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Soylent: Could this be useful to backpackers?
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Aug 17, 2013 at 11:32 pm #1306653
Anyone else heard of this stuff? It supposedly is a drink that can replace food.
Here is an interview with the guy who invented it:
http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/drink-soylent-and-youll-never-have-to-eat-again
Here is the kickstarter:
https://campaign.soylent.me/soylent-free-your-body
This will surely provoke reactions. I just found out about it and remain neutral towards it for the time being.
Thoughts?
Aug 18, 2013 at 3:13 am #2016274Nooo! Don't drink it! Its people! Oh god its made out of people!
This is, after all, not an completely original idea:
Aug 18, 2013 at 3:49 am #2016276Daryl has a thread on it back in March.
Aug 18, 2013 at 8:50 am #2016317That's only the Soylent Green . . . Soylent Red would be perfectly OK for backpackers.
Aug 18, 2013 at 9:11 am #2016319Oat powder and maltodextrin…Nothing new there.
MCTs, vitamins, minerals and electrolytes… Nothing new there.
Putting lipstick on a pig….Nothing new there.
Outstanding marketing plan….now we're talking!
Aug 18, 2013 at 11:32 am #2016342You got it Greg! We're talking Genetically modified corn for the Maltodex, 'salt' for sodium, which is a really bad choice, etc etc…..Ugh, a blend of white powders marketed by a group of young, nutritionally inexperienced entrepreneur's. I'll stick to food thanks!
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