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EventsSoylent Halt Sales of Its Food Replacement as Customers Keep Getting Sick
October 31 2016 by Dr. Andreas Eenfeldt, MD
in Industrial food-like products
in Industrial food-like products 
Can this make you sick?
Is it a good idea to stop eating real food, and instead use the meal replacement powder Soylent? Maybe not, as it seems like customers keep getting sick, prompting the company to stop sales while they look for the cause:
Los Angeles Times: Soylent Halts Sales of Its Powder As Customers Keep Getting Sick
What’s in this Soylent drink? Soy protein, refined starch, sugar and canola oil – plus some vitamins and minerals. Not necessarily the perfect recipe for health – or food enjoyment.
If you actually want real food in your life, have a look at our recipes.
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I also got an immediate association to the 'Soylent Green' movie. I wonder why the marketing department of that company did not test their name idea by googling. Pure stupidity.
Seriously...who created this disaster?
And it is quite improbable that the name choice was intentional, shock value as in 'food made from human flesh' does not appeal to the target group of this product.