Interesting article:
http://gawker.com/we-drank-soylent-the-weird-food-of-the-future-510293401
So 24-year-old software developer Rob Reinhart created an open-source food-replacement drink, nicknamed Soylent of all things. My first thought was "oh brother", but then if you think about it, a lot of people live on Cheetos, Poptarts, Mountain Dew, and McDonalds, so this would be a real step up for a lot of people.
Not to mention not having to cook, not having to clean up your dishes, not having to spend time eating...eat when you want to, like on a date, but if you're rushing out the door, grab one of these, and if you're busy at work, grab one of these. The open-source formula is here:
http://robrhinehart.com/?paged=6
The ingredient list is here:
http://blog.soylent.me/post/51243920779/whats-in-soylent
The campaign, which is fully funded, is here:
https://campaign.soylent.me/soylent-free-your-body
A week's supply of Soylent runs $65, which works out to just under ten bucks a day. Not bad. The only two things that stand out to me are (1) developing an allergy from eating the same thing ever day, and (2) the effect not chewing solid food would have on your body (I remember reading somewhere that your teeth start rotting if you don't use your saliva to chew food on a regular basis, or something to that effect).
But overall, a pretty cool idea, especially if they could rotate ingredients so you don't develop an allergy (I believe the minimum rotation for allergy diets is 4 days) and maybe sell flavor packets sort of like the ones you put in water (Crystal Light etc.). Then you could just sit down to eat meals when you have more time/energy/money/whatever. I definitely wouldn't be against it...sometimes I'm so busy at work that dinner is all I get to eat for the day (which also turns out to not be bad for you...my buddy did the one-meal-a-day program for bodybuilding for nearly a year with awesome results). Very interesting project - it's definitely a niche that is wide open, I haven't seen anything on the shelf at my local supermarket that isn't oriented towards weight-loss or for dealing with health conditions.
http://gawker.com/we-drank-soylent-the-weird-food-of-the-future-510293401
So 24-year-old software developer Rob Reinhart created an open-source food-replacement drink, nicknamed Soylent of all things. My first thought was "oh brother", but then if you think about it, a lot of people live on Cheetos, Poptarts, Mountain Dew, and McDonalds, so this would be a real step up for a lot of people.
Not to mention not having to cook, not having to clean up your dishes, not having to spend time eating...eat when you want to, like on a date, but if you're rushing out the door, grab one of these, and if you're busy at work, grab one of these. The open-source formula is here:
http://robrhinehart.com/?paged=6
The ingredient list is here:
http://blog.soylent.me/post/51243920779/whats-in-soylent
The campaign, which is fully funded, is here:
https://campaign.soylent.me/soylent-free-your-body
A week's supply of Soylent runs $65, which works out to just under ten bucks a day. Not bad. The only two things that stand out to me are (1) developing an allergy from eating the same thing ever day, and (2) the effect not chewing solid food would have on your body (I remember reading somewhere that your teeth start rotting if you don't use your saliva to chew food on a regular basis, or something to that effect).
But overall, a pretty cool idea, especially if they could rotate ingredients so you don't develop an allergy (I believe the minimum rotation for allergy diets is 4 days) and maybe sell flavor packets sort of like the ones you put in water (Crystal Light etc.). Then you could just sit down to eat meals when you have more time/energy/money/whatever. I definitely wouldn't be against it...sometimes I'm so busy at work that dinner is all I get to eat for the day (which also turns out to not be bad for you...my buddy did the one-meal-a-day program for bodybuilding for nearly a year with awesome results). Very interesting project - it's definitely a niche that is wide open, I haven't seen anything on the shelf at my local supermarket that isn't oriented towards weight-loss or for dealing with health conditions.