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Post by neurosturgeon on May 31, 2017 2:02:09 GMT
No joke. The is a new protein drink being sold by Amazon called Soylent. It comes in a few colors/flavors, none of which are green. I wonder who chose the name?
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Post by mattgarth on May 31, 2017 7:32:52 GMT
I heard their catchy ad song ('Soylent is for people'):
Soylent, people who drink Soylent
Are the healthiest people in the world
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Post by bravomailer on May 31, 2017 12:50:52 GMT
I thought Charlton Heston warned us about it long ago.
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Post by teleadm on May 31, 2017 17:22:33 GMT
According to Wikipedia, Soylent was invented in 2013 as "a brand of meal replacement products that are advertised for consumption as "staple meals", and are available in the U.S. and Canada as a pre-mixed beverage or in powdered form for mixing with water."
On October 12, 2016, the company announced it would halt sales of the Soylent Bar due to reports of gastrointestinal illness.
On October 27, 2016, the company also halted sales of Soylent Powder. It's said that some powder users had reported stomach-related symptoms from consuming the powder.
Main ingredients: Water, maltodextrin, soy protein, algal oil, isomaltulose, canola oil, rice starch and oat fibers.
Soylent is named after a food in Harry Harrison's 1966 science fiction novel Make Room! Make Room!. In the novel, most types of soylent are made from soya and lentils. The word is, however, also a tongue-in-cheek reference to the novel's 1973 film adaptation Soylent Green, in which the eponymous food supplement is made from human remains.
There is much more on Wikipedia about Soylent, but remembering the movie, it doesn't make me yearn for it.
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