Feastival 0.1 Ground Pill MV VeganTasty!

Last updated March 19, 2015 Copy
AmountIngredientAU$ / daySource
3.6gIodised SaltAU$0.01local
75gLINSEED MEAL (FLAXSEED)AU$0.52Affordable Whole foods
65gColes smart buy Smooth Peanut Butter 375gAU$0.32Coles
81gColes White Sugar 2kgAU$0.07Coles
24gPEA PROTEIN ISOLATE 5kg UNFLAVOUREDAU$0.34Ebay AU
24g100% Organic Brown Rice Protein - Natural - 5KGAU$0.38Bulk Nutrients
200gMasa ListaAU$0.50Imported Mexican Foods AU
1pillSwisse Men's Ultivite Multivitamin 65+ (Ground)AU$0.37Chemist Warehouse
1gCholine Bitartrate (250G)AU$0.03Bulk Nutrients
4.2gNow Foods, Potassium Chloride Powder, 8 oz (227 g)AU$0.11iHerb
2.2gNow Foods Calcium CitrateAU$0.09iherb
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Total Daily Cost:
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Arrival of the mysterious lost package:
Some new containers, some scoops and the dispenser I was waiting for have finally arrived. For a while I thought my dispenser had disappeared somewhere into the AusPost triangle, but they managed to find it for me after I raised a case (thanks guys!). After a quick clean I've put them to use in my DIY setup at home.

I made another weekly batch tonight and found it cleaner and a bit quicker going than previous ones - it's going pretty well overall. I wasn't sure how the dispenser would go since it was designed for things like coffee beans and candy, but it seems to handle the powder just fine.

I've added a pair of pictures of the new setup for anyone interested.


Successful completion: All the ingredients arrived a few weeks ago, and I've had a good opportunity to test this formula out now. I have tweaked it here and there for cost and taste reasons (I increased the sugar content a bit, as it was a bit too savory with the original amount for my tastes.

Overall, I'm very happy with the result. While the end product isn't as consistently fine as a commercially produced Soylent version such as Joylent, it doesn't impact on my ability to drink and enjoy it. From what I've seen this is because the linseed meal (which is the main cause of the variance in particle size) becomes soft when soaked in water and therefore goes down quite smoothly regardless.

As you'd expect, it tastes a bit like a slightly sweet peanut butter smeared tortilla, much like People Chow and other recipes based on Masa.

On grinding pills: I found that while the coffee grinder I ordered can grind pills, the shells on the Swisse pills I've got tend to bounce out of the burr and get stuck around the internals of the grinder housing, making it a bit annoying to deal with. In addition the red dust of the pills themselves proved quite sticky and a bit tricky to clean from the grinder.

Overall, if you decide to grind up and add these pills I recommend crushing them in a few layered plastic bags with a light mallet, removing the shells (which separate pretty well from the inside of the pill) and then sifting everything left into your mix. You may also wish to use a capsule alternate, if you can find one that meets your needs - this would save you the trouble without pushing up your expenses the way that all the vitamin/mineral powders I've come across seem to.

I've had no problems mixing the resulting nutrient dust into the weekly batches I've made, nor have I noticed any issues with the taste of Feastival as a result of the ground pill. I've also had a chance to compare this recipe to the version which contains powdered multivitamins and basil, and other than the basil (which adds a slightly intriguing twist to the flavor) there is no noticeable difference in taste.

I've uploaded some photos of the ingredients and finished mix. I also put up a photo of the makeshift DIY soylent workstation I built out of an old bed frame that was going to get thrown away (I got bored on a Friday night.) You can check them on the photo tab or in picasa.

I'm still waiting on the gravity bin to arrive, which is the next big addition to my workstation. Overall this has been a really fun project - I wasted far more time on it than I probably should have, but I'd probably do it again!


Storage/dispensing: After some looking around I decided to pick up a second hand gravity fed food bin from ebay. If it's in good condition and it's suitable for the purpose I intend to use it to hold/dispense a weeks worth of feastival at a time.

I'll put up some more info/pictures when everything arrives.


Shipping costs and turnaround info:

Shipping costs/turnaround for reference only (destination business address in Rhodes, NSW):




Cost     
ETA     
Vendor     
$4.86 7 days iHerb
$12 7 days Bulk Nutrients
$9.90 5 days Pacific Bulk Foods

Total : $26.76
(doesn't count costs of visiting coles and mexican import foods).


Feastival Pretest 0.1 G: Replaced Metabolic Maintenanc and basil leaves with a single crushed multivitamin pill from swiss. Was hoping to use a much cheaper (1/5 the cost) pill instead but ran short on a few vitamins.

Note that the majority of the Niacin in this recipe is in the form of Nicotinamide. Please search this page for "Upper Level of Intake Niacin as nicotinamide" if you have any concerns about the Niacin levels.


Feastival Pretest 0.1:

Test ingredients are on their way, should have a useful update by around the end of this month.

Considering replacing the metabolic maintenance with a cheap crushed up pill or something, it's really blowing out the cost.

After some testing with some dried herbs and a mortar and pestle, I've ordered a small manual coffee grinder which I'm gonna attempt to use to break down pills or any other rough material into a fine powder for mixing. From reviews the grinder I'm getting seems well suited to fairly small quantities of very fine grinds so I'm hopeful it will work out. I figure if I'm only doing it once a week or less, it shouldn't add that much total extra time to the process.


Thanks for checking out feastival - an Australian targeted, modified version of people chow 3.0.1 that substitutes flax seed meal and peanut butter for soy oil (I find oil a bit messy to deal with so wanted to avoid it).

I've made various adjustments to make up for the change in nutrition involved. I've also chosen to go for a rough 1:1 omega3 to omega 6 ratio since from reading around this seems ideal. I was looking at swapping in almond meal for peanut butter but it blows the cost out too much.

As far as I know masa lista and masa harima have approximately the same nutritional value (lista is made from white corn, harima from yellow, but I don't believe there's much of a difference in micronutrients) so I've switched that also since lista is a bit cheaper. I've also swapped to pea and rice protein for cost reasons (this also makes this recipe vegan now I guess?). I've yet to see how all of this will affect the taste.

I haven't had a chance to get the components and make a batch of this yet for testing, will update when I can.

Nutrition Facts

Amount Per Day
52% Carb, 17% Protein, 31% Fat
Calories2000
% Daily Values*
108%
Total Carbohydrate271g
140%
Dietary Fiber 39g
102%
Protein87g
111%
Total Fat72g
Saturated Fat9g
Monounsaturated Fat21g
Polyunsaturated Fat31g
1079%
Omega-3 Fatty Acids17g
100%
Omega-6 Fatty Acids17g
Cholesterol0mg
Calcium
100%
Vitamin A
151%
Chloride
101%
Vitamin B6
3301%
Chromium
145%
Vitamin B12
> 8333%
Copper
400%
Vitamin C
185%
Iodine
214%
Vitamin D
167%
Iron
351%
Vitamin E
184%
Magnesium
163%
Vitamin K
144%
Manganese
354%
Thiamin
4529%
Molybdenum
193%
Riboflavin
3885%
Phosphorus
190%
Niacin
708%
Potassium
100%
Folate
188%
Selenium
198%
Pantothenic Acid
2053%
Sodium
111%
Biotin
670%
Sulfur
103%
Choline
101%
Zinc
272%
 
* Percent Daily Values are based on "U.S. government DRI, male 19-50, 2000 calories". You may use the Nutrient Calculator to personalise your own profile, then select it from the list on the Recipe Editor tab.
Nutrient Profile: U.S. government DRI, male 19-50, 2000 caloriesChange

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