Good for emergency food as vegan, could be great if Splenda was removed
I've known about Soylent for years and I love the idea of it. I'm vegan and have food allergies and it's always nice to have options in the case that I'm in. This ends up giving you more calories than the average random energy bar and since it's powder maybe a bit easier to carry around too.<br /><br />The idea behind Soylent is that technically you could eat this for every meal and still have all your nutritional needs met. Kind of like pet food for humans, and the name is a play of course on Soylent Green (although there's soy in it, there are no lentils!)<br /><br />This is vegan and gluten free. It's not however organic and my number one issue with it is that it uses Splenda (sucralose) as a sweetener. I heard that Soylent can't be sold in some countries due to this and Splenda is being tied to more health issues such as messing with your gut biome and such. I wouldn't be comfortable using this full time and I think a lot of people have a negative connotation with the term "Splenda" but don't realize sucralose is the same thing.<br /><br />I tested this in a real world scenario, no fancy mixing cup, just a cup with water, to see how it blended and if it was chalky. The chocolate flavor was nice, and as for the taste beyond that it had a bit of a mild oatmeal type taste, so overall good and palatable. I was really surprised by how well it blended in with the water. It's not perfect but it wasn't like huge chunks that refused to blend along with some chalky mouthtaste which I've had with other drink powders. Some powders are basically only doable if you literally have a blender or coffee frother, or if you heat them up. I found this to be totally drinkable and could see myself bringing this on flights and stuff to get some variety from meal bars.
Rating: 3 stars