[ssijak]

I always hated Soylent. Their bold and false marketing (things like "We solved nutrition.", "Complete nutrition no matter which flavor you choose."). If it was me, I would ban them everywhere, not just Canada, because of that false advertising.

It is one thing, making a drink and selling it, and another marketing it like that. It was very painful from the start listening how 2 guys with no background SOLVED NUTRITION. And their choice of ingredients is bad in my opinion. Main ones are soy and sunflower oil. Really, find me at least one balanced nutritionist who would recommend sunflower oil in large quantities (hint : omega 3:6:9). Soy has it`s problems too. Then they mix some vitamins and minerals in, but you skip on all of the micronutrients and anything else from real food that is not in Soylent. Also very low fiber. Then your digestion will have problems too eating liquid only for long term. Etc, etc.

If you need occasional meal replacement, there are dozens of well-established companies which make one, with much better quality and price in both liquid or powder form.

[ufmace]

> If you need occasional meal replacement, there are dozens of well-established companies which make one, with much better quality and price in both liquid or powder form.

Can you name one? In all of these threads, the Soylent boosters assert that there aren't any competitors that come near being a genuine meal replacement that aren't much more expensive. I haven't seen any Soylent detractors name a specific product that's better yet.

[sandworm101]

They aren't out to fix all the health problems associated with what people do and don't eat, or about any lack of food. The "solve nutrition" stuff is more about solving the "what shall I eat today" question. It's about providing a product to lazy people. They throw some science in because they know that sells to their target market, which isn't everyone. Like most other fad foods the real product is the marketing hype. This news will help. It positions them as another cutting edge company being trampled upon by notoriously evil Canadian food regulators interested only in protecting their vast maple sugar monopolies.

[DanBC]

> They aren't out to fix all the health problems associated with what people do and don't eat

That's not how the crowd funding went - it was a product suitable for everyone, that would put you in perfect health.

The Canadians are saying Soylent can't be sold as a sole source of nutrition - how is this useful to Soylent? Every soylent thread has people saying the differentiating factor for Soylent is that it can be used as a sole source of nutrition.

[ssijak]

They are out to earn money. Period. You can`t fix anything with soya and sunflower oil.

[ForRealsies]

Great for killing off your testosterone levels though.