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0 pointsfernly8y ago0 comments

I did a detailed comparison of Soylent and its clones to Ensure here[0].

There are striking differences in the macronutrient ratios and in the prices. Soylent (Huel, etc) are much closer to the USDA recommended macro ratios, and have much less sugar. Only Ensure Original is less expensive than Soylent, all the other Ensure products (there are several) are much more expensive per calorie.

[0] http://futurefood.hellobox.co/soylent-is-not-ensure-and-why/...

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dragonwriter8y ago

> Soylent (Huel, etc) are much closer to the USDA recommended macro ratios

No, by your numbers, Ensure (pretty much all of the various versions) are closer than any others the center of the USDA ranges.

> Only Ensure Original is less expensive than Soylent

Your own analysis shows all of the Ensure products except High Protein as less expensive than Soylent 2.0, and only Ensure Plus (not Original) is cheaper than Soylent 1.8.

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