulk. In Feb 2015 my rice protein recipe was a hit with the family, who said it tasted better than the official product at the time. I developed other recipes, and now rotate between recipes.