Cheapest price I believe. Bought this a few months ago, saved so much of my time.
Cacao flavour is also avaible for $37.90
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a delicious blend of malted barley flour, buttermilk and “high energy plankton.”
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Seems to have a lot of body…
Soylent green was first thing I thought too!
ITS PEOPLE
Thanks OP, going to give it a try. Been meaning to for years.
Cheers OP, I eat red meat with almost every meal and I've been looking to cut down.
Bought an original and a cacao
I eat red meat with almost every meal and I've been looking to cut down.
eat pork, the other white meat…
I've been meaning to try Soylent for years, but never got around to it. I was about to pull the trigger on buying the Cacao powder when I remembered that I've got some Aldi "Slim & Trim" meal replacement shakes in the pantry that I was using to fill the same niche. Figured I'd run a quick comparison between the two.
Both have similar serving sizes: Soylent 60gm + 1 cup (250ml according to my measuring cups, but I think a US cup is slightly smaller?) water = 8oz serving, vs 55gm pouch + 200ml water for Aldi - so a slightly smaller serving for Aldi.
I'm comparing Cacao vs Chocolate, so I'm using the $37.90 cost and assuming you get free shipping.
Cost per serve: Soylent $2.11, Aldi $1.99
Energy: Soylent 270cal, Aldi 205cal
Protein: Soylent 13gm, Aldi 18.2gm
Fat: Soylent 14gm, Aldi 2.3gm
Carbs: Soylent 27gm, Aldi 25.2gm
Sugar: Soylent 10gm, Aldi 23.4gm
Sodium: Soylent 210mg, Aldi 138mg
On the package for Aldi it lists all the same vitamins and minerals as Soylent except Aldi does not list Potassium, Chrloride, or Choline.
Also, for vitamins / minerals Aldi lists the actual measures but Soylent (for the most part) just lists the %DI - and apart from Phosphorus (35%) they're all listed at 15%. I guess that was a target value for Soylent? Similarly, Aldi appears to target vitamins at 33% Daily Intake (with a couple exceptions) - BUT because I don't now what country they're getting their recommendations from I won't directly compare the two. While it might appear that Aldi has a higher % I can't say if they're like-for-like values. On one of the few values that Soylent do list out (Vitamin D - 2.7mcg = 15%DV) Aldi list that as 3.3μg = 33%DI so it's clearly different % values.
Anyway. My personal conclusion is that they're pretty similar products when you break it down. The main difference is going to be in taste and texture, which I'm told for Soylent is second to none. Given that the price/serve is pretty similar though, if you haven't tried the Aldi version it might be worth popping down to your local and grabbing a pouch - at least you can buy 1 serve at a time and see if you like it rather than shelling out for a 1kg pack.
"Fat: Soylent 14gm, Aldi 2.3gm"
Why do they put so much saturated fat in this stuff?
"Sugar: Soylent 10gm, Aldi 23.4gm"
Why do they put so much sugar in the Aldi stuff?
Yeah, I was wondering the same thing! (when the comment was just about fat. Seems you've reached the same conclusion after edit)
Though thinking about it, seems to be the classic fat vs sugar trade-off. How do you make something low fat but still taste good? Just add sugar!
Soylent: 14g fat / 10g sugar = 24g total tasty stuff
vs
Aldi 2.3g fat / 23.4g sugar = 25.7g total tasty stuff
I read the label and it seems like it's only 1g of saturated fat, the rest are unsaturated.
The high amount of fat probably is what gives the feeling of being full? Just a guess here.
You are right. I was reading the confusing nutrition facts wrong. It's still a lot of fat though.
A quick search brought up their reasoning. Breaking down their reasons:
- Feeling full.
- Omega 3, 6, 9.
- Taste & mouthfeel.
Personally, I'd prefer higher fat than the higher sugar content of the Aldi mix.
Soylent Green is people!
This has got to be one of the most, "didn't understand the source material" products ever.
The 'inventor' of the product is a technerd and is deliberately referencing the book/movie
Whether its deliberate or not, its absolutely a case of not understanding the source material. By both the customers and the company.
No idea how anyone can be aware of the source material and not understand exactly what the implications were of making reference to it.
The guy's a techbro, think Elon Musk type mentality and you might get a better idea why he thought it was a funny idea.
Absolutely? Come on choodi, you have to have some serious blinders on not to be able to envisage a person who would get the all but subtle dystopian anti-corporate themes but still think it is funny to pretend to eat people. Lighten up a bit!
People who've tried this as a meal replacement:
- how many of your meals do you have which are just this?
- any side effects?
- weight loss/gain?
- Is your poo normal?
People who've tried this
All your questions is answered - https://arstechnica.com/series/ars-does-soylent/
I tried Soylent a few years ago, it was actually really good. No side effects. I did lose weight, mainly because it became much easier to track my exact calorie intake (by far the biggest advantage of these meal replacement products). Haha, your poo is perfectly normal, they use soluble fibre in the recipe (think benefiber/metamucil).
Due to the high cost and it being hard to find in Australia, I ended up making my own DIY recipe which worked quite well. I stuck with it for aroud 2 years, I ended up losing around 10kg, but more recently I got lazy preparing the powders and my wife got angry that I wasn't eating meals with her. Since then I have gained weight, and I am probably not as healthy as I used to be because of it.
I might buy a tub and try get back into it. I think it's well worth giving it a try. At the very least, you dont have to replace all your meals.
How many meals would this cover?
A bag has 9 cups, and then it depends on how much you want to use. A 1/2 cup meal is 270 calories (18 meals per bag), a 2/3 cup meal is 400 calories (~13.5 meals per bag). Then just aim for how many calories you want to eat per day.
2000 calories is the average per day, but most people will eat well under that amount. Just have enough to feel satisfied is the general consensus.
Have they changed the recipe? I have a vague memory of checking out a Soylent after a story came out in the Good Weekend and the main ingredient was oat flour.
No one needs more soy in their diet.
How does this compare taste wise to Aussielent?
Any deals on soylent Green?